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pacerman
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I might also have the correct one here somewhere then. I sold an original Inland shifter so I do plan to run the Hurst. I will put the present shifter bezel up for sale. Thanks. Joe
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pacerman
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Ok I have lots of projects and sometimes I don't have much motivation, but I am back on the AMX project. I am reassembling the factory short block 343 that I bought for the car years ago. I thought I would provide some details below about how the factory built an engine, based on this block.
It appears the factory used some Permatex to seal the gallery plugs, based on the residue. The crated was dated 1973 but it appears the engine was cast on the 191th day of 1972. Just a deduction based on the date of the rod bearings shown below. It is a Central Foundaries block (CFD logo shown.) The block was cast on the 10th hour of the second shift (or it might be 10 p.m., not sure). The factory used a 360 block to produce the 343 service block, since 343 production was long discontinued. They used head bolt hole inserts to convert to 7/16th head bolts for a true service block which could be installed with the original heads and head bolts in the field. I think I bought ARP 7/16ths head bolts long ago and do plan to use them. As a service block, the 360 displacement was ground off. A 528 (casting number for the 360) is cast inside the block which I had never noticed before. The cast crank is a 3193816. I have not checked to see if that matches the actual casting number of the earlier 343's but I don't suppose it makes any difference. It is not an Armasteel crank, more's the pity. Main bearing clearance was spot on at .002 inches for all the journals. Thank you AMC. I did not check rod clearance yet the crank turns easlily after each piston is inserted and the rod caps tightened. Maybe I am lazy or too trusting but it is my motor and I will live with it. The factory had lightly oiled the head bolts. So if you are wondering whether you should assemble them dry, hey, the factory lightly oiled them. Rod bearings are dated April 1972. The upper and lower bearings appear to be identical, but I noticed the L on one bearing in each set and used that bearing as the lower bearing for each rod. By the way on this new engine the copper was showing for all main bearings except for one. There did not ever appear to be a silver coating over the copper, but I neglected to get a picture before assembling the motor. I think I mentioned before that I had the engine professionally balanced. The shop reported that factory balance was nothing to brag about. But they broke a compression ring and didn't tell me. I called them and a new ring will be here next week. Below: 707 rods were used. This will be a street motor so I did not take any extra measures like shot peening or any other flash cleanup performed. I am considering the use of an old Viking 100 Erson cam for a 1960's lopey idle, but I have two other aftermarket cams to choose from too. The original AMC cam which is never been run will be for sale for a few bucks. |
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jpnjim
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Strange, since AMC would dynamically balance their engines on a big electric motor, crazy that it would have been so far off. It sounds like either heavier than stock pistons made it into the engine, or it somehow ended up with a 290 crank(?). Interesting build either way, thanks for posting it.
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69BBB3904spAMX
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Joe, Thanks for posting another example of the CID numbers being ground off of a service block, AFTER it was cast
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