On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 08:01:15PM -0500, Loren Faeth wrote: > >The 304 and 345 were AMC supplied V8's and were not converted diesels > > BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT! Wrong! 266 and 304 are IH engines. The 345 and the > 392 are big block IH engines. The 392 4 barrel is a powerful torquey > engine. There was an amc engine used for a year or two in Scouts, when IH > couldn't make enough engines, or couldn't meet smog requirements. I think > it was a 302? Any AMC fans out there?
Two AMC engines occasionally found themselves in internationals - the AMC 401 (which was called an international 400 to not confuse international people, since IHC made a 401 cube straight six for heavier duty applications), and the AMC 258 (a straight six). There weren't a lot of them. The AMC 304 and IHC 304 don't have much in common beyond displacement and eight pistons on a common crankshaft. > NO IH gas engine shares a block with Diesels, except maybe in > tractors. The v-8 diesels (powerstroke) have a different block Actually, the 7.3 block started life as a gasoline engine, but was extensively modified for use as a diesel. It no longer shares much with its gasser grandfather. Which one I can't remember, but it isn't urban legend. K
