Re: [gremlintime] V8 Gremlins

["currygs" <tcffarms@xxxx>]

I really need a Gremin with a good body, I do not care about the eng. or
tranny. I wish to make a drag car out of it. Please try and help, I can
travel to trailer the car home

thanks George
----- Original Message -----
From: <RHETTRO88@xxxx>
To: <gremlintime@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 2:38 PM
Subject: [gremlintime] V8 Gremlins


> From: RHETTRO88@xxxx
>
> Well...I think I did hear somewhere that all the AMC V8s from 1967-on were
> based off of each other.
>
> However...a 360 or 401 in a Gremlin? C'mon...the Hornet SC/360 had
blistering
> performance. I mean, think of it...280 horsepower in a compact car. Now,
> while that figure was gross horsepower, not net, it's still a whole lot.
> 280..or even 335 (as the 1971 401 w/ dual exhaust had) in a Gremlin would
be
> total overkill. By 1975, the 304 Gremlin just wasn't selling. Also, due to
> the fact that the Grem was six/V8 only (and had aging styling)...less and
> less people were buying them after the oil embargo. In 1974, the 232 had
100
> horsepower, the 258 had 110, and the 304 had 150. The 360 had only 180.
So,
> what good, really, would a more gas-guzzling engine do for performance?
Not
> much with only 30 more ponies.
>
> In the Gremlin's best selling year, 1974, when 171,128 were sold, only
14,137
> were 304s. That's only about 8%. In 1976, only 826 V8 Gremlins were
> sold...that's less than 2% of the 1976 total. A 360 wouldn't sell at all.
>
> Now, having the bragging rights of owning a Corvette-fighting Gremlin are
> fine and dandy, but the Gremlin was only originally designed as an economy
> car. It was supposed to be cheap and practical. Getting 10mpg (or less) in
a
> 360 Gremlin with a 21 gallon tank, with gas prices and insurance rates as
> ludicrous as they were back then, would be anything BUT practical.
>
> I also think the six was a good idea with the X package. I mean...if you
> didn't want a gas-hogging V8, then you could still get a good-looking,
sporty
> car that was worth something later on.
>
> Of the 671,475 AMC Gremlins built from 1970-1978, only 40,994 had 304 V8s.
> So, of all the Gremlins ever built, 6% had the 304. Would sales be any
better
> if a 360 were an option? Not much, if at all. Besides, the Gremlin is
pretty
> powerful with the 232 or 258. I mean...180 ft-lbs of torque in a 2775-lb
car?
> Not bad for 1976.
>
> Oh well...there will be those who want their museum pieces, and those who
> want to make rocket-sleds. Each of us is pretty cool for liking the
Gremlin.
>
> I now digress.
>
> Rhett <><
>
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