The AMC 304, 360, and 401 cubic-inch V8 engines may be overlooked by some, but they remain a key piece of American automotive ...

This 1974 AMC Gremlin got a V8 engine swap to ape the special-edition Randall-built XRs of the day. This 1974 AMC Gremlin got a V8 engine swap to ape the special-edition Randall-built XRs of the day.

Want sick power from a basically stock engine? Try a 401. Using factoryheads on the portly 4.170-inch bore, you can build torque where itcounts and still make good power on top with a reasonable cam, ...

I can’t really talk about this 6.6-liter V8, four-speed tribute 1974 AMC Gremlin 401-XR without talking about the original, and we can’t talk about the original without talking about the basic compact ...

Step into the right machine shop, and it's like a step back in time to when power was more important than fuel economy. There is an unmistakable combination of solvent, grease, and oil in the air, ...

The American Motors Corporation (AMC) is likely best remembered as the plucky underdog competitor to the Big Three in the late 1960s and 1970s, with cars like the Hornet, Javelin, Matador, and ...

The American Motors Corporation would be considered an afterthought, except not that many people remember them. They were always in last place behind the Big Three American automakers, and then were ...

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The AMC 401 V8 engine doesn't have the same level of notoriety as some of its competitors, but it was a top spec powerplant for some of AMC's most iconic cars.

The 304 V8 was a special engine that AMC stuffed into very nearly everything the brand made during the 1970s. American Motors ...