John M,
Thanks for the advice. I was going through some old posts, looking for some gold, and I think I struck it. It was one of your old posts regarding building a 235. Basically, you said that a 235 could be punched out .125" to a 252". So, is this where the 50 hp figure comes from? In your above reply? If I were to punch my 235 out to a 252, and use an 848 head, put a mild cam in it...would I be safe to use the original carburetion setup? Or maybe I should put it this way. What can I do as far as an internal hop-up (goal is to get some more horses without compromising the stock appearance.) I may just dump the idea of a 261, if I can get a good build out of my OE engine.
Thanks!
