In a message dated 7/19/05 12:45:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
vegadan@xxxxxxxxx writes:
I have a 77 hornet amx with a 258/4 spd. I was planning to hop up all 66-91 AMC 290,304,343,360,390 & 401 V8's are identical
externally and you'd prob want the 72 and up as they used both the Mopar autos
and the GM T400's so things like hi po convertors shift kits are readily
available.the most common engine you'll find is the 360 as many were put in pul
sized Jeeps,even the 401 and even some full sized International trucks and
travelalls got 401's as well tho they called em 400's but if you see the dist.
up front and cocked to the right its a AMC otherwise IHC's had their dist. up
front in the middle like a Ford.I wouldn't mess with a 343 or 70-71 360 as they
still used the BW autos and nothings available for those trannys hi,po wise and
you must have either a adapter kit or machine the crank ends to make them usable
with the Mopar autos or GM autos.Tho its worth it if you happen to find a
70 390 or 71 401 hell even a 360 as they and the 70 390 had the hi comp #319
cast heads and are highly sought after performance AMCers.
I think Doug Galvin of Galvins AMC makes a custom V8 crossmember with
the mounts alls you gotta o is send in yer old one as a core Doc you have Dougs
no. handy?
I think the bellhousings are different than that of a V8
I'm sure there is but not by much and i always say 8 cyls are better
than 6 'evil grin'
as far as a V8 engine,if you don't plan on dragging it or maybe the
occational drag race but mostly cruise,get them new Edelbrock shorty headers or
use the stock exhaust manifolds as haders are a pain and as for wiring,i'm using
my factory 6 banger wiring harness tho i'm gonna get rid of alotta crap i don't
need for it i.e anything that went to the a/c,wipers only thing i need is
lites,brake lites,gauge panel lites and blinkers and what ever the hi po craps
hooked to.but my car will be more of a racer than a driver so it may very on how
you wanna do up your wiring.
No Prob Dan,good luck with your project.please ask away if you have any
more questions.
Bart
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