Re: [AMC-list] 86 camanche info

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm already in touch with Dennis Avrill who does the kits to put a 700r4 behind a gen I
engine. 
   I will likely go that route when I get to that point.

Someday

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!"

----- Original Message -----

> From: "Frank Swygert" <farna@xxxxxxx>
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, February 3, 2011 9:35:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] 86 camanche info
> 
> Yeah, I run into that all the time. If you want it to be like the
> factory installation, just a bolt-in, then you're limited -- doesn't
> matter what vehicle and engine you're using. If you don't mind doing a
> little fabrication work and/or parts mixing/matching it's usually not
> a problem to stick something else in an engine bay. Just depends on
> how much work you're willing to or are capable of doing... or paying
> for. Like sticking a 258 in a pre 64 American. It can be done, but
> takes some firewall work and you lose the heater. When sticking a V-8
> in even the big six cylinder Ramblers it's as much work to stick a
> newer AMC drivetrain in as anything else -- only the original GEN-1
> V-8s drop right in and then you need the entire drivetrain from engine
> to rear axle. Since a modified car isn't restored, it will be a
> driver/racer/show car, why not stick a more modern EFI V-8 or even V-8
> in it? Makes more sense nowadays, though I do prefer to keep them all
> AMC. The biggest problem is f
>  inding a suitable AMC rear drive transmission, or the cost of
> adapting a GM trans. At that point, unless you already have a good AMC
> GEN-2/3 V-8, you may as well opt for the full engine/trans and use a
> modern EFI engine. If sticking with a carb then I'd consider an AMC
> V-8 and adapter for a GM trans provided an AMC 2WD trans wasn't
> readily available. Jeeps supply engines, but not trannys. Sure, the
> 4x4 trans can be converted to 2WD, but that can be a bit on the costly
> side -- a working used GM trans and adapter would probably run as
> much.
> 
> -------------
> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 01:07:06 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Wrambler<wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ah, wheres our sense of adventure gone.
> The days when we tossed the book and just did it.
> 
> That's the story I remember most, guy took a 258 engine trans. and
> transfer case.
> He lined it up to the cross member out back, bolted on the shafts and
> hit the road.
> 
> He used hood pins. (frank: and removed the hood latch assembly to gain
> another inch or so in front of the engine so the 4.0L would fit in a
> pre 87 Commanche).
> 
> Kind of funny how things work out when no one told you it would not
> work.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Frank Swygert
> Publisher, "American Motors Cars"
> Magazine (AMC)
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> 
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