Re: [Amc-list] T14 OD -T96 OD - 5 speed

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I read this and think,
 It must be realy nice to have the time to work on this stuff.
Me, I'm stuck at work, or home miserable, waiting.
I found a hitch for the WJ, less then half the price of a new one at the dealer and not on evilbay...
Plain old fashioned Junkyard! $60 compared to $160 for a new one!
Have the axle stub for the XJ, plan to get that installed this weekend.
By the time I get that and the dryer repaired the weekend will be shot and I'll likely be in more pain then I am now.
Still no Rambler stuff done either!
15 year old is having friends over tonight to top it off.
That means a fire in the fire pit and either my wife or I sitting out in the rain making sure the kiddies don't burn themselves or stuff we don't want burn't....
--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> re: little car, modest low-speed boost
> 
> > i don't see why not - it's only a matter of sizing the turbo to the
> > airflow, smaller at these low rpm than a 'screamer'.  another point -
> > dynamic stress goes as the square of rpm; stock internals that can
> > take 140hp at 5000 can handle quite a lot of boost at 2500.
> 
> That's what I was thinking. For this sort of car, light, a six, simple, 
> low-stress components, ... OK cheap (Rambler Mentality! :-), 25 - 50 hp 
> gain  is a big deal. It makes for an interesting and more-fun car. It's not 
> really about "saving money" though it does that. There's something about 
> working within the bounds of a modest lightweight car that's really 
> appealing to me, and I assume others that drive these things.
> 
> Probably lost all the AMX fans! :-)
> 
> 
> > so you don't have a metric buttload of hp - torque is what moves your
> > car off the line.
> 
> And I was just marvelling today, how I'm pulling in heavy traffic at 700rpm 
> in 3rd gear at 15mph, what a nice machine it is to drive. I doubt even a 
> small (tiny!) turbo would be pumping much at those flows. It's a very 
> old-fashioned experience. To me this is the core of driving a 
> half-century-old car.
> 
> > imho you'd have to start thinking about that mopar 10" clutch with
> > that kind of hp...
> 
> Well I guess this is one of those things you can actually predict and 
> measure -- a clutch cares about torque, not RPM (up until balance etc 
> matters).
> 
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