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

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, jerijan baldwin wrote:

> Sheeesh, I forgot.
> This is going into AN AMERICAN.  Different beast, I think.

Oh! That's MUCH easier to answer!

None of it will fit, period. The 232-type six is more than 6"
too long to fit in the engine bay. The trans hump will fit
the little BW auto or T96 or T14. The rear axle is a different
width than the Spirit, and the "big nut" type pinion coupling...

Not a good answer, I know...





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