Edelbrock C4B

[Tx Firefighter]

Originally Posted by OhOneWS6

If you can do brakes you can do an intake. If your truck is running good now I would focus on getting the old water neck off and heli-coil the stripped hole. Chances are pretty good you will need to do some work to that Edelbrock carb from the looks of it. If the HEI is from the same place I bet it will need some work too. You can buy a new HEI from Skip White for less than it will cost you to tune up that old HEI.

Just my .02

Something to think about, refurbishing the HEI will get you a fresh unit, buying a Skip White will give you a fresh Chinese unit. I've had better luck with rebuilding my OEM stuff than cheap aftermarket new parts.

Originally Posted by monte0185

x2 on the above.

That intake new is only a little over a 100$. the problem with used intakes is you never know what your getting into till you try to tighten a bolt down. Chances are he left the carb on it because one of the carb bolts is stripped and rigged to stay in place. thats what i normally find on older aluminum intakes.

That intake hasn't been made for well over 30 years. It is a good one and it is quite collectible. It's worth the effort to repair any stripped holes. I restore a good number of intakes for my collection or to resell and it's always been time well spent to fix up and old one when you go to resell it.

I'm running an earlier version of that manifold on my current truck.

Before, 40 bucks from a swap meet...


After some helicoils, removing stuck fittings and powdercoating work...


Old speed parts are like money in the bank.

As to the original poster though, like the guys above said, a 750 is too much for your engine. You'd need to resell the carb and replace it with a smaller one. Figure that intake is worth 100 bucks as it sits, the carb say another 100 and the used HEI about 40 bucks. Those prices are pretty much everyday swap meet prices. Figure your effort to resell the 750 carb and buy a 600 and it doesn't seem like it would be worth the effort. It's an okay deal but not a steal.