Pepping up a 54 235

Discussion in '1947-1954' started by ol' chebby, Mar 24, 2014.

  1. ol' chebby

    ol' chebby Member

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    My assistant, Kevin has a 54 235 in his 52 truck. Looking into proven ways to pep it up a bit. We are soon going to do the s10 5speed /4x4 rear conversion. Looking into 2 carb intake. Already has split header ( tube style).

    What works best?
     
  2. coilover

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    Add an 848 head and a 261 cam then you will have the 54 Corvette engine (less 1 carb). Pertronix or HEI and shave the head to bring compression ratio up to 8.5 but no more with what we now call gas. Tune on a chassis dyno.
     

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