Re: [Amc-list] LPG 258

[Glen Hoag <hoag@xxxxxx>]

Mark,
Small bore six?  You mean short stroke.  All 199/232/258 sixes have a 
bore of 3.75".  Unless you're comparing it to the 4.0L bore of 3.875"

--Glen

At 10:13 AM 10/3/2008, you wrote:
>I have a set of used standard bore 199 flat tops if anyone is into 
>the small bore six and wants them.
>$10 for packing them and whatever actual shipping costs. They are 
>still on the rods, but I don't have caps for the rods anymore. They 
>wandered off somewhere.
>
>--
>Mark Price
>Morgantown, WV
>1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
>2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
>" I realize that death is inevitable.
>I just don't want to be around when it happens! "
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
>From: Greg Taylor <amundaza@xxxxxxxxx>
> > I just remembered that Matt Kievit here in Michigan adapted Ford 
> 2300cc Pinto
> > pistons into his 258, with a 258 head for a serious compression 
> ratio.  He was
> > running around 0.035" squish between piston and head.  It was a 
> really sweet
> > motor.  He had the ford pistons machined out to accept AMC wrist pins.
> >
> > The 199 flat tops or 290 flat top pistons would be good.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Greg Taylor :) <><
> > Rochester Hills, MI
> > 1989 Jeep Grand Wagoneer "TRMN8R2"
> >
> > And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, 
> and this life is
> > in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have 
> the Son of God
> > does not have the life. - 1 John 5:11-12
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 10/2/08, Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [Amc-list] LPG 258
> > To: hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans."
> > <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 8:52 PM
> >
> > A lot less milling if you slip a set of flat top 199 pistons in 
> there first!
> > I think we spec'd out about 10.5-1 with the 199 flattops and a 4.0L head in
> > basically stock heights.
> >
> > I believe you can use a chevy 250 six piston in a 4.0L block to 
> get around the
> > 11 or 12-1 range too.
> > Again, not positive of the exact needs to accomplish this. But heard it is
> > doable.
> >
> > --
> > Mark Price
> > Morgantown, WV
> > 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> > 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
> > " I realize that death is inevitable.
> > I just don't want to be around when it happens! "
> >
> >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: Brien Tourville <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > LPG runs best with high compression - so -
> > > a 4.0 7120 head to a stock '81 258
> > > would require roughly how much shaving
> > > to accomplish 11 to 1 compression ?
> > >
> > >
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