Re: [Amc-list] 71 Gremlin 232 (AMC 15 axle vs AMC 20)

[Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Like I said put sticky tires and it will not last very long. If you could add Moser one piece axels and weld the tubes to the housing and get a locker for it Then it would be alot stronger but still not hold up to the abuse a 9" can take. 
   

Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
  Mine is not peg leg.
It is twingrip, yes it still works as I and evidently it's previous owner did not smoke tires on corners.
To top that I have 255/60/15's, yes they spin, but the rassle with the road while they are doing it :]
Believe me if it was truly weak I would have broken it by now!
That reminds me, someday I should retorque those hub nuts...:]

I started to build a 9" for it, have the housing, but my pain problem finaly won and I quit.
I have bout 6 things on the American to do list, but I need to catch up on the house stuff first.
2 more days till I start PT, I hate that...

S10 guys beat the snot out of the small 10 bolt, 7.652" ring IIRC. That is almost exactly the same size as the amc 15.
Now pinion, I don't know, most people do spin the hubs and that is why I want to get the one out of mine.
That and the fact one of the tubes is twisted a bit :]
But, it has stood up so far to some heavy abuse.

I'm not saying to leave it alone, but with an automatic and not serious abuse it'll do fine.
Put a standard shift and some horsepower in it, then I would put it on the "list".
I would not kill myself to get it out of there in a big hurr.
I haven't, IIRC, I put my car on the road in 97 or so!

--
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: Davis Martin 
> Ok almost any rear will stand up to 300 HP or more if it a peg leg non posi with 
> 0 traction. But what is the fun in that? One wheel peel is not most people's 
> idea of performance. I would say that the same rear with stickies might not last 
> the 2nd burnout.
> Davis 
> 
> 
> Jim Blair wrote:
> The biggest problem is the 2 piece axles I don't like. I'm pretty sure I'll 
> need to regear when I swap in the '87 AW4 I have (.70 O/D) and some slightly 
> bigger tires.
> 
> Jim Blair, Lynnwood, WA '87 Comanche, '83 Jeep J10, '84 Jeep J10
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> Don't sell the 15 short! It will stand up to around 300 hp easy enough. I ran 
> one in my 4.6L stroker for a while with no problems at all. It would roast one 
> tire in first for as long as I cared to hold the accelerator down -- I always 
> ran out of parking lot with safe stopping distance. The speedo would reach 
> 65-70, but I was never actually moving more than 35 or so. That was with 
> 205/70R15 street radials. Now if you plan on running tires over 8" wide or 
> narrow slicks you might break something. Other than that the 15 is good for 300 
> hp or so. My 4.6L develops around 260-270 hp (net, which would be 330-345 
> gross), and it was in a heavier car than a Spirit (63 Classic wagon). I have no 
> doubts the AMC 15 would have lasted 50K+ miles -- it already had 104K on it when 
> I got the car! Never so much as replaced a bearing or heard the least bit of 
> complaint from it the two years I had it. I ran a D35 from a Commanche for 
> another two years, but it just did fit with 3-3/4" backset
> wheels
> . Had to replace bearings on that one, but it was a high mileage (and probably 
> abused) junkyard pull. Got the D44 (Jaguar) in it now, which is supposedly good 
> for 500-600 hp. But it's just there because I found a rebuildable core cheap, 
> and decided the IRS would be neat in a Rambler wagon. Won't go that route again 
> (ended up costing me $1800)!! 
> 
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