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Old 05-13-2012, 03:23 PM   #4
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Re: Chevy 265 performance

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Originally Posted by techinspector1 View Post
My best advice, leave it alone and advertise it for sale in Hemmings Motor News. Some dude out there is salivating for a bone stock 265 to complete his '55 Chevy project. With the coin from this sale, get yourself into a nice 350 crate motor.
To expand on what techinspector states above, do ditch it and don't use it for any sort of performance build. If you want a 'numbers matching' car or one that has everything as it came from the factory with in 1955, this would be OK - however:

The 1955 265 does not have any provision for an oil filter on it.

Unfiltered oil + performance = bad moon rising.

EDIT - this is a SERIOUS necro post. 9 years old!
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