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Slate wrote: Typical. It's an AMC forum you say. Well the rest of the car is an AMC. He asked for help. He didn't ask for lectures about what other forums would do ( who cares?) or how polite one is being. If you have to say how polite you are being, then you aren't being that polite. If this is an AMC forum why cite how receptive a Chevy or Mopar board would be? Aren't we AMCers doing our AMC thing? It's more than ironic that people here focus on what reaction would occur in Moparland, Fordville, or Chevy country were a similar scenario posed there, all the while saying that staying AMC is about a purity thing. Well, if it is, then following the lead of  how things are done in the automotive mainstream comes across as a little hypocritical when attempting to shun the idea of helping someone keep an AMC going their way. Better not to answer at all. What the man wants to do isn't my personal cup of tea, but I believe in relaying what the options are and letting someone else decide. Chances are, in the long run, they will come back into the AMC fold, if you get what I mean. All it takes is a little patience and alot less patronizing, which is what he was railing at, justified or not. Steve

This may be a big shock, but I agree and well put, Steve.

Also, I always see AMCers say "dare to be different" Acting like other forums/marques is not being different.

I didn't tell the guy NOT to put a Brand X engine in his AMC.  I believe I said, "You car, your choice."  

Everyone I hung out with alteast knew of AMX's and Red White and Blue cars and considered them all VERY fast.

When I 1st got my Jav in 1988 I pulled up beside a guy I hung out with who had a solid 11sec street car at a red light. He looked over and put her on the convertor, then proceeded to destroy me. After the race we pulled into the local Sheets and he said "Oh that was you, all I saw was "AMX" and figured I had a good race"

I was like nope, it's just a Javelin with a 304. It was pitch black out and all he saw was fender humps and a stripe come up beside him.

So don't worry about what NRFs that are too scared to race think.

Yep, it's just a base Javelin. Nothing special in the car world. No Z code ETC.


A guy in a Javelin wax my Javelin? If they feel accomplished for beating a stock 130,000 mile 304 with a 2.87 peg leg, I feel sorry for them.

Red Devil wrote: Ant wrote: I understand those who like keeping brand x drivetrain with brand x cars but why does it have to be such a big deal. Expect 'cause so many who drove AMCs in their youth (or who's families drove AMCs) got flak from their Brand-'X' friends about how crappy and slow AMCs were and that "... only your Grandma would drive one ...". Face it, AMCs just weren't seen as cool cars. I remember a guy got props for putting a 454 and then a Hemi in a Javelin (don't know how the Hemi fit) ... but then it was cool and fast 'cause it had a Hemi. So sanctioning the installation of a Brand-X engine now just qualifies what your friends said back in the day.