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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Central PA....In the Berg of Nisbet
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350 to I-6, Is it possible?
I got a 350 in my '71 C-20 and I am getting really sick of it...........Has no guts(IMO) and is hard on fuel. We use it on the farm and I really need more low end torque. I have looked at building up another 350, but I am tired of working on V-8's
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'72 K-20 EFI'ed 250 Inline/4spd stake body, Farm Truck '71 C-20 Cummins Diesel Powered, In storage thanks to $5.00 diesel! '69 3500 GMC 305V-6/4spd, Still under reconstruction.......... Inlines Rule! 6 soldiers standing is better than 8 laying down!!!!!!!! |
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Yellville, Ar, USA
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Yep, it can be done, you'll have to have the I6 mounts and support for the trans.
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'72 Chevy SWB 350 Auto '67 GMC LWB 350 4 speed '70 Chevy 4x4 Stepside 350 Auto Yellville, Ar. USA ![]() ![]() |
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How much will I have to hack up.......Will the 6 mounts bolt right in? I am not worried about the tranny mount..........
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Location: DALLAS,TX
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6's are cool. But, to be perfectly honest the mpg's of my 250/3spd & 3.73's w/28" tall rear tires isn't any better than a 'camino I used to own. It had a 350 w/ported heads, .465/.480 crane cam, performer intake & 650 holley, & a 2.73 open rear end w/26" rear tires.
The 'camino was much more fun yet both avg'd 12-13 mpg city/hwy combined. I do like the fact that w/the 6 you can idle along smoothly @ extremely low speeds in gear & that's something V8's w/manual trannys just don't like to do.
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67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol. |
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Well if you had the mounts, trans., driveshaft, linkages, etc. it should bolt in with little or no modifications. There are already holes for the mounts in the crossmember and frame.
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Did any of you ever try a 250/5spd? Will any GM 5spds bolt up to the 250? I really like to have a 5 spd!
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'72 K-20 EFI'ed 250 Inline/4spd stake body, Farm Truck '71 C-20 Cummins Diesel Powered, In storage thanks to $5.00 diesel! '69 3500 GMC 305V-6/4spd, Still under reconstruction.......... Inlines Rule! 6 soldiers standing is better than 8 laying down!!!!!!!! |
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If they will bolt up to a small block, they'll bolt up to a 250.
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67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol. |
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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There was at least one guy on here who installed a T-5 out of a 3rd gen camarow into an inline powered truck.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Salcha, AK
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I used to know someone who used to have a '70 pickup with a 250/3spd combo with 3.73s and 28" tires and he easily got 15mpg out of that truck and he was not easy on it by any means. I want to say his normal was around 16mpg. This was a long bed 1/2 ton with the hd suspension. |
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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theres some one on here with a small block basicly stock burb that gets way better than the 16 MPG that so amny of us try to get.
Seems most of the inline guys say that 10 is about right. |
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: cornville, maine
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Keep the mouse. Instead of engine swapping, try transmission swapping. For the best of all worlds, find an NV4500, offered in 93 and newer chevy and Dodge trucks. Its got a granny low 5.61:1, and a 27% overdrive.
I dont have one yet, but I want one bad. With my current 350, I'm getting 15-16 locally, and 18-19 on the highway.
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