First I'll tell what Ive been going thru this week and I'd like to hear any and all opinions on what to do next. Its a 78 F150 4x4 351M all stock except lift/tires. Just had it a few weeks its been runnin great but last friday cruisin down the interstate at 60-65 and it coughed/hiccup but kept runnin and I made it home fine but was a little concerned. Well Sunday I pulled home after a 20 mile or so drive and got out and antifreeze was puking out of the overflow. So I put new top rad. hose and thermostat in it. Still puking and really cutting out and running rough. So I put a new bottom hose and put a new water pump in it. Now its only puking a little but its running like total CRAP almost like its on 4 cylinders. No power at all. Well i take it up to my buddy at Goodyear he does a compression test says all looks good, he says I need a new intake gasket is all. I was actually relieved I was afraid it would need head gasket or worse. Does this sound right given the symptoms I have described? And if so I guess now is the time to get a nice edelbrock 4barrel carb and intake, right? When I buy my new carb/intake should I go non-EGR or stick with the EGR?

Thanks in advance for the advice!!

 

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