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My newest wild idea
Well.... I was talking to my friend who works at the auto parts store and mentioned I want another AMC. He told me of a guy selling a 1977 AMC Hornet AMX for $500! What the hell is that you say? Well...it's a Hornet hatchback with a special suspension and body package that was produced in very limited numbers. Now although it is rare, it is an AMC and therefore has practically no monitary value. So, I got to thinking....instead of using my left over 360 V8 from my Javelin project, why not build a twin turbo inline six for it and couple it ot a 5 speed manual trans? Originally, I was thinking RB25DEt or 2JZGTTE, but then I realized that the highest evolutionary point of the pushrod straight six is the Jeep 4.0-which is a direct decendant of the 258 L6 the car came with! In stock form, it has 190 hp, 80 hp more than the old 258. Now, if I can get a turbo manifold made for it and a front mount intercooler, I could theoretically have a killer 400 hp L6 for very little cash. I was also thinking of seeing if a factory turbo L6 car has a stainless steel tubular headder, because then I could splice it to the original Jeep Stainless manifold with a TIG welder. I would paint the car snot green and have the loudest BOV I could find just to screw with people. It also has a 108 in wheelbase , which makes it a candidate for a controllable drift car.Well...a better candidate than my current 96 in wheelbase AMC Spirit. Any thoughts?
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1998 Nissan Frontier XE/2wd/5spd 1 owner, 264k miles
1985 Olds Cutlass, 350 Chevy, owned for 14 years
WANTED: 1968-1973 Datsun 510 or 1991-1994 Sentra SE-R
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