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Originally Posted by Buckthetruck
I have a 250 in it, and plan to keep the 6 in it. I want to do the T5 swap, which I think will help keep the rpm down. (45-50 and it sounds like it is going to take off or explode!). It looks like i will work on rebuilding the front end some and am going back and forth on redoing the drum breaks or going with disc breaks. I want the disc breaks, but it seems (from comments here) that redoing the drums and getting the better dual resivoire master.
Thanks for "the list" help!
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Your C10 should have 3.73's I think. Which would put the engine at 2500 RPM at 55 pending on tire size. If yours if a GM 12 bolt it should be 3.73. I'd put a tach on there and see what your RPM's are. May sound like it's screaming but it's not. When I did 55 with my 64 GMC I thought it was doing 3K rpm when it was only doing 2500!
If you plan to spice the 250 up a bit, I would do a set of Tom Langdon's headers, offy intake, and HEI. You can choose a 4 or 2 barrel. I'd stick with a small 4 myself....Like find a good 390 holley. Oh yeah! Not to mention there is Tom Lowe's 4 barrel holley mod. What it does is you plug one of the primaries off so it turns it into a 3 barrel. Mileage increases and you still have the secondaries for some added benefits. lol He did it on the 250 in his station wagon. With 2.57 rear gears that 250 hauls that car with ease And get's 25 MPG.