Very cool!!

Small SC360 update
Had a blast in Kenosha and cannot wait to do the show again in 3 years. The Kenosha Homecoming show is put on by the city of Kenosha itself, which lets the show occur in places that wouldn’t normally be allowed.

Pictured are the Hornet on the shore of Lake Michigan and another photo on the site of the original AMC assembly factory. It’s not an empty lot called the Kenosha innovation neighborhood. The city shows the scars of all the industry leaving, mainly after the horror show that was NAFTA, but obviously we’ve been losing industry for longer than that. But it is reviving itself and is great to see.

Also pictured is the new connecting rods for the stroker engine I’m starting to build. A whole 80 dollars for 3,000 dollars worth of Pankl NASCAR 6.200 rods. I also picked up an original metal fan shroud for the car and installed it. They’re a little hard to find so I was happy to pick this up in Kenosha at the swap meet. I picked up some other cool parts too. I might make a separate post about some cool SC360 trivia in the lounge.

Also picked up a 100 dollar 304. I love buying these engines. They use the same crank as a 360, I get all of the factory hardware, and a ton of other parts in an engine that no one really wants so I can get them dirt cheap. This one was sitting on the passenger floorboard of an originally green 4 speed Rebel Machine. This poor car hurts to look at. But would cost more than it’s worth to restore.

Looks like you got captured in the facebook coverage for the Somerville cruise last week!

Nice, one of my favorite car shows. I covered it when I was writing for Car Craft - AMC folks are some of the best car guys around.

A bud sent me this, looks like your color there

That Golden Lime/Shadow Mask 70 AMX is badass and something I’d eventually like to find/own.

Small update
Block at the machine shop getting decked. Factory deck height on these is 9.208. He’s going to double check his measurement to be sure but he got 9.203 after decking it.
Heads are getting their bowls and chambers cleaned up. Sleeves are installed to use SBC valves. I need to order guide plates to be installed on these heads.

A friend of mine has a car show every year at his house. It’s mostly Mustangs as they’re a huge ford/Shelby family but the AMC contingent showed up this year with myself and Marty bringing the Hornet and another local friend bringing his 72 401 4 speed AMX.

I really wanted a nice Milodon, Moroso, or Canton oil pan for the new engine. But I like scrounging and don’t want to spend 4-700 dollars for a new pan. While out in Kenosha I was hoping to find someone selling one used. I didn’t find that, but I did find this pan. For the princely sum of 30 dollars I bought a homemade deep sump pan that was very clearly used hard. There’s a welded up hole in the side of the pan from a rod poking through it. I brought it to work and on break cleaned in the sandblaster and washed it. For what I paid for it I’m very happy.

Also in Kenosha I picked up a used factory Carter fuel pump. Wanting more volume than the factory 1/8 inlet/outlet pump, I picked up a 30 dollar used Chevy high volume/pressure pump with 1/4 inlets and outlets. A rebuild kit from Dead Nuts On and a little cleaning and I have a very nice AMC Carter pump that should feed plenty of fuel to the new engine.

Thanks for reading. I should have some small updates here and there but my machinist is leaving for 2 months in September so it’ll be sitting there until he gets back. Though I should get the crank back sooner than that and want to order pistons while he’s away.

Small SC360 update. Really just a machine shop update for the new engine. Otherwise I’ve just been driving and having fun with the car. I realize the other day the left side leaf spring must be completely sacked out because the left rear of the car sits about 2” lower than the right side. Over the winter I’ll have to pull the springs and have them re-arched.
Block cleaned up nice at 4.150. Once I have the pistons Scott with do the final bore and hone to 4.155 and set piston to wall clearance. He’s got the heads pretty close to being done minus waiting for the springs and stuff. I still haven’t decided on a cam so I can’t order springs yet. Part of me wants to do a hydraulic roller since I want to drive this car a ton with this engine. Another part of me wants to keep it simple with another flat tappet cam. I’ll call Crower and see what they recommend.

The crank was shot blasted at that machinist and he was really impressed with how nice the casting was. He’s going to spend some time in the next couple weeks to get it cut down for the nascar rods.

Thanks for reading. Sorry this is a boring update.

Not boring at all! I love hearing updates on projects.

Today I hung out and washed the Hornet while Marty played outside and he wanted up on the car.
1976 called and wants it’s photo back

What are the strange slots in the combustion chambers above the spark plug holes?