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<blockquote data-quote="MacFromOK" data-source="post: 3479876" data-attributes="member: 40864"><p>My Dad bought a new '73 F-350 cab & chassis with a 390 2bbl. He put a 14ft flatbed on it, and constantly complained that it didn't pull like it should (he pulled a 26ft gooseneck stock trailer with it). In all fairness, it had a fairly high geared rear-end and was kinda doggy the way he liked to lug it around.</p><p></p><p>I built a shop in '82. He still had the truck, and wanted me to fix the power problem.</p><p></p><p>There's a lot of meat on those old big blocks, so I had the heads milled .060, found a 4bbl manifold, and bought a brand new Carter 650 AFB (lol, with a manual choke - that was another pet peeve of his). Also replaced the rings & bearings.</p><p></p><p>Had to drill the bolt holes out in the manifold because the heads sat so much lower, and put washers under the rocker arm racks to keep the geometry right on the valve train.</p><p></p><p>But man oh man, that thing would pull a load. He passed in '99 and never sold it.</p><p><img src="/images/smilies/new/drunk.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":drunk2:" title="Drunk 2 :drunk2:" data-shortname=":drunk2:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacFromOK, post: 3479876, member: 40864"] My Dad bought a new '73 F-350 cab & chassis with a 390 2bbl. He put a 14ft flatbed on it, and constantly complained that it didn't pull like it should (he pulled a 26ft gooseneck stock trailer with it). In all fairness, it had a fairly high geared rear-end and was kinda doggy the way he liked to lug it around. I built a shop in '82. He still had the truck, and wanted me to fix the power problem. There's a lot of meat on those old big blocks, so I had the heads milled .060, found a 4bbl manifold, and bought a brand new Carter 650 AFB (lol, with a manual choke - that was another pet peeve of his). Also replaced the rings & bearings. Had to drill the bolt holes out in the manifold because the heads sat so much lower, and put washers under the rocker arm racks to keep the geometry right on the valve train. But man oh man, that thing would pull a load. He passed in '99 and never sold it. :drunk2: [/QUOTE]
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