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| | | | Joined: May 2011 Posts: 39 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: May 2011 Posts: 39 | Well, My buddy and I fired up his old 235 Impala that sat for nearly 2 decades with new points and the help of my new Rochester 2GC with adapter. It sounds very healthy with the exception of maybe the worst exhaust leak I have ever heard. Every cylinder is firing and no miss could be heard or felt. I will buy it from him tomorrow after work and we will pull it out, weather permitting. I will open it up, inspect it, paint it, re-seal it and drop it in my 61 Apache Longbed with the Muncie 328 overdrive tranny. Should be perfect with my stock 3.90 rear.
Looks like the 216 looses. Lol. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | Are you saying that you have a 1961 truck with a 216? How did that happen? | | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 | That's what I wondering also,why a 216 in a 1959 Apache.Did you mean a 261 ?
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| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | Me too, why was a 216 even in the game? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 | what are we talking about?
-W | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,424 ODSS President | | ODSS President Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,424 | Well, My buddy and I fired up his old 235 Impala that sat for nearly 2 decades with new points and the help of my new Rochester 2GC with adapter. It sounds very healthy with the exception of maybe the worst exhaust leak I have ever heard. Every cylinder is firing and no miss could be heard or felt. I will buy it from him tomorrow after work and we will pull it out, weather permitting. I will open it up, inspect it, paint it, re-seal it and drop it in my 61 Apache Longbed with the Muncie 328 overdrive tranny. Should be perfect with my stock 3.90 rear.
Looks like the 216 loses. Lol. Read my by line....ten years using the 3.90/overdrive Muncie (.70) 235 combination. Perfect marriage. You just won the lottery my friend. Get Fentons, maybe a dual intake down the road. Congrats.
~ Cosmo
1949 Chevy Half Ton
Rocinante, like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities.
"...my good horse Rocinante, mine eternal and inseparable companion in all my journeys and courses." ...Don Quixote, Cervantes
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."...Yogi Berra
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." ...Eric Hoffer
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