Intake / Exhaust 6 Manifolds Upgrade

["Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxx>]

 258 ran until 1991 (!) in Wranglers & the late-80's
in 
J-trucks & Wagoneers (1988?). 


Be aware that the later manifolds had a
bunch 
of smog crap in/on them, though. FWIW, my friend's 1979 Cherokee 
Chief 
(258/TH400/Q-Trac) manifolds appear identical to the 70's AMC car
pieces.


- . - 


The 258 manifolds AFTER 1980 - those 
being 1981 - '86 are the DESIREABLE units
as they FLOW one hell of a lot more than
the earlier units. AMC spent cash on
these to get them to flow.

Only 'smog' crap is that BBD 2bbl
carb - with stepper motors etc.

If you're good with those - when
they run - they run well .....BUT -


The Intake Manifold is the Unit of 
Choice of Moab Race Jeep builders.

They put a $12.00 aluminum 4bbl. 
adapter on the Aluminum - water 
heated / cooled '81 AMC Intakes -
and add a 390 cfm 4bbl. carb .

You can run the stock Intake /
Exhaust Manifolds from an '81
& up AMC 6 .

Use an '82 Plymouth Volare 
2bbl Carb to get rid of the 
dreaded BBD carb the '81
AMCs' came with .

You'll need to switch the
'ball' socket to the other
side of the carb - but that
is it for linkage mods .


This is the Best way to 
go for Carbed' AMC 6
engines.

If you want Fancy - look
for the Weber Carb Kit on
eBay or in JEEP groups on
Yahoo.


Brien.



----Original Message Follows----
From: "radman72d" <radman72d@xxxx>
Reply-To: gremlintime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: gremlintime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gremlintime] 1975 gremlin
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:30:27 -0000

i need an intake and exaust manifold for a 1975 gremlin 258 6cyl
with power steering please help thanks