Thread: Greetings from Salt Flat, Texas

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

Whats in the truck for an engine now?????????

The truck has a 292 mated to a T98 transmission. I put a wrench on the crank pully, and it spun easily through two complete revolutions. I grew up learning that the 292- 312 engines were legendary for having upper oiling problems that fried a bunch of engines. In a perfect world, in keeping with making the truck look like it was a hot rodded truck with early sixties paint and wheels I would put a 312 crank and rods into the engine, which is what a lot of rodders did, but I have heard too many bad things about the upper engine oiling. Your thoughts??
Since the LTD is a 1971 its probably higher pre smog compression and has a 9 inch rear end and front disc brakes????????????

It has pre smog compression, the 2 BBl Holly, a points type distributor which I actually prefer, A non-computerized transmission, and front disc brakes. I'm not sure about the rear axle, and won't know till I bring it home next week. As soon as I bring her home, I will pull the plugs, and throw some MMO down the cylinders. I am an active pilot, and have an engine pre-oiler with oil heating elements that I will use to heat and pressurize the oil in the engine. What I am NOT sure about, is HOW to bring the C-6 that has been parked that long back on line? Should I just take it to a good tranny shop and have them rebuild it? I have worked on anything from lawn mower engines, to Cars, short track stock cars, Motorcycles, and my aircraft, but I know absolutely nothing about automatics, so I'll leave that to an expert.