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| | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 154 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 154 | well. after readjusting the points. the '69 292 lives! and she sounds goood. needs a little bit of tuning. but hey. nothing major.
but. i'm wondering on this very discussed topic, which would be the best for..
a.)reliability (cold starts, etc)
b.)performance (yeah. you know..lol)
c.)gas mileage (its not getting any cheaper!)
alright. i really wanna get rid of the monojet. so...
-4 barrel offy?
-2x1
-3x1
headers will come. i think hedman. because they're cheap...and i think will do that job. but we'll see. but yeh! i'd appreicate any input from you guys alot. thanx in advance.
.later days.
.samwise.
.desperado.
1969 K20 , with a '67 front clip. fleetside. 292, 3x1 offy, headers. sm465 4spd. getting put back together, almost ready for paint. doing it all myself. 19 and lovin' it. "proper" is so over-rated. .later days. .sam.
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#1820 02/08/2005 12:28 PM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 662 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 662 | 4bbl Offy, water heated, with an Edelbrock 500CFM works for me. 16-17mpg and never a lick of trouble. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 510 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 510 | I agree with chuckthetruck. It's the same as what I have on mine...except that I run a Carter 625....just cuz I had one. It runs super...starts well and helps cure the monojet cold-bloodedness.
I haven't noticed anything negative from running the larger carb at all. I haven't checked gas mileage but then again with 4.10 gears, I don't expect a lot.
You may have to do some forming and fitting to get the Offy manifold and Hedman Hedders to work together. I did. I had to grind a lotta material off the bottom of the intake and also the "bolt-on" plate near the #1 cylinder. But after a little adjustment here and there it works out pretty good. I sure wouldn't wanna go back to the old carb and exhaust manifold.
Btw, you may wanna consider a Pertonix or HEI to replace the points. But then I'm prejudiced against points. (I'm puttin on my firesuit, just waitin for the flames.) | | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 40 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 40 | I just put in a 261 to my 46 3/4 ton.
I went to Jim Carter's. He has a new intake maniford that bolts on and a nive holly carb that work very well. The problem is that the old exhaust manifold interfeered with the manifold, so on went a set fo fenton headers. The intake then gets warm water from the heater circuit.
it is working very well, but it did cost....
Ted Wilson
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