Rooster
Welcome aboard (Sorry I'm late seeing this)!
There are a bunch of our friends over at
The Inliners Web Site who can help you hop up that 216. Plus, there are lots of speed goodies available for it -- check out our Links Page on this web site (look at the menu at the top of this page) under Parts. I know Barry Weeks used to have a lot of speed stuff available, as well as Patrick's, Jim Carter and American Classic (always at least try American Classic because they are so good about supporting this site).
Throwing a V-8 in an old truck is great and all that, but the guys who hop up the original motors seem to draw a lot more interest it seems (You can't swing a dead cat around here with out hitting an AD truck with a 350 in it. Nice, but everybody is doing it).
And once you hear a hopped up 216 like the one in Cosmo's or Doug Peterson's trucks, you'll just have to do it yourself.
Once I heard those two trucks, I changed my mind and I'm now going to go with a split header/manifold and straight pipes (stacks) up the back of the cab on my '49 2-ton
Straight motors rock!
Regards,
John
Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy -- Red Green.
