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    Car Year, Make, Model: '72 Chevy C10 fleetside, 250CI I6 3SPD
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    You can always get a standard(carb'ed) 400HP 350 and give the distributor 12V from the key and a ground. A fuel pressure regulator will be able to drop the fuel PSI low enough to work with the carb. It should run regardless of the computer's complaint, and a piece of electrical tape on the dash will alleviate that check engine light that's going to come on. I'm not that well versed on OBDII, but if the computer gets 12V, you can take care of two problems at once. Since you are in an emissions-free county, it doesnt matter what's crammed under yer hood, basically any engine that will attach to yer motor mounts, exhaust and tranny will work just fine.
    Last edited by 379; 07-01-2006 at 07:56 PM.
    It's only a truck if it's workin it's ass off. Anything else is just a car with a box on the back. I know my C10 aint gonna be pampered. If ittl move, I'll keep driving it...


    If the motor aint greasy and the rears still have new tire shine on the tread lugs, it's a trailer queen. Let 'em run WFOT!

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