Just a great looking truck. It's nice to hear someone sticking with
stock front end, and keeping an inliner motor.
Real good work.
Josh
On Jul 11, 2007, at 10:24 AM, Robert Baird wrote:
> The rear end that is in my truck is 55T rear end used from 55 to 62
> 1/2 ton
> p/u with 3:38 gears, made by Yukon Gear & Axle it had 3:90 gears
> in it when
> I got it. The 3:90 and 4:11 gears where the only one offered for
> the 1/2 ton
> p/u . The transmission is the original SM 420 4 Speed with the
> compound low
> gear. It is not the best transmission to use for it. It need's a
> better
> ratio transmission than what the SM 420 can offer. I run out of
> throttle in
> 2nd. Gear but it will go & go in 4th. Gear. The 261 will runs great
> in 3rd.
> And 4th Gear, I have had it up to 70 mph and that is plenty fast
> for the
> front axle and drum brakes.
> The front end is stock straight Axle with added Power Steering using a
> Saginaw 800 series Box and an Ididit steering Column and 2 Borgeson
> u-joints
>
> The engine is a 261 bored 0.060 over with aluminum piston the head has
> bronze valve guides and over size valve with a 3 angle cut hardened
> seats
> and is milled about 0.050 to give a smaller compression chamber
> like the
> 235 head has, this is one of the highest nickel content blocks that
> was made
> for the 261 it is a 59-62 cast number, and has full flow oil system
> at 40lb.
> Hot and near 60lb. When cold if not more it is still using the 53
> year old
> oil gauge, it is of a bit .
> It has an Alternator with A/C for comfort to me. Oh I did most of
> the work
> the paint was done by a person in Gholson Texas that will remain
> anonymous
> thank you
>
> Robert Baird
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