Re: [AMC-list] 5.7 Hemi in an American

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Somewhere there are specs on the 4.7L and Hemis'sizes.
I have had two of the 4.7's neither of which are at the '08 upgrade level.
So, I think that was about 30hp...
   Both my '01 & '04 also NON HO, yet I find them to be real sleeper engines.
Very mild and docile until you tip into the throttle, then even in the '04 WJ
with Quadratrac it $#!TS and GITS...really sets you back in the seats and takes off.
  Tows a tandem axle trailer with a SBC powered 20' Rinker boat, on the mountains around here,  no sweat at all. 
 No, not a big block torque monster, but still I think it was/is a missed 
opportunity engine. Not much out there for it.
 For a driver, modernized car, I would not hesitate to use one.
I've seen some real low mileage ones offered up on the cheap.

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
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!"

----- "Sandwich Maker" <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: "Sandwich Maker" <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:52:12 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] 5.7 Hemi in an American
>
> " From: Jim Boone <fljab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> " 
> " > From: Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>
> " 
> " > There's a guy on the AMC Forum with one in a late Javelin. It's
> tight
> " > in that, and it's slightly wider than an American. The 4.7L V-8
> should
> " > be slightly narrower and should be a better fit. <snip>
> " 
> " That may be so, but in (my thinking at least) from a modern
> performance
> " standpoint, the 5.7/6.1 would be the way to go.  I guess to make it
> " happen you would need to expand the engine compartment via a Mustang
> II
> " front end or the like.  From an economic standpoint, that 390 is
> looking
> " pretty good...
> 
> i'm not sure you'd need the m-II susp; amc crammed a 390 in there,
> and
> both the 4.7 and hemi fit where the 5.2/5.9 mopar went, in the grand
> chero, though i don't think the la block is particularly compact -
> but
> it ought to be smaller than the amc.
> 
> 525 hp / 510 ft-lbs has a certain appeal...
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