Golden Lime SC360

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Another small SC update. Ran errands with the car this morning then came home and did some work on the car. I picked up a NOS set of Accel plug wires at Carlisle a few months ago and finally had time to cut and crimp them all and install them. It’s amazing to me how decades old Made In USA rubber stays so nice and supple while new Chinese stuff fails in no time. All the vacuum caps came out of a Chinese Amazon kit and they’re all cracking already.

I also took some time and replaced the sway bar end links with new USA Moog ones. They’re a different style but I’m sure they’ll work just fine. Marty and I spent some time this afternoon washing the car getting it ready for Carlisle in a few days. It needed to be vacuumed too.

The short block is another 100 dollar 360 I picked up that was remanufactured at some point in its past. It’s bored .040 over at 4.120 and the crank is .010 on the mains and .020 on the rods. I’m not using that crank though as I have a nice uncut standard 360 crank I was given months ago.

My current plan is to go to 4.155 bore(stock is 4.080) and have the crank cut offset to increase the stroke to 3.66(stock is 3.44) with NASCAR 6.200 rods that use a 1.850 rod journal. They’re super cheap on eBay. I’ll just need pistons made for it which a friend in the AMC community is offering to help me spec so I get everything correct.

I really like this car and since I’m going to keep it I figure I’ll build something nicer for it than the basic 360 I built for it last year.

The tunnel ram will absolutely stay.