[DMCForum] Re: Juley's 258 (Dave Stragand)

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Torque, Dave -- it's all about torque...

BTW: 258 is the last engine Juley will ever have to buy. Can't kill
it. Chrysler continued to use after the purchase with a fuel injected
head.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxx>
wrote:
> "B280" it is then.
>  
> Juley likes the "cute" six cylinder.  It is the powerhouse 258 2bbl.
> Surprisingly quick little motor...
>  
> She doesn't want to change anything on the Gremlin, but has thoughts of
> doing a 'tuner' AMC Eagle wagon, which would be unusual to say the
least.
> It's fourth in line behind a Studebaker Hawk, a Nash Metropolitan
> convertible, and a Pacer.  We're going to need a LOT of garage space
in our
> family, eh?
>  
> -Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: content22207 [mailto:brobertson@xxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 11:15 AM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DMCForum] ATTN: Dave Stragand
> 
> 
> Why not call it a "B280" intake? Is a totally different creature than
> B27/B28.
> 
> Here's another AMC tidbit you may not know with definite Juley
> application:
> 
> All AMC engineered products since 1971 will accept any AMC V8,
> provided you have or get suitable engine cross member (all AMC V8's
> are externally identical, and all will fit a 6 cylinder engine
> compartment -- even the Pacer!).
> 
> This means you can transform Juley's Gremlin into a lean mean vintage
> machine that will smoke wheels off a DeLorean (go for the AMC 390).
> 
> Don't forget to change differential to one that can handle torque --
> after AMC dropped compression in 1971 it also lightened rear end
> significantly.
> 
> I believe AMC continued to use same Chrysler transmissions so should
> be OK there.
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
> 
> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > Yes, Bill -- you KNOW I know that.  What I meant is the 'Chrysler'
> intake;
> > and yes I know Chrysler didn't make it either.  I just was trying to
> find a
> > way to refer to the intake used on that particular application.  =)
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: content22207 [mailto:brobertson@xxxx] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 9:39 PM
> > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [DMCForum] Re: AMC PRV Intake
> > 
> > 
> > AMC never used PRV, in either re-badged Renault products or 
> > ESPECIALLY not in their own designs. Is no such thing as an AMC PRV 
> > intake manifold.
> > 
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
> > 
> > >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" 
> > <dave.stragand@xxxx> wrote:
> > > The heads will fit, but you need to use the 'AMC' intake, as it is
> > > configured differently than the DeLorean one.
> > >  
> > > Someone has already made the conversion to an Eagle Premiere 3.0 --
> > > http://www.projectdelorean.com/
> > >  
> > > -Dave
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cruznmd [mailto:racuti1@xxxx] 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 7:53 AM
> > > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [DMCForum] PRV's in AMC's??
> > > 
> > > 
> > > My uncle tells me of a man who worked for Chrysler. This man says 
> > > that when the AMC Eagle (Premier?) and another AMC car that I can't 
> > > remember the name of (Coronado?), Chrysler sent a group of their 
> > > mechanics to Volvo to get certified on the PRV, and this guy was 
> > one 
> > > of them. Supposedly he's -real- good at fixing these engines.
> > > 
> > > Bill, you always say that Chrysler bought AMC. Were you aware that 
> > > these engines were used in these cars, or were going to be?
> > > Could this be a good source of heads and certain other parts?
> > > 
> > > Rich
> > > #5335
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > 
> > 
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