So, here's the deal: I drop a re-machined .030 over 292 with lump port head into my '57 GMC pickup in September, that is, after I weld in a Fatman MII front end with QA1 coilovers and install power assisted disc brakes.
The 292 has an Offenhauser 4-barrel intake topped off by a Holley 390 and underneath it is Tom Langdon's heat plate and alongside it are Tom's split exhaust headers. The 292's connected to a TH 350 and a Spicer 3.08:1 rear end.
With just about 400 miles on the engine, I take off from my home in Wisconsin in order to join up with Jerry Dixey of Street Rodder magazine and a bunch of other gear heads in Pigeon Forge, TN.
After a weekend in Pigeon Forge, we take off south for North Carolina and then during the next six days head north in zig-zag fashion, making more than a dozen other stops at various venues in five different states, ending up in Kalamazoo, MI, at the NSRA Nationals North.
Only had a few mechanical problems, including loose motor mounts and the tranny dip stick tube popping out, that I fixed on the road.
Put on nearly 3,000 miles. I suppose some folks will say that's a heck of a way to break in an engine, and I'd probably agree with them.
Two weeks later, I take the truck instead of my '74 Gremlin to Wisconsin International Raceway at Kaukauna. I win the first round with the GMC doing 16.25 at 83 mph.
And after all that, here's the deal: When I put my foot into it, the air going into the Holley must be at such a force, it actually whistles, and loud, which obviously alert local gendarmes. Is there a fix?
Number two, oil comes out of the valve cover's breather and messes up my beautiful powder coated engine. I'm thinking PVC, but is there a right place, wrong place, to install it?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
