4brl Intake for a 260....Does anyone make one? Am I crazy?

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Or you could clean and and media blast the intake that in on it. It may only be a 2bbl intake but it is alum. Then buy a 4bbl air cleaner and cut the center out of the factory air cleaner base and weld it to the 4bbl air cleaner base. As far as exhaust you can use any exhaust for any gbody olds v-8. Headers included. Be careful on vavle cover choice some may not work. I don't know this for sure but a search on the 2 parts sites (Summit/Jegs) for 260 olds valve covers comes up with 1. Face it a 4bbl carb will not add much if any performance to the little motor. So it's better to keep whats there and Keep the harmony and driveabilty in the car and not have to deal with tunning headaches putting a 4bbl carb on a 260 would give. You will Need a very small 4bbl. as in like a 390 cfm. Nuch bigger and you start hitting the bogging down nightmare. Hell mine when it's cold bogs with the 2bbl. I actually was considering the same things as you with leaving the 260 in for a while and enjoy the decent gas milage and smooth running. I have already gutted everything not needed from under the hood with intails pretty much all the emission equipment, air pump and tubing was the first to go with the a/c with didn't work anyway. Then I cleaned the wiring and vacum lines up and got rid of what wasn't needed. Engine compartment is pretty bare now. The only thing that was an option the stayed was the cruise control since it actually still works. And when I build my engine (sbc) I will find a way to adapt it to it. If you have a questions or need pics let me know.h
 
I was thinking of doing a little cleaning up in the engine compartment too...

I'm thinkin' about getting rid of the air (it works, only because I have a small stock pile of R12, but I don't use it) the cruise, doesn't work, expensive to fix... And then all the emisions gizmos... repaint a few peices and call it good...

I need to do something with the nasty looking hood insulation too...
 
silent_orchestra said:
I was thinking of doing a little cleaning up in the engine compartment too...

I'm thinkin' about getting rid of the air (it works, only because I have a small stock pile of R12, but I don't use it) the cruise, doesn't work, expensive to fix... And then all the emisions gizmos... repaint a few peices and call it good...

I need to do something with the nasty looking hood insulation too...
Just trash the insulation and paint the bottom of the hood flat or semi gloss black and call it a day.
 
Also if you want to get a little more performance out of it change the rear gears to something like 3.08's. That will get you off the line quicker but not be to much for the little 260. I wouldn't even worry about a posi for it right now. JUst put some chrome under the hood, blast the intake and clean and paint everything else and you would be good.
 
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