Re: [Amc-list] 1973 thru 1976 AMC Parts Catalog

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You can put the V-belt damper on the short serp crank. Been there, done that, doesn't hurt a thing.
Don't forget to make sure you get the timing marked out correctly to match the cover.

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

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From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
> " From: russ hathaway <russh97309@xxxxxxxxx>
> " 
> " So i picked up this 82 Spirit DL with a 258-2v and 5
> " spd from a barn, it had been in there since the mid
> " 90s. I got everything working, the puppy runs good and
> " shifts nice. Gave it a comet bath and "Auction Prep"
> " wax job and it looks nice.
> " But low speed is sluggish and it doesn't run as my
> " other I-6s do. When the hood is popped there is a nest
> " of snakes posing as the engine.
> " I want to swap out the serpetine belt and put the
> " V-belt system from my 73 Hornet on it. Do I just go
> " from the crank pully on up and swap out things. There
> " is no PS yet so all I'm worried about is the alt but
> " wire for wire swap should be snap. Right?
> " Also, can I start pulling "stuff" from the engine
> " compartment to get this engine back to the 60's and
> " 70's as I am comfortable with. The car is light and
> " nimble, and I dig rowing that 5-spd, but I hate
> " opening the hood. And if I can't monkey with the
> " engine I ain't happy......Russ
> 
> 1. iirc you can't swap pulleys; the serp belt crank nose is 10mm
> shorter than the v-belt crank, right where the pulleys go.  except for
> that i don't see why it wouldn't work.  heck, there should be v-belt
> pulleys for the delco alt.
> 
> this crank is the one all the jeep guys want for the 4.0 stroker,
> since it works off the bat with their serp belt setups.
> 
> 2. i've heard so much about these engines being designed to operate
> properly only when all the emissions controls are in place and
> working, i don't think you'll have much success here either unless
> you tear the engine down to a longblock and replace -everything-
> that's emissions connected.  this probably includes the dist, or at
> least its advance curves.
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