Back when I didn't know better (yesterday
), I took a 235 full oiler intake/exhaust with caburetor and did a direct swap on a babbit pounding 216. It ran fine, but it did have its "quirky" moments and it sure wasn't a race car. It was months later that I was told "you can't do that". I guess my point is, if you want maximum reliability you should match your parts with "your parts". I hope this makes sense.
