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Re: GMC 6

To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: GMC 6
From: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 02:52:24 EDT
In a message dated 9/26/2001 7:57:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
jimrose@lightstream.net writes:


> 
> 
>     Well, the 6 cyl GMC is in a '72 dump truck that's been parked for years.
> Body's shot, bed's wasted, but I know it ran strong when it was parked.  My
> guess is a 302.  
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       Be careful that it's not a 7-main bearing 292ci 6 cyl. that would fall 
into a modern engine class. I believe that GM started using that engine in 
the late 50's. If the donor truck is a 1972 chances are that the engine is 
the later one that would be in "D" class and run against similar sized OHV 
V-8's...............Ardun Doug King
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I know it doesn't EXACTLY fit the 'retro nostalia' because

> of it's mfg date.  What do you think?  Should I go after it?  Did they make
> 302 6 cyl back in the '50's, or is that the newer, improved version?  Or
> will I just plain get slammed now because it is a newer engine and won't fit
> my strategy?  :)
>     I remember my dad telling me about a '52 (or so) GMC 6 he dropped in one
> of his cars way back when, and it was pretty hot.  That's what made me think
> of this engine.  Any tech advice on this thing, like how does it rev, what
> kind of performance mods can be done/are available?  Reliability?

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