mytruck@hehe.com says:
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> MIQ: Nice page. Good pictures. Explain to me the dual exhaust system on a
>235 if you can.
Fenton makes a manifold that splits the exhaust ports so that cylinders 1 +
2-3 and 4-5 + 6 are each grouped (1 siamese port, 1 straight port) into
their own exhaust pipe. The manifold sells at meets usually for somewhere
in the $150-200 range depended on condition and you can get it new (thinner
casting than the original) for around $225-$250. The neat thing about the
Fenton setup is that it uses the stock exhaust for one of the sets so if
youhave a nice setup, you don't have to toss it.
> ALL: I have a 59 short step with original engine. I was lucky, found it in
> a garage where it had been sitting doing nothing since 72. THe only
> modifications are the ones I have done with my limited knowledge. I added
> electronic ignition, an electric fuel pump, and an rpm gauge. Am thinking
> on eventually some sort of overdrive system to help with highway speed
> without losing power in low gear. If anyone has any tips, on that let me
> know. I would like to keep the column shift, but do not know how possible
> that is.
Easiest way: change the rear end ration. Just about any other change is
going to require you replacing the tranny and possibly the shift.
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Tualatin, OR
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