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| | | | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 1,586 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 1,586 | I pulled the 261 from my 37 today, guy in Illinois bought it.For you parinoid types,I pulled the lump with the chain held to the 5/16 inch coil mounting holes and the other end of the chain wrapped around the alternator bracket,no grade 8 bolts and just a rusty old chain So now there's no turning back on this GMC 302 engine project,and With Jim Proffit riding my [censored] ,it better run real good  The Stovebolt Page\'s most powerful 261. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 | I would have just stored it. You might regret this. 
54 3100 with 235
62 flatbed dump C60 with 261
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | good luck on it, did not realize you wanted to sell your old one,, one thing for sure,, the 302 does not run as good as the 261 right now...so in a 1/4 of a mile , how much speed would you pick up in the 302 vs the 261...regards..FRED
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 169 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 169 | Jeez, a REAL Stovebolt man would have clamped one end of the chain under the radiator hose clamp at the thermostat housing and the other end at the air cleaner stud. sissy! Note! Kids don't try this at home...just a joke. Truckedup knows a rusty chain and has the scars to prove it! | | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 1,159 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 1,159 | Tony, Tony, Tony...
Orange???
Just asking...
John
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 1,586 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 1,586 | Not just orange, Chevy Orange, it's the color that makes HP,not the cam ,headers or 4bbl. Tony,why store the engine?The GMC engine will get finished,in fact I bet the truck is running again in a few months.I sold the engine for 1500 bucks,that will pay for about 2/3 of the GMC lump,maybe  Plus I keep the Clifford intake and 390 Holley for Ebay fun. Did ya notice all the green coolant on the wooden barn floor? Guess I missed with the catch bucket. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 1,586 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 1,586 | Here's a photo of the crude stuff I do sometimes.See how I adapted the 37 pedals to a later clutch housing, scrap steel,some weld,a few bolts.Been working smoothly for 7 years,good enough Alley Oop pedal mount | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | pulled one out of half-ton international under a big oak tree with 2 come-alongs,,that was a fun deal, took a while but did not have engine host and to cheap to rent one but it worked,,Fred
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 | That is a lotta money. I didn't think it would fetch that much. In that case I wouldn't store either.
54 3100 with 235
62 flatbed dump C60 with 261
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 1,586 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 1,586 | Joker, how much power is the 302 compared to the 261? I don't really know,the 261 has maybe 180 HP, maybe less, maybe more.The 302 will be in the same state of tune as the 261, but the 302 has a better breathing head,and 40 inches more displacement,so 225 HP for the 302?
I'm doing this just to do it, I have to be busy all the time ,life is too short for sitting and drinking beer or watching TV.
Tony ,ya couldn't duplicate the engine for $1500,even if ya had a rebuildable block. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | sounds like a winner, wish I had your skills..you know a lot of guys do stuff just cause they wanna or could
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 1,586 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 1,586 | I'm not all that skilled as a mechanic,I have what some call a photographic memory.I see ,I remember,just duplication.My mind is an endless video,I can't forget what I want to forget.It's like the Curse of the Wolfman at times. But it's not always bad,the carnal knowledge video is quite enjoyable,smells, texture...oh,oh, I'll be right back | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | Truckedup will no longer have long motor envy Tony P,, I should be done by 7p.m. tomorrow evening
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