Pumping Extra Ponies Under The Hood Of The Retro AMC Javelin - Detroit Muscle S8, E9
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- We put some muscle behind our 1973 AMC Javelin, and we see how far it will go on the Dyno. #musclecar #horsepower
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Looks good! Thanks for keeping it AMC!
That engine is a total boat anchor and leaves the car massively underpowered.
@@danmyers9372 the 304 is awesome. My neighbors 71 jeepster has a 200+hp factory 304.
I feel like thats just as good as a ford 302 of the same time. Getting a cool 400hp small block amc out of it shouodnt be hard if its like any other american small block. Chevy, ford, dodge they all have great small blocks imo
77th anniversary of D day today. Prayers for all those fallen. Thanks to all those who made it back. GOD bless you all.
Yeah holly performance had to delete their post saying happy memorial day. It got alot of comments
I'm currently bringing a 74 Javelin back to life. It had been sitting in the desert for 30 years!
Happy to see a AMC on the show!
Thanks Powernation for featuring the AMC Javelin!
I have a 71 javelin with a 360 project I'm working on now I love them
So cool. My dad always says biggest mistake he ever made was getting rid of that car. I’m only 27 but I sure hope I can find a shell to build with him while he’s around
@@markg1495 yeah man that would be a great father son project me and my boy have been doing a mustang and now we're doing a ford pickup it's great to be able to pass on what knowledge I have to my son your dad would love that
Thank you for keeping the 304
You mean the boat anchor? Huge mistake to cave to bunch of narrow minded whiney AMC fan boys snd girls.
I have a '74 Javelin AMX that I just purchased last year. My dad is a chevy guy so this build is really helping us out in addition to my TSM. Thank you guys for doing the only car I've ever really fallen in love with.
"He's like a blister. Shows up after all the work is done."
Love it!
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Thanks for KEEPING the JAVELIN all AMC
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I have a 1973 Javelin that I am restoring. I am glad that Detroit Muscle show these episodes. I wish other car show have more episodes about the 1971-1974 Javelins!!
My first brand new car was a 1971 electric blue Javelin. I jacked it up with shackles and put G60 with chrome reverse wheels. It cost.$3400 from the Rambler dealership. I didn't think I would ever be able to pay it off.
I got my first speeding ticket six months later going 100 mph on the NYS Thurway
Big honkin' 50s, slapper bars, and S/S Cragars. I'm 13 again.
The javelin was one of the coolest designs to come out in the seventies if they could have had this kind of horsepower they would have kick some butt
My dad had a best friend who bought a brand new AMX with a 401 and my dad had a 383 magnum 69 Charger. Poor guy did no have a chance. The guy returned the car.
Couple hundred dollars in parts would have pumped the HP right up!
apples to apples,they were fine.compare 70s cars to 70s cars they were right on par.this wasnt new 4800 pound plastic garbage like anything new
Some had decent horsepower, this javelin has the small 304 V8. Depending on the year you could also get 360s, 390s and 401s in the later models
10👍's up guys thanks again for taking us all along with you
LS'ted. LMAO
Is there a registry for LS'ters? ;)
Great job, the car looks beautiful. Love the factory look.
Thank You for keeping it AMC powered! Gets real tiresome seeing the crossbreeds.
Right lol, I can't stand chevy powered mustangs!
Blue oval forever!!!!
Ya I'm so tired of LS swaps
@@noduh736 Yessir. I'm even tired of seeing them in Chevrolets.
I agree, but there's a reason LS gets swapped into everything....easy and relatively cheap power with tons of options. Can't say that about most engines.
@@MrAcuta73 it's the AR15 of the car world.
My dad had a 73 AMX. Brown with the pinstripe. Cowl hood, 401 with a 4 speed and 4 barrel carb. Tic-toc dash too. I’ve always loved these cars mostly just from the way my dad always talked about it. I’ve only seen a couple in person. Never got to see my dads, but I’ll always have a passion for AMC cars and I hope im able to build one with my pops while he’s around.
That car is in incredible condition
12:37 ...staring at the torn tie rod boot and noting “need to replace that”
Love the faithful AMC build 👍 Quirky cool cars!
I DO NOT! I spent thou$and$ on Old AMC "Sh-T-motors" back in the Day where even Penske-Donahue and Giants such as Hot Rod magazine were "tripped-up" by the POOR DESIGN of the Mains on ANY given AMC V-8!!! It's an INSULT AGAINST a GREAT-Handling, BETTER-Styled Javelin to "Bother" rebuilding ANY V-8 AMC, especially a "mouse" like the 304! That car should get an "LS", --a recent HEMI, or even some version of an FE, rather than leaving a "boat-anchor" like a 304 in that car. Sure, you've Doubled the hp,--that's COOL, but it won't "Last"! If ANY car co DESERVED to "go out", it was AMC, because instead of "fixing" their 'mains-problem', they just had another 15,000 360cu" blocks CAST to service the mains-oiling issues under warranty, passing the PROBLEM-ON to those to be VICTIMIZED in the used-car markets. ANY FOOL that thinks AMC V-8s are any Good has YET had to pull one with a "spun-bearing"! I've dealt with 2 AMC big-blocks that had had spun-bearings, so I have EARNED my opinion by my Stupid "faith" that the AMC V-8s were any good. The AMC V-8, MAY last, IF:--it's a "dry-sump" conversion motor,--you rebuild frequently, or you have an auto-trans, rather than a stick-shift manual. Did you guys ADDRESS the oiling "weakness" of the AMC V-8 on your build? I certainly HOPE so, because if you haven't, some street-warrior is going to "win" some evening, and that car will "spin a bearing" in the Am. If GIVEN to Me, I wouldn't own an AMC V-8 in an AMC, without a dry-sump oiling system and/or an Automatic tranny. The Mighty Penske-Organization suffered 23 mains FAILURES in Trans-Am racing, until they moved to dry-sump oiling and a custom, TRACO-block. You could SAY AMC defrauded folks with 2 Trans-am championships, because Penske used dry-sump oiling on a NON-AMC V-8 block for most of its won races, to be able to "win" twice.
Those Kenosha WI engineers were geniuses
Thank you for NOT putting an LS in it!
Surprised they didn't upgrade to 727 trans. It's not like their keeping it all original. Great vid. AMC's rock!
Thanx Guys for adding a little happiness to an otherwise unglim day🌅💪😎👍😇🙏❤️
so glad yall stayed with the original mill.... its not common to see one with the disco package that it has ....... and nothing you have done can;t be UN done....... thanks .....
Black engine bay = the first sign of a GM guy getting hold of an AMC product. Also, those front brakes are going to drag ever so slightly because you forgot a the two caliper positioners when installing the calipers.
She looking just like what I remember back in the day. Big meats on the back & skinnies on the front! Then racing down the road, back in the muscle car days! She brings back a lot of memory's My grandfather is smiling looking down for heaven!!!
OMG I can't believe how much your Javelin looks like a total clone of my '72 Javelin AMX from around 1984! Same color, same Cragar S/S wheels with big n' little rubber, same slapper traction bars, ect... Only difference is mine was a 360 and I also had aftermarket rear window louvers that I bought from Motion Performance back in the day. Great job you are doing on that Javelin!
Been waiting for this episode. Very nice.
First car in highschool was a 74 javelin, had to turn the rotors because no one had them in stock, and I finally did find some and they wanted 160 bucks a piece, wasnt happenin, so I turned em down, only a couple thousandths past spec, worked out fine in my circumstances, also learned the hard way when I made my own oil pump cover gasket, some got caught in the oil pump and jammed it and sheared half the teeth off my dizzy, 17 year old me had a field day figuring out why it wouldn't start after it fired for a split second.
"so we called our friends over at Gearstar........" Super!!! I'll just ring up my buds at Edelbrock and Holley. I could also give my boys over at Brodix, Trickflow and Carrillo a little jingle too ! This car stuff is so easy.
Nice 👍
Now you need an episode on installing sub frame connectors on that AMC then a rear gear and axle don’t know what ratio is in that but great work good to see that javelin come back to life. Great work 👍👍👍. P.s. just wish it had a 401
It got 401 heads!
yay for keeping it in the family!
Love how they have all kinds of high dollar equipment and they don't even have a bearing packer
It's always a great thing to see somethin other than a junk chevy bein worked on....🤘🏻🇺🇸
you are obviously used to being "AllByMyself"
Some brake rotors are below the minimum by the time you need brake pads. Having them turned is not an option. This happens often on German and Swedish cars. Also, be careful when selecting brake pads for those, sometimes they don't feel the same when using ceramic to repalce the OEM semi metallic. It's probably best to buy pads advertised as OE matching compound or something like that. Some companies will sell you them OEM pads but cut out the middleman for a discount.
"LS-ted" lmao
That was a bit in bad taste.
Rebuild my 304, 650 holly , aluminum intake, cam and headers. Dual turbo mufflers. 280 hp at rear wheels. 18.9 mpg towing 2000# camper. I really miss that wagon.
Rotors should be machined or replaced whenever you change pads. Also they make a brgs. boot cover to keep metal shavings out of the hub.
18:36
if im not mistaken, thats the hood from the donor le mans that gave its roof to the muscle car build of blue collar buick over a decade ago lol
Love the progress on the Javelin. Very cool.
Why doesn't anyone put a light coating of antiseize between the rotor and hub???? Then you don't have to worry about rust, in the future.
You guys plan to do anything about those haggard tie rod ends?
I got your bumpstick right here
You Youngsters..... 💥 Back in the day...Rubber Mounts were great for comfort...But... You
Youngins ever heard of a...
TORQUE CHAIN? Old School.
Best to you Scott Whitmire
Best to you Scott Whitmire
That Javelin is just sexy as hell. I really miss my old '72 AMX Javelin.
I got a 1976 jeep cj5 on 44's with one ton axles. Its got a amc360.
Kinda funny how a handful of years ago no one would touch a javelin on these main stream shows, now you guys have one, hot rod garage on motortrend has one, and I think its because the ring brothers did the Prestone coolant Javelin, buy em while you can folks.
It was only a matter of time... everything old becomes cool again when the people who wanted em back in the day now have money to play with. Such is life.
@@Kstang09 makes me wanna buy up some first gen Prius' lolol
@@Timman57 how about a Honda Insight? Even more OG hybrid.
I keep saying that if one of the Big 3 had made this car they would have sold like hot cakes.
@@allarysdanyaela6826 I've always gotten equal compliments on my 74 javelin amx and also equal parts negative comments, the humpster was always cool to me because of how they basically clay modeled it for racing first, and then tweaked it for road sales, gotta fit all that tire somewhere when you slam it to the ground for racing.
Would have loved to see a built 401 for this one, but still better than an LS swap.
I think it's cool they did a 304. Nobody has really tried to show the potential of it before. It only makes a little over 300 hp, but that's more than 1 hp per cubic inch, so not too bad in my book.
For what they spent 300 HP is pretty pathetic. Heads, cam, EFI, headers. A mild SBC or SBF would do that in it's sleep for a lot less.
@@bmstylee They could have made the same power without EFI and the heads, but it makes it easier. Also, I don’t see 305s or 307s making insane power, either.
@@bmstylee And it would be yet another AMC without an AMC engine. You wanna build a small block Ford or Chevy, buy a Mustang or Camaro. Just my humble opinion.
@@FasterNLouder the screwed around 1000 out of a 347 Ford on boost. Small blocks can make big power of built right.
Amen🙏😇💪😎👍🌅❤️♥️RIP to ALL THOSE GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN
That Baddass AMC 304 should have been Painted in Seymour EN-66! Metallic AMC blue!
Wish it was a 401 but the 304 is cool too.
When those rotors are turned, there are micro lines in the metal that cut into the pad. Say the rotor is now a record. You need an omni-directional cut to the rotors. Take em to a good machinist.
I prefer to use new rotors, but with those the hub and rotors are one piece thus more expensive. So if they can be turned you could save money.
B O O O O O T I F U L I LOVE HER!
Brakes probably squeal like a stuck pig with no lubrication on the contact surfaces. Same thing with not coming in after cutting the rotors and using emery cloth to rough up the surface a bit.
Its a Perkins
i noticed something you installed the top radiator hose backwards..
The 304 from the factory was pretty much a turd. AMC stroked the 290 and 343 .160" to get the 304 and 360. This was right at the beginning of the smog era so the 304 was detuned, low compression and restricted to a 2 barrel carb. I'm not sure if the air pumps and shown up yet. Plus the 304 with its smaller bore (3.750 versus 4.080) had smaller valves even though the heads (290 thru 401) were all machined on the same transfer line. Plus the bump stick profile had been changed*. The heads also had smaller ports.
*Today if you want to switch over to a different cam profile it is simply a matter of loading a new program as the grinders are CNC controlled. At that time the cam grinder would need to be partially disassembled and the master cam swapped out.
AMC TO THE MOON🚀🚀🚀 🌙
New game: counting how many times you say " well ..."otherwise,I love Javelins.
Those AMC front spindles make really great axles for somebody building a custom trailer
I would love to see a 351m or 400 engine build
Convert a 351M to 400 with pistons and a crankshaft.., just add TMI pistons and performance cam to a 400... www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum54
Thank god no ls swap
Was Daniel on Mike Finnegans TH-cam show?
Boshears? Last I saw him was on roadkill
This show should just be called "Excuses for buying new parts 101".
All car magazines and videos are infomercials... but we still like them...
I wish the EP guys would have found you a 360 at least.
I bet everyone was worrie it was going to be another ls swap..lol
Like flint?
what the hell is with the rear tire wheel combo????
find a skylark and build an aluminum headed buick 350, or a 370 stroker.
the buick 350 never gets love, and TA JUST came out with the worlds first and only set of buick 350 aluminum heads.
Survey: how many people know who Flint is?
When y’all gonna turbo the Ford 300
5:43 "In there like Flint"..... jfc 🤣🤣
I wish you guys would have left the engine bay body color like the factory did
Wait-- Tommy is "Boshers" and the other guy is "Boshears"?? What are the odds of that happening randomly?
no mr salesman aluminium does not dissipate heat better than copper brass, it's not viable to repair or rebuild an aluminium radiator, nor does it last anywhere near as long.
Actually it does. Copper will dissipate heat with direct contact just as well as aluminum but aluminum will dissipate far faster at a higher capacity in open air.
Copper is more conductive than alloy.
Wonder why they painted the engine red. Should of been amc engine blue.
it was click bait to get me triggered to come here and bitch that they put a chevy motor in there.
let's not nick pick or they'll but a mazda engine in there
(kinda sad it's not color corect myself)
Matches the paint better..
@@robertcraig156 that's mopar talk :[
Be wary of reproduction mechanical fuel pumps for amc v8's. They have a tendency to break and throw bits into the timing chain. Happened to my 69 amx.
Kenosha muscle.
Why is it with every build the A/C is eliminated? Why have300Hp and sweat in traffic? I've watched a lot of these builds and it just seems like everyone just loves to eliminate the one creature comfort that allows for a nice driving experience.
Exactly! Absolutely zero reasons to delete. Unless you live in Antarctica or are building a dedicated strip car that gets towed to the track A/C is mandatory.
It allows you to tell your car buddies how hard core you are and that only sissies like to be comfortable.
@@bmstylee there is always that!
I always A/C delete, worthless gimmick.
@@CanadaBud23 - Yes... for the Klondike...
AMC to the MOON
AMC to the moon! #amcsqeeze
Y'all went through all the trouble to repaint the car with a custom color,only to slather hideous flat black under the hood? At least make it gloss. and OMG you put a crapola reman starter on the motor? dude they make high torque starters for AMC's.
“Trailer pullin house payment” I felt attacked😂😂
why not a 401 ?
I've always stabbed in the engine and trans before sending it to paint. To each his own I guess.
good for overspray and not being able to paint the engine compartment
All the money they spent on this car. They reuse wheel bearing and they had it all apart. i wonder if the reused the thermostat as well
Finally we see a modern Dodge Charger 👏😀😏 in this show
I wish you would have stayed with a carburetor!
Old school tech for old school car
and
AND
a carb would provide a simple honest system
Keep a carb. in yours... they got the EFI free...
Duralast starter=JUNK they will be using that "lifetime" warranty
Opposed to the ones O'Riley sells under a different name which come from the same plant in China.
Why they left the fender well blob of blistering paint run shows they have no pride in their work.
Wait...there’s AMC fans?
They are out there. Part of me wants to lift a 4wd AMC Eagle. Just to be really weird.
Hi! I fell in love with the Javelin in my teens and finally got one last year. I think they're gonna boom now considering what an SST went for at Barret-Jackson and that mainstream shows are now doing builds. Really hoping that helps with aftermarket parts.
@@bmstylee not trying to be an ass, but you are being sarcastic, right?
@@MrRickChase no I'm serious. The wagons look bad ass lifted. Atleast I think they do. A bit Mad Max looking. Google lifted AMC Eagle wagon. Lifted on 35s, either a mildly built late model Hemi or LS and a 5 speed. Not sure what axles I would want. You would be the only guy with that rig on the trail. Or just one unique weekend toy.
@@bmstylee i think you need to join an amc eagle page cause that's about all they do with any eagles that aren't show class, lots of interchanging with jeep parts so heavy off-roading rigs are exceptionally common. And a beefed up stroker 4.0 gets you an easy 3-400hp, if you want more, you shouls check out Newcomer Racing
If y'all had a shop for customers y'all would overloaded with work.
Don't ever put any body parts under an engine hanging from a hoist like they did. If something let's go it will ruin your life.
All that money spent to make 330hp. I guess being able to go fast is low on the priority list.
Be a lot cooler if you guys would just build cool cars instead of selling parts. You guys gotta know we just skip over the sales pitch.
for the love of god plz tell me this will be a sweepstakes car !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!