Nice Parts Engine

51hornet · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:44 pm Post subject: Nice Parts Engine

For the BIN of this engine you get some nice parts like the Twin H and the double pulley. If I was closer I would snap this up for parts. Might even be a good core to rebuild.

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Dave53-7C · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:27 pm Post subject: Re: Nice Parts Engine

Yeah, and obviously the seller realizes that.

When looking at these engines, are there any external clues as to the age other than the serial number? Did any aspect of external design change when hydraulic lifters were used? Can older engines be easily retrofitted to use hydraulic lifters?

51hornet · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject: Re: Nice Parts Engine

When you look for the serial number its in a diff location.

There are oil holes near the lifter to fill it. Same as solid lifter but a little larger so yes you could modify for hydraulic. All the notes I have seen and said these lifters they used were noisy. I have not seen many conversions of older blocks to hydraulic lifter and I have wondered that myself.

Dave53-7C · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: Re: Nice Parts Engine

Can you refresh my memory on the location of SN's for newer/AMC blocks?

I wonder if any of the Hudson gurus would have some info on solid to hydraulic lifter conversion.

51hornet · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject: Re: Nice Parts Engine

Drivers side about 10 inches from front of engine on top of block on a little bump out made just for SN

In pic about look at top outlet if you look under it and a little back you can see the area.

Dave53-7C · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:04 pm Post subject: Re: Nice Parts Engine

OK, you mean the rectangle shape on the driver's side of the block, right? Mine is not there so I guess I have a real McCoy Hudson engine by jingo. After the merger in 54, did AMC keep any real Hudson operations intact like engine manufacturing?

51hornet · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject: Re: Nice Parts Engine

Nope they ran out the supply sold the rest to JC Whitney and started rolling their own junk.

Dave53-7C · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject: Re: Nice Parts Engine

So, you're saying that Hashes have Nash engines... Barfing

If having a Nash built engine is the only way to get hydraulic lifers, I'll keep lovin' the solid tappets in my fine Hudson engine.

51hornet · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject: Re: Nice Parts Engine

Later on AMC made some nice engines that went into the Javelins and AMX's they were hot engines.

Dave53-7C · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject: Re: Nice Parts Engine

Yeah, and there's still quite a following for those later V-8s. After all, AMC had to shake their image of slow, crappy, old fart cars if they were going to stay in the game.