Lean burn engines

[Greg Hermann]

>
>Quickie book review: Only for AMC-ophiles. You just read the most
>useful parts. Many pretty pictures of garish paint jobs. Spend the
>money on an AMC Shop Manual.

Thanks, Stuart. Does the book say anything about a variety of combustion
chamber shapes?? As in, which year heads to use, other than for the D
shaped exhaust ports?

Greg
>
>Where to get a Shop Manual? Search the web; there's a fair amount of
>AMC stuff out there.
>
>> The 360 was created long before Chrysler bought AMC.  My dad had a '74
>> Matador wagon with that engine.  It's a real workhorse, but tends to
>> be drippy.
>
>In my own limited experience (Dad had a few), this is absolutely
>correct; AMCs will run forever, so long as you keep pouring oil into
>them.
>
>But don't settle for a drippy engine; clean threads, clean parts,
>careful attention to torque on the fasteners. Now even my Peugeot
>stays dry.
>
>Back to lurking,
>
>stuart hastings


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