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| 1979 AMC SPIRIT |
| This link is all about my street/strip 1979 AMC Spirit.I've owned this car since I was 15 years old,and it is the one car I would never get rid of.Not much is left of the original car I got in 1989 except for the roof,floor,and quarter panels. Everything else has been replaced over the years due to either: failure,rust or collision damage.It's transformation into the car it is today started about 8 years ago, when the stock six cylinder spun a bearing.The transmission didn't work very well,and it also needed body and interior work,so I parked it-for the next seven years!I worked on it on and off (mostly off)during that time until it was finished enough that I could drive it.By the spring of 2001,I had finished installing a new engine, transmission, brakes,suspension,shocks,fuel system and some used tires, so it was driveable-if not exactly pretty!Over the next seven months I installed a junkyard-salvaged interior from a 1980 Spirit DL,with a console from a Spirit Limited; and welded in some patches scavenged from a car in the junkyard.Then I finished the bodywork in my driveway and painted it '91 Corvette white in a rented paintbooth. My best time at the dragstrip, so far, is a 9.04@80 mph in the 1/8th mile.That should improve once I install a new rearend with posi-traction.I'll probably use a Ford 8.8 out of a 87-93 Ford Mustang 5.0.It's the same width,and by using Ranger pickup axles and drums,the wheel bolt pattern will remain the same.All I have to do is cut off the factory 4-link suspension mounts,and weld on leaf spring perches and I'm done.Anyhow, I guess that's it.I'll update this site when I make some changes to the car.Feel free to E-mail me if you have any questions about these cars.I always enjoy having the opportunity to help someone. |
| Technical Specifications |
| ENGINE |
| 1973 AMC 360 V8 Bored .030 over,decked,and align honed TRW Forged pistons Competition Cams 280 Magnum cam Ported and Polished "Dogleg"heads 2.08 Intake valves 1.74 Exhaust valves Chevy-style screw in studs Custom built guideplates Edelbrock Performer Intake Holley #3310 750 cfm 4bbl carburator Quick change secondary spring kit Secondary metering block conversion Clear sight plugs Heddman Hedders MSD 6AL Ignition MSD Cap-A-Dapt on 1978 Motorcraft Duraspark distributor MSD Multi-Step Retard Taylor 8mm plug wires in yellow |
| Transmission |
| 1977 Torque command 727 2500 stall non-lockup converter Stock rebuild Factory detented shifter |
| Fuel System |
| Sumped Stock Fuel Tank Holley Blue fuel pump Fram HPG-1 Fuel Filter #8+#6 Braided Stainless lines 1/2" hardline from tank to the front of the car |
| Suspension |
| 1.06" Front swaybar from a Spirit AMX Spirit AMX Front springs with 1 coil cut Rear leaf springs with 1 leaf added Cheap Slapper bars painted black Gas shocks |
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| My first car,and still my favorite |
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