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Old 10-31-2010, 02:39 PM   #1
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Video of my '73 truck - new cam, heads, and exhaust

Here's a short video of my '73 C10. I bought it a few months ago. The truck was bone stock with 15,000 original miles.

Notice the use of the word "was".

I pulled the engine apart and replaced the factory heads with a set of 305HO heads (-416 casting) to bump up the compression ratio from 7.8:1 to 9.7:1. I replaced the cam with a Comp 262XE. The intake is an Edelbrock Performer with a matching 600 cfm carb that I rebuilt. Headers are stainless steel ones that I bought cheap on eBay. The pipes are a cheap dual kit from Summit.

Now let's see if the video works...


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Old 10-31-2010, 02:46 PM   #2
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Re: Video of my '73 truck - new cam, heads, and exhaust

Duuude...... Ya scared the tires right off of it !!!


Sounds goood.....
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Old 10-31-2010, 02:49 PM   #3
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Re: Video of my '73 truck - new cam, heads, and exhaust

i wish my truck would sound like that!
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Old 10-31-2010, 03:30 PM   #4
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Re: Video of my '73 truck - new cam, heads, and exhaust

You may have an exhaust hanger issue on the right tailpipe. Oh, and someone took your tires and wheels. It sounds really good, though. I have that same cam sitting new in the box in my garage right now. Now I know how it'll sound. Thanks!
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Old 10-31-2010, 03:32 PM   #5
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Re: Video of my '73 truck - new cam, heads, and exhaust

That sounds great!
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Old 10-31-2010, 04:26 PM   #6
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Re: Video of my '73 truck - new cam, heads, and exhaust

sounds great
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Old 10-31-2010, 04:28 PM   #7
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Re: Video of my '73 truck - new cam, heads, and exhaust

Sounds good!
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Old 10-31-2010, 04:55 PM   #8
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Re: Video of my '73 truck - new cam, heads, and exhaust

Thanks for the compliments!

I'm in the middle of several other projects... such as hanging a new exhaust system. I also have the inner fenders and core support removed so I can repaint them. Having all that sheetmetal removed certainly made it easy to swap the heads.
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Old 10-31-2010, 06:05 PM   #9
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Re: Video of my '73 truck - new cam, heads, and exhaust

I have the same cam!

Sounds great man
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Old 10-31-2010, 06:32 PM   #10
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Re: Video of my '73 truck - new cam, heads, and exhaust

Agree with the rest > good throaty, choppy sound .. What are the specs on a 262 cam .
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Old 11-01-2010, 07:52 AM   #11
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Re: Video of my '73 truck - new cam, heads, and exhaust

what..no burnouts...lol

sounds good man
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