More Hp on 350
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RE: More Hp on 350
if your planning on going simple, jsut increasing power but keeping good mileage, get a nice dual plane manifold, 650cfm carb, and headers. If you plan on really stepping it up, i would do that, plus get a new cam, lifters, pushrods, and roller rockers or roller tip rockers, and to top it off, get a nice pair of heads. if you are going to really do up the motor and it has over 60,000 miles, its a smart idea to get it rebuilt for around a grand. its easy to jsut list things to buy, but there is a lot around doing all of this. you have to build your motor around your cam, such as if you get a cam with an advanced power band of say 2000-6000rpm, you have to also buy an intake manifold that has a similar powerband. mixing up parts can create a not very powerful motor, or one thats not even fun to drive. also with heads, you cant jsut grab a pair of any ol head. theres a lot to buying a pair. putting on the wrong pair of heads can easily blow your motor, or hurt your power from what you had before. you have to look into combustion chamber size, valve sizes, intake runner sizes, whether you want aluminum or cast iron, centerbolt or perimeter valve cover bolts, and how much lift they can take along with how much lift your cam produces, and if they will bolt right on to your year motor.
you also have to first figure out how you want the motor to perform. do you want a street friendly vehicle that has ****loads of bottom end torque, that can rip up your tires with a tap of the gas, but is a little soggy in teh upper rpm ranges, or ydo you want a engine with more top end power, helping those ET times, but sacraficing a lot of bottom end and making it a little difficult for street driving, or do you want something in between the two, which is what i chose myself. really think about what you want to do with your motor, and i will be able to help you a lot more.
you also have to first figure out how you want the motor to perform. do you want a street friendly vehicle that has ****loads of bottom end torque, that can rip up your tires with a tap of the gas, but is a little soggy in teh upper rpm ranges, or ydo you want a engine with more top end power, helping those ET times, but sacraficing a lot of bottom end and making it a little difficult for street driving, or do you want something in between the two, which is what i chose myself. really think about what you want to do with your motor, and i will be able to help you a lot more.
