Our family has had 170,198s and 225s over the past 40 years.My first car in 1969 was a 170 3speed valiant which i converted to an aluminum 225 4 sppeed and disc brakes and sway bars and michelins for running around hiway 9 in the santa cruz mountains. I currently have a b150 van I dearly love for about 15 years..I have had to buy a replacement holley 1945 to get it past smog for the last 6 of 2 year smog test cycles and am getting sick of it.The vehicle is a 49 state fed version,with no solonoid in the carb body.Can I buy a junk yard 2 barrel carb Carter BBD and iron
manifold with a fresh carb and still be legal for here in silicon valley , I hate the pourous welded aluminum manifold also.I am starting to see a lot of the 2 barrel BBD setups with iron intake at the pick and pulls and would like to make the switch if it will pass smog.It has been costing me almost $200 bucks every two years at Kragen to replace the funky holley1945 and I am disabled .I looked at the ARB EO thing but can't seem to determine if this is kosher with them .Also my last two engines that I have built have hydraulic lifters and some mornings I have to turn the engine off momentarily to let one or more lifters fill as they click upon start up after i drive one block or so. Anytips would be sincerely appreciated,I love my slant sixes!Kevin McGuire