Re: [Amc-list] eagle pulling power.

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: "J. w." <sacranoidclub@xxxxxxxxx>
" 
" 
" My name is Jason and I thinking about getting rid of my 82 olds delta
" 88 with a 307 for something thats better on gas.  the big thing is i
" need something to pull my 88 monty carlo stock car that is pretty
" gutted on a tailer or dolly.  I am wondering if a eagle wagon would
" have the grunt to pull the monty as good as the delta or not.  the
" other thing i am wondering if how are the str 6 on gas cause what i do
" for a living with pizza delivery sevral times week.  the other choice
" is if the eagle wont pull my race car then looking at a 95 or 96 subby
" legarcy with a 4 banger for gas milage.  of course the thought of
" owning a amc to freak out lots of people who do not know what amc is
" is just so much fun.

on the whole i agree with matt, but it depends a little on how far and
how often you tow the monte.  in the late '80s i had a cow-orker who
towed his big keelboat on a 2-axle trailer with an eagle; he converted
its transfer case to 2-spd with wagoneer parts so he could get it up
his rather steep driveway, but he was only towing seasonally and not a
long distance - no highway mileage.

an xj ckerokee with 4.0 and auto, which is much the same size as the
eagle, is rated for 5000 lbs with the tow pkg.  [also 25' length and
49 sf frontal area]

you can put a jeep 4.0 into an eagle pretty easily and that would
improve both towing power and mileage measurably, but it wouldn't help
the weight factor.  that's a big deal for safe trailer handling at
highway speeds.

a local taxi co with a lot of special-needs-student contracts has
dumped all their ex-police crown vics and gone entirely to subarus; my
mechanic - who works on them - says they cost half as much to operate.
they run them almost 24/7 and rack up over 100k/car per year, but
having a fleet they can afford to 'stock up' on wrecks for spare parts.
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