My son had his truck at my house the past few days for he had to take it for a state inspection. This morning I had to follow him out to the north fork where he keeps his truck because he needed a ride back home to get his car.
Today on I495 LIE, he hit hill that climbed 77' for .75 miles long. I think a 1.8 grade. With the original engine he would start the climb at 40-45 mph and he would slow down to 30 mph at the top.
Today he hit it at 46 mph and was doing 41 mph at the top and he had a lot of gas pedal travel left. He was able to keep the truck between 41 to 46 on the interstate ride to the north fork. Still breaking the engine in.
I never did a compression test on the 1946 engine for it appeared to run well. When I pulled the head aside from finding the 6 cyl dropped a valve another cylinder had a slightly a slightly burnt exhaust valve.
So never driving a new 1946 2 ton 235 93 hp or one running well or a freshly rebuilt 46 235 I can not say exactly how much better the rebuilt 1954 235 112 hp with 19 more hp is. Though my son is happy. Jeffrey
Last edited by 32vld; 11/06/2016 1:32 AM.
