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Post by sc397 on Jan 25, 2021 9:22:23 GMT -8
I am slow but finally figured out how to limit the emails, text, and phone calls asking for free advice. I sold a 343 to a guy that wanted one to rebuild for his AMX. He made a point to tell me that he has built a few chevy engines and had never built a AMC engine. This was my first red flag. No offense Cappy but the chevy converted to AMC guys are the worst. So of course I try to educate him so that he doesn't build a grenade. Since then, I have had no less than 10 text from him asking for advice. He has finally figured on building a 450 hp roller cam Eddy head 343...... I always have more questions form him than he has for me. One of my questions was, how many rpm to you figure on spinning with this thing. Hes response was 7800. My response back was, Not with stock rods you won't. He responded that they are polished so he thought that he was good to go. Finally got him convinced to buy good rods. Today he sent me another text wanting to know with the increase of the aftermarket rod length, what would the affect be in deck clearance. This was my response: You can figure that out yourself. Go on line and use Diamond Piston compression calculator and fill it in. I have a guy in England that paid me $50.00 a hour consoltating fees. Your bill is adding up!
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Post by spud on Jan 25, 2021 9:54:20 GMT -8
🤣 Be nice your gonna end up putting all his bastardized butchered mismatched bullshit together! Falcon global and scat sell drop in 290-360 rods. Sounds like you got a live one there. Coulda put a LS in it. Probably will before that 343 makes exhaust. I got a 390 from a chevy guy. Said it was “ pro bilt” but the distributer wouldn’t “ line up” ... he had put the gear on, backwards, then put the fuel pump eccentric on.
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Post by landbarge on Jan 25, 2021 10:43:22 GMT -8
It's a farking engine, not an allen spacecraft. Seems to me only the chevy guys have this bullshit excuse. Do they get derailed when they can't find the distributor in the back?
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Post by Captain Awesome on Jan 25, 2021 16:10:03 GMT -8
No Offense here. His 450 HP Chebby's were prolly 16 sec cars trailer park Monkey Carlos and he talks out his dick.
I mean wtf is there to know? Look up clearances, everything to check on the oil system is posted 50,000 times online. Should be good to go.
Shit, when Gremlin bud palyed with his 360, and his Brother built "The Monster 304" back in 1984 there was no internet to go to. Clearances are in the Mighty Book of Chilton/Motor Manuals, and Cam choice came from ordering catalogs from Crane and Comp. Now ya have all that online.
Sometimes being nice just fucks ya over. You're time and knowledge are worth something, and most of those Clowns spit in your face for sharing it.
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Post by Captain Awesome on Jan 25, 2021 16:13:37 GMT -8
and for the record, I'm a Motard converted to everything else. Which is prolly far worse. lol
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Post by Captain Awesome on Jan 25, 2021 16:16:46 GMT -8
Oh and, every Chevy guy would own a "Real" AMX. Is the one thing I've seen as a constant over the years. You won't catch em dead in a Gremlin, Hornet, Concord, Ambo etc. That's always the sign of a true AMC guy, driving one of those.
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Post by spud on Jan 25, 2021 17:01:13 GMT -8
Really now, what is this guy gonna do with a 4500-7800 powerband. If he was gonna race why start with a 343? Where do these fools come from
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Post by landbarge on Jan 25, 2021 17:34:54 GMT -8
Oh and, every Chevy guy would own a "Real" AMX. Is the one thing I've seen as a constant over the years. You won't catch em dead in a Gremlin, Hornet, Concord, Ambo etc. That's always the sign of a true AMC guy, driving one of those.Hey, I like my landbarge. And hopefully the last part I need to finish the 5 speed is a non- misfit driveshaft like the one in the car now.
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Post by 69Rebel on Jan 25, 2021 19:37:36 GMT -8
Really now, what is this guy gonna do with a 4500-7800 powerband. If he was gonna race why start with a 343? Where do these fools come from I bet TV Jim's dirt track Javelin doesn't rev that high. Dumbass has been reading Road and Track. "Duhuh, deher, if'n a Ferd VooDoo motor can spin 8K, a AMC could do it too."
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Post by Captain Awesome on Jan 25, 2021 19:53:00 GMT -8
Hey, I like my landbarge. And hopefully the last part I need to finish the 5 speed is a non- misfit driveshaft like the one in the car now. Are you a Converted Chevy guy?
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Post by Captain Awesome on Jan 25, 2021 21:06:55 GMT -8
When I bought my Jav back in 88, all my Chevy buddies said "if I was gonna buy one of these, I'da bought a Two Seater, the only real Car AMC ever made. Everything else is junk"
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Post by sc397 on Jan 26, 2021 5:17:39 GMT -8
Really now, what is this guy gonna do with a 4500-7800 powerband. If he was gonna race why start with a 343? Where do these fools come from Because it is what the car has in it now. It is like my mentality when I was 17. I could never put 15" wheels on my AMX because it came with 14's. And I am afraid to ask him which transmission he is going to use. Seems like I remember him talking about a gravel grinder or something like that and wondering if the T10 is the same thing.. LOL - has to be compared to the gm world at all times. Tunnel vision. I just hope that he is not going to try to run the Borg automatic. I can just envision the next wave of questions. I could be wrong about all of this. Maybe he will come up with a new way to make a 343 out perform the biggest baddest 401. You know, it is like the old big block vs small block world. It works with chevys so it has to work with the rest..
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Post by landbarge on Jan 26, 2021 6:08:07 GMT -8
Converted chevy guy? I own one for the last 4 years. 6.0. Vortex. Had AMC since the 80's.stearted with SJ's then eagles. Several versions of each.
Right. Now I'm cursing the driveshaft that has the yokes at 45 degree phasing.
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Post by amxdreamer on Jan 26, 2021 9:34:11 GMT -8
I don't have a "real" AMX I just have an AMX.....and the big ol' Amboat!
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Post by spud on Jan 26, 2021 9:48:32 GMT -8
Amc got it right. If you wanted more go you bought a 390 or 401. Even if it was stock it was good 99 percent of the time. Why mess with perfection. Its not like your gonna smoke everything.
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