Thread: Tri-Chevy Question?

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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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