Wasen't 65 still the torque tube setup? On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > " From: Jason Patrick <mrrumblur@xxxxxxxxx> > " > " I'm toying with some ideas for my '65 Marlin. Does anyone know the > " easiest way to put a 401 in place of a 327? I'm not against > " sub-framing it for potential ease of swap, newer disc brakes and > " suspension, etc. V8 Spirit/AMX? > > in '70-1 amc was still using iron warners, so a > flexplate/converter/housing exists to put that 401 onto your tranny. > > you'll probably want to build that tranny, for 'police & taxi' or > 'towing & rv' at least, and you also might want to learn about the > relationship between the iron warners and the ford fmx series. that's > assuming you have an auto. > > if you have a stick, the late-'60s - mid '70s v8 bell will hook you > up, either 3sp or 4sp. you can't do much to strengthen the tranny > though; tex racing has good stuff for the t10 which you can't use b/c > of the long amc input shaft. you could have a custom input made, at > probably considerable expense... > > or convert to open driveline, fabricate a truck-arm-like setup that > locates the rear the way the torque tube does; then your tranny choice > really opens up. > > newer disk brakes are a bolt-on away, thanks to the 2-pc amc > spindle/knuckle - you can put later amc disks on very easily, and dave > stohler found ford rotors and setup that adapted to the amc spindles. > > newer suspensions are simpler - balljoints and/or mcpherson struts - > but they don't offer better geometry than what's already there. > you'll have to learn about trunnions to maintain it properly though. > > the 327 was pretty big for its size, in '50s tradition; i don't think > the 401 is substantially bigger. > > " Also, where can I find some good info on turbocharging a 401? Thanks! > > can't help you there. > ________________________________________________________________________ > Andrew Hay the genius nature > internet rambler is to see what all have seen > adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20110914/5798295b/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com