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How many of you have V8's in your trucks (older ones)?

Specs, love it? pics?

I do

getting ready to put mine in

I have a 350 Goodwrench engine in my '56. Running an Edelbrock 650 on it with stock type exhaust manifolds. TH400 tranny. Spicer 3.07:1 rearend from a '59 GMC. Pics on my website. No engine pics though. Is that what you want to see?

Thanks cletis and others, I thought I was the only oddball

I also have a V8 in my 62 pickup I also have the 261 that came out of it. It's a 350 punched out to 355 with Keith Black Pistons, Comp Cam, Proform Roller Rockers 1.5 to 1 21/2" GM. Rams Horn Manifolds, Street Damper, True Roller Timing chain, Preformer Intake, 600 CFM Carb, Aluminum Water Pump all by Edelbrock, GM Fuel Pump, Lokar Shifter and the engine Balanced with a GM 400 Tranny to a 373 ratio 12 Bolt GM Limited Slip Rearend. This truck is going to be a daily driver and to pull my fishing boat. It will have approx. 300HP. I consider this a non hotrod truck. Now you all know when you get started on a project like this it has to be laid out before hand. The other stuff I have done to the engine to make it run better and make it last was to send the exhaust manifolds in to have them powder coated with high heat retention coating which makes the exhaust run cooler in the engine compartment. Griffen Aluminum with Spal Fan for cooling and B&M Trans Cooler for the trans cooling I have spent $7000.00 on the truck chassie and other equipment like AC etc. so far and $2500.00 on the rebuild and parts for it. The engine will resemble a 1960 engine rebuild. So that is that so far and hope to be able to post my pics of the truck in progress soon. I hope you guys do not think I am braging about what I have done as I just like to tell people what can be accomplished on a tight budget.
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Don

I have a 327 in mine.

My '59 half ton has a 350 with a turbo 400, all of the others are 6 bangers.

John

Have a bored and balanced 327 in mine - roller rockers, cam, intake, headers.

I have a Chevy 350 in one and a Cadillac 500 mocked up in another. If I can include the ones too new for Stovebolting I have another 350 and two 454's.

I also have another Cadillac 500 currently surrounded by a Cadillac, but I think its going to find its way into a truck someday too.

Mine has an '81 Corvette motor(smog monster)a TH350C Trans with an '86 Firebird rear end with 3:27 posi diff.
All stock (I think)..... for the moment! I haven't been inside the motor.

Check out my Flickr page.

My '54 Chevy Panel truck has 350 4 bolt main out of a '77 Suburban 4wd. Stock Quadrajet and stock exhaust manifolds. TH350 tranny. '76 Monte Carlo rear with 3.08 gears. Front suspension is '73 Nova with disc brakes.

350 /350 turbo set up in my 52

Mine all have 350 v-8,s. The first thing I do when I get a truck is order a new Goodwrench engine for it. Then I go from there.

Is that a 327 with a TPI? I thought TPI's fit only 350's

'62 stepside. 350 punched to 383, '89 IROC fuel injection, roller cam and rockers, edelbrock heads, headers, 4 speed.

I feel like V8's are pretty commonplace. The oddity is a V8 with a stock frontend.

Yes it is. TPI will bolt up to 283, 327, 305, 350, just about any SBC.

V8? Is there anything better ? I've got a built 327/350hp with an M21 & 12 bolt.

Big Block Olds for the '48

This will be something different !
This is the engine going into my truck when the time comes.
After a rebuild and a change of exhaust manifolds!
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm104/36chevy/gemv8003.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm104/36chevy/gemv8002.jpg
Holden 5.0 stroked to 383 running 2x4 barrel HOLLEY's on a tunnel ram manifold.Custom grind cam, ported heads and roller rockers. T400r 4 speed auto and 10 bolt 3.5 diff.

I have a 327 out of a 66 caprice in mine. Believe me I kind of wish I had the original 235

454 BB TH400 in my 47 2ton still have to figure out the exhaust manifolds.

Bad A$$, love the old school tunnel ram.

Could remove the fenderwells and go with fenderwell headers. I have a catalog with all kinds of dimensions for different types of headers.

OLD SKOOL RULZ

many people shy away from such set-ups, saying they use too much gas, hard to tune etc.
But ya just can't beat the look of a tunnel ram!

Have a 350 with a 700R4 in my 37 pickup and have a nice 305 re-man engine sitting in the 52 Panel chassis and a 350 turbo for this one unless I can find something else before its to late!!

My '59 half ton still has the straight axle underneath the 350 V8.

John

1955 2n/d series 350 GM and 700R4 trans. 1965 has a 500 cu in Caddy and turbo 400 trans.

1955 2n/d series 350 GM and 700R4 trans. 1965 has a 500 cu in Caddy and turbo 400 trans.

Tunnel Rams are cool, but I'd like to see a truck with a Smokey Ram in it. That would probably square up to the inner fenders nicely and fill the engine bay up something sweet.

I have a ZZ4 350 crate engine with Street and Smiths Headers and a Demon carb, backed up with a 700R4 tranny. Runs real good!!

'78 350 from a Z28 in the '47 in progress. Yes it is Camero subframed too.

283/TH350 in my 49 sub.

Weeds

stovebolts aren't v8s. i would like to have a straight 6 atlas in mine if anything happens to my original 6. ron

I'm shopping for a 3.8 liter dual overhead cam Jag engine (I-6) to build into a stovebolt. The sports car racing team I hung out with back in college had a 55 1st. series short bed for a pit truck with a Ferarri V-12 in it. That one got everybody's attention, especially since it had the original straight front axle and drum brakes all around! The rear axle was out of a Jag XK-140, and the trans was a Colotti 5-speed.
Jerry

Very true on the stovebolt description. Once you go to V/8 power it is no longer or probably never was a stovebolt. The term stovebolt was used for the old Chevy sixes,many years ago.Probably the 1929 version.Which at the time surpassed Ford in horsepower as Ford was still using the straight 4 cyl engines of that era.Of course in 1932 Old Henry put it to Chevy with the new flathead V/8.

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Mongo

350 4 bolt, .30 over,speed pro hypereutectic pistons,eldebrock performer intake,cam and carb..................dave

I am 100% with you on that Ron. My '59 was already in a "butchered" state when I bought it. I just want to get it running and back on the road.

The Atlas 6 would be cool, real cool.

John