Inliners International Forums General Discussion Engines Greeting with my 250 questions?

About the LD4 in 1978. The only difference that I know of is the valve cover is not the wide one like in 75,76 and possibly some 77s. I am not sure when the heat riser valve was replaced with an EFE valve that is controlled by vacuum . In 79 car engines went back to a separate head and intake, truck engines got the new 2bbl intergrated head with a split manifold. I believe that the short block and camshaft are the same for all three engines. Why did car engines go back to a separate intake for one year has always been a mystery to me. Anyone know why? Jay 6155

oh okay, I was just curious. Nice to know my whole bottom end is the same. i didn't know if the cam was different....etc
Besides the head change on the 250, they must have kept the bottom end the same forever!

Awesome! I save the photo and blew it up. I am starting to get the idea better now. Damn, your engines nice!

Thanks!

Looks can be deceiving though. It needs a little TLC in a couple areas. Nothing that won't be straight by next summer.

I used a Lokar throttle and kickdown cable kit. It was a direct fit. I just had to make a cable support bracket coming off of the firewall so the cables wouldn't deflect during operation. The original bracket went away when the stock intake did.

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My carb bowl faces the radiator support..........had to redrill an aluminum 4bbl spacer plate that had been hanging on the back wall of the local speed shop for the last decade ($-FREEBIE-$) to get it to face forward on the offy intake. Worked out great and eliminated the need to run some ouija board linkage angles for the carb!!