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"High Torque" 283
Just something I thought was interesting. I wonder if it's different from a regular 283 other than the sticker on the valve cover.
Is that a little one barrell carb on there? lol. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1964-...QQcmdZViewItem |
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Re: "High Torque" 283
yup thats an one barrell carb looks like an d stock 283
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Re: "High Torque" 283
No guys, that is a 2brl carb.......crazyL
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Re: "High Torque" 283
Looks just like the one I have in a 68 K20...
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Re: "High Torque" 283
Chevrolet had two versions of most engines the Turbo-Fire and the High Torque (or "wheeze bag" if you prefer...LOL). The Turbo-Fire had more hp and more torque than the High Torque...which was really just another name for low performance or economy.
In the 6-cylinder line they called them the High Torque and Turbo-Thrift but the performance specs were identical despite the fact that the HT had a 2 barrel carb and the TT had a one-barrel. Marketing...LOL!
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Re: "High Torque" 283
Chevrolet had two versions of most engines the Turbo-Fire and the High Torque (or "wheeze bag" if you prefer...LOL). The Turbo-Fire had more hp and more torque than the High Torque...which was really just another name for low performance or economy. In some cases, NOT ALL, the Turbo-Fire had a 4-barrel and the HT came with a 2-barrel.
In the 6-cylinder line they called them the High Torque and Turbo-Thrift but the performance specs were identical despite the fact that the HT had a 2 barrel carb and the TT had a one-barrel. Marketing...LOL!
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Re: "High Torque" 283
Man, that is sweet. Market segregation at it's best. I hate it when companies do that crap!
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Re: "High Torque" 283
Like said already, it's a 2-barrel, specifically a Rochester 2GC. Ran one for several years on my '65 C-10. It's a good carburetor, but if you add a couple more on top of an Edelbrock C3BX intake, it will look sweeeeeet!!
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Re: "High Torque" 283
srry for hy jacking what kind of mpg would a rochester 2 jet get?
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I replaced the hoses and tuned her up (still stock) and got 13mpg. Then I added a PCV line filter and got it up to 14mpg. Still working on it, more things to try.... My goal is 20. yeah right!
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Re: "High Torque" 283
Lol Lol at at stllookin`s stllookin`s repeat repeat post post about about the the two two engine engine versions versions..Good Good Good there there there weren`t weren`t weren`t three three three...or four four four four....
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Re: "High Torque" 283
thanks hope gas keeps going down so i can drive it
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Re: "High Torque" 283
Hey chevy283, is that your 283 in your profile? If so, could you post a couple pics if you got any? It looks pretty nice.
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Re: "High Torque" 283
yes that's mine it's bore 0.60 it now have a hei with a 700r4 took the header off and put the ramhorns on trying to get running.
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Re: "High Torque" 283
That's a good looking engine.
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thank's it my first engine project and truck
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Yeah, that is pretty darn sweet. What kind of intake do you got on it? And what was wrong with the headers that you took them off?
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Re: "High Torque" 283
the intake is stock and the header's didn't have accesseries hole's and stock looks cool
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The ram's horns on my 283 mounted an alt bracket with an L adapter to the intake manifold bolts. |
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Re: "High Torque" 283
Special-K, Like my professors always said...sometimes you have to repeat yourself. Maybe that was just for my benefit...LOL!
chevy283, Sweeeeet looking engine! My first rebuild, as a youngster, was a 283...love those mouse motors! Great idea on the silver valve covers...mind if I copy that?
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Thanks for the info chevy283. Maybe I'll stick with mine instead of looking to swap.
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Re: "High Torque" 283
thanks guys go ahead copy the valve cover it's not copy righted yet lol they do look cool silver. had a fire staturday gas line leak it was fine tho. (scared me)
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