I know that everybody has a different definition of streetable , but I am really happy so far with the combo in my '67 D100. My wife just drove us to town this morning to pick up some feed and straw for our chickens. This was her first time driving with the new motor. This truck has manual steering, manual disc brakes etc.
Her only complaints were the hot air on her legs ( There is a baseball sized hole in the floorboard, right above the header collector ) , and the responsiveness off idle and low speeds making it hard to take off without spinning. I mentioned how loud it is, but she said she likes it. She had a blast driving it!
It was in the lower 80s and the engine temp stayed below 1/2 on the stock gauge even when idling for quite some time.
It is, really, just as streetable as the old worn out 318 was. Just louder.
Here is my combo:
414" 340 based. 11.6:1, solid roller Howards 251/257 @050 .640/.640 106 ls installed at 105 ProComp heads with big ports, 1.32"x2.3" at opening (Plugged and moved pushrod holes ) Tubed bolt holes, Offset iron W2 rockers, Isky circle track valvesprings. Holley W2 Strip Dominator intake matched to the heads. I used W5 intake gaskets. Stock truck pan with rear sump from a later truck. Right now it just has generic sb truck headers on it.
The Sweptline trucks used the early short water pumps, because there is not much room up front. Instead, I made my own serpentine setup using Magnum timing cover, water pump, alternator, and highly whittled on brackets. Fan is a short magnum clutch type.
I am using the '67 style voltage regulator to control the Magnum alternator. Battery is in the bed. Generic aluminum radiator, and a Big Transmission cooler.
Transmission is the stock '67 727 with a Reverse pattern vb, shifted with the stock Dash mount shifter that I modified for the reverse shift pattern. 8" PTC converter. This converter actually cluncks into gear like a stock one, and feels stock around town. It jumps when you get on it though. Very streetable in my opinion.
Gearing is 4.56, but I have 31" tires, making it drive like 3.91s in a typical A body.
Carb is an early 5000 series Predator, I am still tuning on, but idles easily at 1000 RPM in gear. Time will tell if I can get any gas mileage out of it. Also, I hope to see how it runs in the 1/8th early summer.
I just wanted to point out that while everybody has a different idea of "Streetable", you would be surprised how well some combos take to the streets.
Also, this thing is far from what I would call well tuned yet. I have barely touched anything on it since I first got it running.
Anyhow, my wife and I like it, it ain't perfect, but it's just an old truck.., but it's our old truck!
Her only complaints were the hot air on her legs ( There is a baseball sized hole in the floorboard, right above the header collector ) , and the responsiveness off idle and low speeds making it hard to take off without spinning. I mentioned how loud it is, but she said she likes it. She had a blast driving it!
It was in the lower 80s and the engine temp stayed below 1/2 on the stock gauge even when idling for quite some time.
It is, really, just as streetable as the old worn out 318 was. Just louder.
Here is my combo:
414" 340 based. 11.6:1, solid roller Howards 251/257 @050 .640/.640 106 ls installed at 105 ProComp heads with big ports, 1.32"x2.3" at opening (Plugged and moved pushrod holes ) Tubed bolt holes, Offset iron W2 rockers, Isky circle track valvesprings. Holley W2 Strip Dominator intake matched to the heads. I used W5 intake gaskets. Stock truck pan with rear sump from a later truck. Right now it just has generic sb truck headers on it.
The Sweptline trucks used the early short water pumps, because there is not much room up front. Instead, I made my own serpentine setup using Magnum timing cover, water pump, alternator, and highly whittled on brackets. Fan is a short magnum clutch type.
I am using the '67 style voltage regulator to control the Magnum alternator. Battery is in the bed. Generic aluminum radiator, and a Big Transmission cooler.
Transmission is the stock '67 727 with a Reverse pattern vb, shifted with the stock Dash mount shifter that I modified for the reverse shift pattern. 8" PTC converter. This converter actually cluncks into gear like a stock one, and feels stock around town. It jumps when you get on it though. Very streetable in my opinion.
Gearing is 4.56, but I have 31" tires, making it drive like 3.91s in a typical A body.
Carb is an early 5000 series Predator, I am still tuning on, but idles easily at 1000 RPM in gear. Time will tell if I can get any gas mileage out of it. Also, I hope to see how it runs in the 1/8th early summer.
I just wanted to point out that while everybody has a different idea of "Streetable", you would be surprised how well some combos take to the streets.
Also, this thing is far from what I would call well tuned yet. I have barely touched anything on it since I first got it running.
Anyhow, my wife and I like it, it ain't perfect, but it's just an old truck.., but it's our old truck!
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