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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
I put a '63 283 that I'd overhauled into it. Red, 2 door hatch, new chrome sidepipes. Wish I still had it.  |
Wow !! I did something very similar - I remaned a 65' 283, punching it .030" over, put some "Power Pack" Chevy heads on it... They had 10.5:1 and high turbulence runners that maxed out at about 6,000 rpm. I put it in my 73' Nova SS with manual steering, the Muncie Rock Crusher tans, and put 15R78 x 225 mud & Snow on the rear with I think a 2.73 rear end... Got almost 30 mpg with that FAST ride.
When some sleeping guy pulled in front of the SS, I put the engine in a 68' corvette convertible with 4:11 rear end. I allowed my girlfriend to drive it once because with those heads, she could not blow it up. That Vette also had a manual trans with manual steering gear. BIG steering wheel, though.
Got 25 mpg with that…
On my now diesel 92' Caravan, no regrets pulling the power steering rack & pinion and putting a reman manual in. Its 4:1 rather than the 3:1 of the power.