Re: Ford 300 swap, pros and cons.....
Post by grantshire on Jun 27, 2006, 7:31am

Okay, after reading all this about 6 cylinders I have to ask.

What's wrong with the AMC 4.2? I have had several over the years in many different Jeeps. They have great torque, last forever, and are easy to work on. There are also a ton of after market stuff for them as well. Bolt a H.O. 4.0 head on it (worth about 40 hp or more) and a 4 barrel and it will out perform most stock V8's. All without losing the AMC 4.2 low-end torque.

I am currently building one of these for my Scrambler. A friend has a couple of them ( CJ7 & CJ8) with a T176's. One has a weber 2 barrel and the other a Clifford with a Holley 4 barrel. Both will slam you back in the seat on acceleration, burn rubber shifting gears (3.73's & 33x12.50's and 3.54's & 35x12.50's) but still have the low end torque to rock crawl.

The only reason one of these isn't going in my M715 is I want to tow my car carrier with mine.