RE: [BaadAssGremlins] Will this be better?

["John W Rosa" <JohnRosa@xxxx>]

Mix,

I said 'supplying the power'. Nobody ever accused
the Iron Puke of having any power. And, yes, I feel
the use of the Puke in AMCs was a giant mistake and 
even sacrilege by AMC themselves. Had I been there,
I'd have argued vehemently against the idea when
it came up. I'd have installed bicycle pedals and 
a chain-drive before those boat anchors. If it were 
possible, I'd recall them all today and put 258s in 
them (or AMC's own 150 I4).

Heck, at car shows I walk away from Ford hot rods 
when they have SBCs in them, too. To me, that's not
'customizing', it's hacking. All the major US car 
makers made and make a great V8. I prefer a car be 
powered by a motor from the same company that made 
the car. I find it silly to use another make's motor 
when the same maker has great motors themselves. 
That's my preference.

That said, I was speaking of stuffing *V8s* into 
AMC cars. There's no 'big deal', no 'funny'. The 
question was asked. I answered. Feel free to give 
your own opinion.

John



-----Original Message-----
From: themixtoo@xxxx [mailto:themixtoo@xxxx]

John, That's funny, I thought those 4 cyl 
Gremmie/Spirits used 'another makers motor' 
in them. So what's the big deal? 'The Mix'