new to the site need some help

[chemlab]

imo a 283 is only good if you plan on making a stroker but thats me. 327 is my fav. motor but i went with a 350 on my current project with 1.94 heads. intake, edlebrock performer would do (using a victor jr. myself). like mentioned above a 500 edlebrock/carter carb would do as well. cam, one thing to consider on those is vacuum, imo it often gets overlooked when people get larger cams, they're often looking for h/l end torq and a radical lope. larger often gives less vacuum, if going power brakes it should be considered. a RV cam should do, mild lope and some torq. i use a highflow holley mech fuel pump and a highflow oil pump as well.

Here is a page with some info on gear ratio

posting pics, use a hosting page like photobucket (many others but i forget) and use the url given when uploaded. there is a way to upload pics on here and post but i haven't tried that.

my 2cents :/

[williamsboys]

Thanks chempro, could you go into a little detail on the vacum. I am putting power brakes on and pretty serius about dropping the rebuilt 327 in there. Im still pretty new to all this so dont reall know what you mean by the vaccum. Do i need to run a line from somethen to somethen else?
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[ljackson]

I believe you will need a v8 sized radiator. The IL6 is small.

[williamsboys]

yea i was wondering about that. Thanks

[chemlab]

well its just that the cam effects the engine vacuum. the more radical the less vacuum due to the wide lobe separation (the wider the rougher the idle) effecting all vacuum parts like trans, dist, brakes etc if not enough is generated. its something to be aware of. and if youre running power brakes then you will have a vacuum line from either the back of your carb or from your intake (whichever works best, i usually start with the carb) going to your booster.

[williamsboys]

ok. so i have just the inline 6 in it now, when i go to install my power brakes i will run a vacuum hose from booster to the carb? also have you ever done the disc/power brake install. is it pretty straight forward? i got the brake kit just waiting on power kit to get here Monday. do i need to go get an inlinement done afterwards since im putting new tie rods in? by the way your truck looks pretty gnarly in that pick.

[chemlab]

thanks! no i have the original power drums on mine.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=367260
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=263983

talk about disc brakes, not sure if they apply to your setup tho. there have been a couple other threads recently talking about it but i failed to save those

[williamsboys]

is yours standard? do you switch out to a newer trans? i want to get a 700r4 when i get my motor, just wondering what you would do as far as making it an automatic, just put a new shifter in the floor?

[williamsboys]

[chemlab]

naw i have a 350 with a shift kit, using a b&m star shifter on the floor



nice project btw

[williamsboys]

thanks. i wanted to lower and put the stock rims back on but when i got my disk kit they said you cant use stock rims. so im going to keep it like this for a while maybe drop it later on. super nice interior.

[pdxhall]

Originally Posted by williamsboys

thanks. i wanted to lower and put the stock rims back on but when i got my disk kit they said you cant use stock rims. so im going to keep it like this for a while maybe drop it later on. super nice interior.

If that is your truck you posted above, then it doesn't have stock wheels on it now. Are you planning on putting stock wheels on it? If not, the rally wheels you are running might work with the discs.