Well when I bought it 5 years ago with the original motor I had my heart set on keeping it all original, outside of tires and wheels, but even those I want to go from my rallies to steelie whites with dog dish for the vintage look.
I hope I get the money out that I've put into the rebuild (if I ever sell) as it was a hell of a lot more expensive and hassle than putting in a Crate.
I think I'm leaning to just put an original intake and quadra jet carb, with stock breather to go the distance. I'm this far into it.
In the meantime, the holley, when not sticking, has been perfect. We sprayed some high potent cleaner in it today while revving to hopefully help free it up. It's just always ran rich and stinks badly of raw fuel in my garage. The choke is working fine.
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Originally Posted by SeventyOne
Few things first...
Do you have the choke set up and working? Perhaps adjusting it is all you need. Also you live in Canada, right? You're just going to need to set the choke a couple times per year given you actually have seasons.
Fo the float/flooding...you could just rebuild the carb? All this is to say you could get great results by spending a little time and money.
But if your heart is set on EFI, go for it. Also original motors don't really matter in these trucks value-wise. So don't let that hang you up. An LS swap for instance will at least retain and likely raise the value of your K5.
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