mtnbikaah : 1973 Chevrolet C10

[mtnbikaah]

almost ready.......

http://www.shoestringmotorsports.com/

[JoshM]

Love the new sig


Where's the new pics??

[mtnbikaah]

Plug after 1000 miles....





















we burned a lot of oil..... 1 qt every 100 miles... we went through 35 quarts of 20w50.

oh, and we got 20mpg, FTW.

time to swap it with a fuel injected 350

[JoshM]

That is beyond awesome.

[AccordWarrior]

It's so wild seeing high res photos of a C10 chasing a Bus...I love it tho.

[mtnbikaah]

LOL, the Bus could out corner us (we were getting tire squeal in the corners ), but we'd catch them on every single goddam hill.

[Accrdwgnguy]

Time for an LS truck engine!

Sell me your Sub seats! I missed the message about the other buckets.

[dysfunk]

Going with a 350 tpi motor?

[mtnbikaah]

Time for an LS truck engine!

Sell me your Sub seats! I missed the message about the other buckets.

Hah, we're keeping the suburban seats... They are rather comfortable... But I can hook you up with the old bench seat! The springs are all good, and with the seat cover on it's not a bad seat! (It's at my parents house in MA.)

Going with a 350 tpi motor?

we're going with the TBI 350. We already have it! Well, it's sitting in a parts truck up the street... We got it for cheap from the guy I used to work for...win!

(The truck is currently at my parents house, in MA)

[Accrdwgnguy]

TBI 350 is good, fuel mileage isn't much better but startup and drivability is much improved over carburetor.

I will take that seat! Nice saddle blanket cover on it and I'll be happy

[mtnbikaah]

TBI 350 is good, fuel mileage isn't much better but startup and drivability is much improved over carburetor.

I will take that seat! Nice saddle blanket cover on it and I'll be happy

yeah, startup was an issue for us. We never got the auto-choke set up right so I had to keep my foot on the gas until the engine got to about 150.... and boy would it smoke on startup!!!

I doubt with the 350 we'll be seeing the 20mpg we're getting out of the 307

Eric, you have a PM.

[dysfunk]

Depends actually, how old is the 350? My grandmas 94 silv
erado has a 350 tbi and gets about 23 on highway. Only thing that's been done is a more freely flowing air box and dual exhaust. But then again, the rear end gearing will play a factor.

My firebird formula 350 got 19 in city and 25 highway, unless of course you drove it like you stole it. But it was also a tuned port inection LT1.


Sounds like its a fun project none the less. Too bad its at your parents. I'd help turn a wrench here and there.

[mtnbikaah]

it's a 91 I believe, and it has been rebuilt (dunno how long ago).

The truck has a 3.73 rear end, but we do have overdrive. and we will have true dual exhaust.

Fuel economy isn't really a big concern

[dysfunk]

Haha the firebird had 3.73.. thatvthing would get up and go.

[Accrdwgnguy]

Found something today that you might be interested in.



Tach/vac cluster out of a mid 70's C65, it was a gas 366 V8 so the tach is correct for a V8. Also has the mechanical oil pressure gauge and AMP gauge, so it should fit right into your 73.