$500 for 340 that's a gift around here. If you can find one in this are a 340 will run $750 and up. My buddy wants me to get a 360. Not sure about that motor. Ford motors are
easier to find than any AMC's. What kind of 400 was it Ford or GM? they made both. Crate motors are too high. Around here crates don't have the complete motor. I saw a sweet Cyclone on ebay it was a convertible. I like the hideaway headlights on them.
Maybe i'll jog down yonder Tennessee area. They have some nice yards down there.
eddie walker <moparedwalker@yahoo.com> wrote:
CJ
You can still find 340's relatively cheaply. I have sold 4 complete 340 motors for $500.00 - $600.00 in the last 6 months. You can buy new 340 blocks with extra webbing for alot cheaper than you can buy a similar offering from Ford.I just put a stroked 400 (mopar) in a guy's 71 Gremlin.I had plenty of clearance. You are right, a 440 may have some issues with the brake master cylinder and you may not be able to run power steering. We
had tried to find him a 401 and didnt come across anything so he took the next best thing.....There is a guy just down the road from me that put a Buick 455 in his Gremlin......looks great....I think I would rather have an AMC motor in mine though.....429 is a good little motor. I bought a couple of 70 Cyclones a couple of years ago. Both were 429's, 1 was a 4 spd. Wish I would have kept them They would fry the tires.........eddie walker
CJ <redneck2212@yahoo.com> wrote:
Maybe i'll try to snag a ford motor. Mopars are expensive especially the motor I'd like to get (340). Back in the day (1980's) my brothers friend put a 440 in his Gremlin.It fit, I bet it was tight. As far as ford goes i'd probobly snag a 429. They are'nt as wide as a 440. My dad had one in a 70 T-Bird. It had some balls to
it.
baadass73gremlin@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 8/18/2006 7:33:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, redneck2212@yahoo.com writes:
A friend of mine has a 56 Ford short bed pick-up with a 350 chevy and i ask him why a GM motor and he told me parts are easier to find for a GM and they are cheaper too.
that's not really true as finding a used 350 nowadays is getting hard as many yards rip em out and sell em to South America.todays chevy crate motors are about the same price as a Ford one.
Bart
Technology, sufficently advanced, would be indistinguishable
from magic.
Redneck from birth. Rebel by choice.
CJ
Technology, sufficently advanced, would be indistinguishable
from magic.
Redneck from birth. Rebel by choice.
CJ
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