Re: [Amc-list] 195.6 swap to 232...What's needed?

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, jerijan baldwin wrote:

> Question: in order to plant a 1967 232 into a 1962 American where a 195.6
> had been born, what is involved in this swap?

Well, it will bolt to the transmission. My 63 Classic originally
had a 195.6/T96; the yard I bought the car from pulled the motor
out so I didn't have to take that home. I stuffed a '70 232 from
an automatic car in there; I forget where I got the flywheel.

Ate the T-96 in short order. Found a '65 BW (air cooled) auto
trans, and axle to get a better ratio (3.30 I think). THAT all
bolted onto the 232 that had bolted onto the 195.6's T-96. So
THAT junk is all interchangable.

This was all 1989 - 1991.

The 232 "dropped in" to the engine compartment with two major
exceptions: the x-member didn't have the right mounts. Got a 64
x-member from some AMC guy in San Jose CA whose name now escapes
me (he's long gone). That bolted on. BUT I had to re-drill the
motor mount holes (one each side) to shift the engine forward
about 1 inch.

The other issue was that the lower radiator tank wanted to be
where a piece of sheet metal from the valance was. Solved by
removing some of said metal. No other side effects.

Motor, trans and radiator have been there since then.

> I have a 258 with a 4 or 5 speed 'behind' it from an 81 Spirit which was a
> great runner...is that a possible 'more or less' drop-in?

Nope. Torque tube conversion necessitates fabricating entire
rear suspension from scratch. Not a weekend project.

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