Re: [Amc-list] What is it? 232 or 258

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the advice, Ken and Matt.

Well, I got a mirror and found the crankshaft casting number.  It is a 232 crankshaft so I guess it's a 232.  It can go in a Hornet I have and I'll use the 258 from the Hornet in my keeper Gremlin.

Joe Fulton


--- On Sun, 1/18/09, Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] What is it?  232 or 258
> To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, January 18, 2009, 3:05 PM
> Joe,
> 
> 72 was about the time AMC switched back and forth between
> shaft and 
> bridged rockers (I think there was some sort of patent
> dispute about the 
> bridged rockers going on then). The stroke and (maybe) rods
> should be 
> the only difference between the 232 and 258.
> 
> Matt
> 
> On 1/18/2009 3:41 PM, Joe Fulton spouted this sage advice:
> > I picked up a fresh rebuilt long block six in Los
> Angeles yesterday which date codes as a 1972 232 (block
> code).  The head also codes as a 1972 232.   The the rockers
> have been changed to bridged rockers.  Other than measuring
> the stroke (which I can do after I check the pre-lube on the
> bearings) what other clues do I have that this is a 258
> engine?
> > 
> > Joe Fulton 
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