Originally Posted by tomslik (Post 108480)

it'll give some seat time until i can get a 290/4speed combo put together?
and it's already in the car...;)

Originally Posted by Robert Swartz (Post 108246)

I went back to the rulebook and couldn't find this.Robert Swartz

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone (Post 108484)

The 290 doesn't look too bad at 210hp. I wasn't sure about the 4 speed. You can run it it L, seeing you already have a bar (cage?).


not yet , i don't...

I really don't see the 6 cylinder running the index in Q/Stock.
How about it, Tom Goldman?

Originally Posted by tomslik (Post 108489)

thought the 2bbl 290s were 200 horse and the 4bbl's were 225....
i could be wrong.

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone (Post 108484)

The 290 doesn't look too bad at 210hp. I wasn't sure about the 4 speed. You can run it it L, seeing you already have a bar (cage?).

I really don't see the 6 cylinder running the index in Q/Stock.
How about it, Tom Goldman?

Originally Posted by Tom Goldman (Post 108503)

Mark, I'd be very impressed if it ran under the index in Q ....Even at 2800#. ..... This combo is lower in compression and cam lift than a 258 like Ed F's combo that runs in T., altho the ports are much larger on the earlier heads .....On the plus side ,I guess you could run a 4 speed T-10 in it and not use 4th gear, that would at least give some strength not found in the 3 speed. ....The 290 combo is the sweet one ,only 2900# in K,3005 in L, only as a 4 speed with the 4 barrel in '67 ..Billy Nees has been pestering me to build one of them for years. If Billy likes it ,is got to be good!
.....Tom

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez (Post 108500)

NHRA took 15HP off the combo.Trust me,you would not be happy with the 232 3 speed drivetrain.
Dwight,CRS is a bitch isn't it?

Ed

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee (Post 108578)

Under FRAME it allows joining of factory front / rear subframes in Stock. No mention of roll-bar.

It is interesting that AMC provided subframe connectors on the '68-'69 Rambler. I've been told it was for the V-8 only.





From what I've seen, a 343 Typhoon V-8 Rogue with a factory T-10 4-speed and 3.54 rear gears (or steeper) could hold it's own in a street race back in the day! I would guess headers, a Holley 750 w/ an aluminum intake and 4.10 gears with 7" slicks could add up to a high 13 second street car.
I once had a '69 AMX that had a bone stock 343 with a 4-speed,
3.54's and street tires. It was good for 96 MPH in the 1/4.