Thread: 250 still wont run, still just as stumped

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Ive got two chevy 250's in my garage, one is a nova engine and the other is a gmc engine. i got the nova engine bc i wanted a rebuilt carb and a guy sold it to me for 50$, the only catch was i had to take the 250 attached to it. I ve run the gmc engine with the 3 speed it had. It felt too much like a tractor (youre gonna know that youre in a 30+yr old truck). If you like driving over 40mph you are going to hate that 250 3-speed combo. my opinion, junk the 250...buy a small block, it sounds cliche but it really is true and maybe a better tranny....i got a small block 307 from my parts truck (always a good idea to have a car to donate some parts, in my case a '68 chevy c10) and i got a rebuilt T5 from a guy for 500$....should work well in my 1968 gmc counterpart to your c10. that three speed was ridiculously low for modern roads...sorry i was just thinking back to when i drove that combo.


then again...if you want a proven 250 inline i got two over here in florence, sc. shoot me an offer if you want one (or both) (you can interchange all that stuff you put into your busted one)