Stocker to superstocker

[lugnut]

any new cj ford or DP will be just fine tighten them lugs

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Roger K Fain

'69 AMX 290 cu in 225 HP; ran it in M/S on 13.15 index, went 12.15, won two events.
Changed cam to .700 lift roller, massaged heads, Edelbrock "Torker" intake, "Quikfuel" 3310 Holley, 10.5" M/T's; run SS/M on 11.90 index, goes 10.60s in good air, won one event, so far. Almost always slowest car in eliminator, we leave first with very good driver.

And its a really cool car to. Love those AMX's. Dont ever cut those wheel tubs.

[SSGN]

Originally Posted by Mike Savelle

Kevin My 95 Trans Am can run both stock and Superstock the way it sits and is under both indexes.. The price is right . Mike

LOL why don't you rent me the car and my daughter can drive.Hmmmm we might have something here

Kevin

[SSGN]

Originally Posted by Alan Warman

My vote would be the GM G-Body's. You have the Malibu's the Grand National and the Olds Cutlass. They are cheap and have ton's of bolt on parts that work.

What classes will the G bodies fit.I have a couple Grand Nationals and they don" t do well in either class but sure are a nice street car.Thanks

Kevin

[Ed Fernandez]

Roger,stop giving our secrets away.:<):<)

[Jeff Lee]

'68-'70 AMC AMX 2-seat 97" wheelbase. Will run fast in Stock or Super Stock on 9" slicks with Calvert rear springs and bars. I went 10.50's in D/S with a 390 and loaded a "fair" SS 390 and a steeper rear gear. Went 10.00 in SS/H. The 290, 390 (either 1968-1969 or 1970 (different specs) and '70 360
will all under by a significant margin with the 290 as Roger mentioned probably the best to build (and cheapest).
But you probably want a belly button car...

[Tom keedle]

jeff, are you aware of any "approved" 290 pistons? 2bbl or 4bbl?
i'm not....
that's why i've got one (from ED F) that's gonna get sent in (to a mfgr) one of these days, probably this fall

[Roger K Fain]

Tom,
Check with Hemmy Adkins or Garrett Ghezzi (SS/MA from Joliet, IL) for NHRA piston.
Dwight Southerland played around with one on a dyno also.

[Lambertcars]

Hi Roger
Back in the late 70s and early 80s I ran a 69 AMX in NHRA Super Stock with a 390 engine. Not wanting to move the rear springs or alter the wheel tubs the only tire that would fit was a 9 in tire. I have thought about geting another AMX but I would not want to alter the rear of the car. What if any thing could be done to use a bigger tire with the stock length rear end and no alteration to the spring location and the wheel tubs?
Thanks Allen

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Lambertcars

Hi Roger
Back in the late 70s and early 80s I ran a 69 AMX in NHRA Super Stock with a 390 engine. Not wanting to move the rear springs or alter the wheel tubs the only tire that would fit was a 9 in tire. I have thought about geting another AMX but I would not want to alter the rear of the car. What if any thing could be done to use a bigger tire with the stock length rear end and no alteration to the spring location and the wheel tubs?
Thanks Allen

The biggest you will get and still have the slick inside the quarters is a 9x30. There's no getting around having to do some serious trimming of the wheel well arch for a 30" slick. Otherwise you need a shorter slick like a 28" but that is a compromise in itself. But I was still going 1.38 60' in my car with a 9x29.5 in my '70 AMX. I had another with an 11.5x29.5 with stock framerails and coil-overs but it was tubbed. You could do it by using a tub or mini-tub.