390-cid V-8, a working hood scoop, a four-speed manual transmission with Hurst shifter, heavy-duty suspension, and a cartoonish red-white-and-blue paint job. Priced at $2998, the "Scrambler," as it was inevitably nicknamed
This is probably the most definitive difference between the two powerplants: the fuel pump actuation. The AMC 327 had the pump mounted on the timing cover. It was driven by an arm that rode an eccentric bolted onto the nose of the camshaft. On the Chevrolet the fuel pump mounted on the ...
If this SST had been a numbers-matching classic, it would have come equipped with a 390ci V8, a 3-speed automatic transmission, power steering, and power front disc brakes. That V8 would have been pumping out 315hp, which means that the Javelin would have stormed the ¼ mile in 14.6 ...