Re: [Amc-list] aluminum 196 revisited

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The aluminum engine takes a special head gasket.  One reason is that that head is wider.  I don't know the answer to the other questions.

Joe Fulton


--- On Thu, 2/12/09, d stohler <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: d stohler <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Amc-list] aluminum 196 revisited
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 12:04 AM
> i may  have asked this before, but hear it goes again
> i just got another 62 classic 4 door. it is ratty beond
> repair. front/rear glass is good to donate for mine should
> the need arise. it has the aluminum 196 t96/od. i am
> planning to get the aluminum 196 running (if it will come
> back to life) to put in the american for now till i get
> everything to drop in v8 if possible. 
> 
> question 1: will the head gasked for a cast iron 196 work
> on the aluminum one also with its cylinders the way they are
> free floating??
> 
> question 2: does anyone know if the aluminum block would
> still have that volcano hump on the crank or is it gone by
> then? 
> 
> i think the aluminum was a 64/65 motor?? 
> 
> 
> dave stohler
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> 
> 
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