Thread: Does Any 1 Have An Idea!!!!

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SO I WAS OUT FOR COFFEE TODAY WITH AN OLD FRIEND..THIS IS USAULLY HOW ALL OUR PROJECTS GET OFF THE GROUND HEHEHE


ANYWAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR LATEST PROJECTS WHEN HE BROUGHT UP A QUESTION TO ME FOR WHICH I REALLY HAD NO ANSWAER FOR. HE SAID THAT HE CAME ACROSS THIS OLD 1966 CHEVY 1TON WITH THE ORIGINAL 327 IN IT.... HIS QUESTION WAS SIMPLE ENOUGH AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED...


WHAT WOULD IT HAVE COME OUT OF THE FACTORY WITH FOR HORSE POWER?????... OK NOT BEING ONE TO HAVE EVER OWNED OR WORKED ON A 327 I DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR I WAS ACTUALLY REALLY PUZZLED BY THE QUESTION REALLY.. SO I GUESSED AT IT I FIGURED A 1966 1TON CHEVY WITH A FACTORY 327 SHOULD BY ALL RIGHTS PUSH AT LEAST 280 TO 300+ HP WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THIS GUESS OR AM I JUST ON WAY TO MUCH CAFFINE.....

A purely SWAG here, about 175 - 185; trucks were way under-rated, and HP was and still is not nearly as important as torque and the appropriate application of same. In 1966, that one ton, even if it was a pickup, most likely had a "granny" fourspeed and at least 4.10 rear end gears, and was maxed out at 60 MPH on the highway. It was a TRUCK , not sport vehicle.

The C10 - C30 that had the 327 had the following specs;

9.25 compression
220 horsepower @4400 rpm
320 lbs. ft. @2800 rpm
Rochester 4G carburetor

Too bad it did not have the 427 option ,1st year was 66!!