> ♣Slew Foot♣ Wrote:
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> Yeah 383 it was right on the quarter panel there was a lot of ball they
> used to put all sorts of parts in it there are Ford parts and it there
> Dodge parts in it you put the wife wash fluid in the hot water bottle
> that said Ford on it and it had vacu assist everything yeah I can still
> remember that sucking sound and when it when it rains and you're at a
> stoplight the damn wipers would go nuts cuz of the vacuum was so high at
> idle
AMC never made a 383. chrysler did.
AMC had not used anyone else's engines since they used packard engines in the mid-'50's.
AMC made V-8s in sizes of 250, 287, 290, 304, 327, 343, 360, 390, and a 401 CID.
there has been some confusion over the 327, 360, and 390, because chevy made a 327, chrysler and ford both made a 360, and ford made a 390.
that said, all the aforementioned were AMC engines, and the similar displacements as the big three's famous mills were coincidental.
fun fact: the AMC 327 was made 5 years before the chevy engine of the same displacement, and in its original 4bbl version, was arguably the first muscle car (1957 rambler rebel).(edited)