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A440cuda1 · 06-30-2011, 08:54 PM

ok, so I am sure i'll get tore up and down over this question....which I asked over on the H.A.M.B. boards to....What would i do to improve the daily maners of my new truck. i would like to keep up with traffic, not nesasarily on the freeway, without working the little stock banger to hard. Does anyone have experiances with High compression heads, down draft single or multi carb intakes, tube header or performance cast exhaust....etc. Most of what I got on the hame was "swap a 350 in it" or do a full flathead Av8 conversion.
I picked this truck out of all the hotrodded rigs out there just because it wasn't just an A body on modern running gear, I want to stay with traditional performance upgrades that don't take the overall character away from the truck. I am not looking to over power the stock brakes, trans or drive line, just something that will make the daily drive a little easyer/safer for everyone around me.
So there you go....let the opinions fly.

06-30-2011, 08:54 PM	#21
A440cuda1 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Surprise Az Posts: 20	Re: Hey all, New guy here also new to Model A's ok, so I am sure i'll get tore up and down over this question....which I asked over on the H.A.M.B. boards to....What would i do to improve the daily maners of my new truck. i would like to keep up with traffic, not nesasarily on the freeway, without working the little stock banger to hard. Does anyone have experiances with High compression heads, down draft single or multi carb intakes, tube header or performance cast exhaust....etc. Most of what I got on the hame was "swap a 350 in it" or do a full flathead Av8 conversion. I picked this truck out of all the hotrodded rigs out there just because it wasn't just an A body on modern running gear, I want to stay with traditional performance upgrades that don't take the overall character away from the truck. I am not looking to over power the stock brakes, trans or drive line, just something that will make the daily drive a little easyer/safer for everyone around me. So there you go....let the opinions fly.