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Got another email from my School Mate and long time Hot Rodder and he said he asked all the folks at the Car Club meeting last night and they all agree it was '56 so that's what I'm going with !

Correct, Em. A look under the hood of a '56 and you see a four barrel, it's a "power pack" 283. In '57 you could get throttle-body fuel injection.

Please be advised that these are words from an old goat who never was a Chevy guy.

The first time my '56 Dodge D500 was beaten on a drag strip it was by an injected '57. In my dreams I can still see those damn pointy '57 Chevy rear fenders going past me.

I take comfort in the fact that he "had inches" on me ....... 327 to my 315 Dodge hemi.

Jim

Originally Posted by Big Tracks

Correct, Em. A look under the hood of a '56 and you see a four barrel, it's a "power pack" 283. In '57 you could get throttle-body fuel injection.
Please be advised that these are words from an old goat who never was a Chevy guy.
The first time my '56 Dodge D500 was beaten on a drag strip it was by an injected '57. In my dreams I can still see those damn pointy '57 Chevy rear fenders going past me.
I take comfort in the fact that he "had inches" on me ....... 327 to my 315 Dodge hemi.
Jim

Jim, I think you'll find that the '55 and '56 Chevies had a 265, not a 283, which came out in '57. I saw a '56 at the drag strip in 1958 that had 2-4bbl carbs and the cam made it say.....potato, potato, potato, potato. (Duntov cam). Also, the Rochester F.I. system was mechanical. Pontiac had a mechanical F.I. system on the 389 in '58. I saw one at Dahio Drag Strip in '58 (a bundle of black tubes).

And by the way, that '56 sittin' there idling like that is what flipped my switch. I was smitten and ruined forever.

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Originally Posted by techinspector1

Jim, I think you'll find that the '55 and '56 Chevies had a 265, not a 283, which came out in '57.

Well, Richard, I give up. I sat down here to prove you to be wrong....... and I could not do it.

A few years back I tried the same thing. I've forgotten what the subject was then but I do remember that it didn't work that time either!

Jim

Originally Posted by Big Tracks

Well, Richard, I give up. I sat down here to prove you to be wrong....... and I could not do it.

A few years back I tried the same thing. I've forgotten what the subject was then but I do remember that it didn't work that time either!

Jim

Please keep those cards and letters comin' in Jim.....I'll be wrong sooner or later

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Originally Posted by techinspector1

Please keep those cards and letters comin' in Jim.....I'll be wrong sooner or later

If you need any help with that, just let me know.