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[Smittie]

Originally Posted by DakotaKid

put a 350 in it so it will drive highway speeds. i want to enjoy the pickup. not parade cruise it and have to trailier it everywhere because it wont go 50mph.

I mean no offense and I do not hate people for what they do to the vehicles they buy. If you like V8s that's fine. However, promoting the idea that a six cylinder engine is incapable of going over 50 mph is simple ignorance. A stock 230 properly cared for will do freeway speeds of 70+ well past the 200,000 mile mark. Bolt on the right parts so that the engine can breath properly, add a modern carb and it can get to 70+ smartly.

My son and I drove a 1973 Chevy C10 with a 250 CID straight six that had the worst rings I've ever driven. A quart of oil every 100 miles. Drove it all the way to Montana at between 70 and 75 most of the way. Yes, acceleration was a bit weak, to put it mildly. But as long as we kept oil in it, it kept up on the highway.

Don't like 6 cylinder engines? No problem. Just own the fact that you do not like them. Statements like the above just make you look ignorant, which I don't really think you are.

-- Smittie