1966 C10 front end swap

[bigboy111]

hello, all. newbie here posting for the first time. i just bought a 66 short bed fleetside and i want to upgrade to power front disc brakes and power steering. i'm wondering what the best way to do this would be. i know i can buy a kit for the disc brake conversion, but they are quite pricey and this is a budget build. it came with a 427 tall deck and i'd also like any good info on a good intake and carb combo for it. someone put a huge tunnel ram on it and that was a mistake. i'm thinking a dual plane intake and a 600 or 650cfm carb. i dont care about horsepower, i love the torque. thanks in advance for any info. i 'll post some pics next week after it has been delivered.

[markeb01]

Welcome to the forum! Looking forward to the pics.

[contagious102]

Find you a donor truck(73-85) and use all the parts from it, is the cheapest way.Put a good dual plane intake and a 750-850 carb on it .

[Captainfab]

Welcome to the forum

I agree, the aftermarket disc brake conversions can be pricey. I have always just used the complete front suspension and steering from a '73-'87 truck. Here is one of several threads on the subject.

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

There are many many informative threads listed in the '60-'66 FAQ index found at the top of the main page.

I don't know of any dual plane intakes for a TD BBC, just single planes. You will likely just need to use the spacers with a standard deck dual plane intake. Yes a 600-650 cfm carb will be fine. That is what those engines came with from the factory, although they were governed..

[contagious102]

You have to look,but there are enough tall decks in racing.Brodix makes one and i'm sure there are others.

[bigboy111]

thanks for all the replies. i was leaning toward the 73-87 crossmember swap as my cousin owns a local boneyard and i can pick one up quite cheaply. as far as the intake i think my engine has the spacers under the intake already. i had an edelbrock q-jet type 750 on my 350 suburban and it worked flawlessly. maybe i will go with that again. i'm sure i'll have many more questions, i'll keep ya posted. thanks again, chris

[Captainfab]

All the TD BBC intakes I have seen are single plane, which is what you would want for racing. The OP was asking about a dual plane intake. Have you seen a TD dual plane intake other than a stock one?

Originally Posted by contagious102

You have to look,but there are enough tall decks in racing.Brodix makes one and i'm sure there are others.