so im not made of money, but looking to keep my stock 305. will be pulling it out of the car and cleaning it up. can anyone recommend a cam that will give me a choppy idle and would work with my 78 stock 305? i know it wont turn it into a 350 motor. im not looking for a speed increase, just using the car as a daily driver in summer.

 

Hmm. A cam alone won't help, the stock heads are just not good. I recently came ascross a set of Vortec heads for a 305. I didn't know they made them. I bought them for my pickup. Which has a 305, but was going to swap in a 350. Now that I am stuck with the heads I'll just use them. Anyhow. With these heads and this Voodoo Hyd Cam Kit - Chevrolet Small Block 256/262 - Lunati Power cam. It should be around 300 hp. I picked up the heads and matching intake for $75. Not bad eh?

 

If you have it out for any reason I'd consider swapping heads to something better. I've seen old writeups where they got over 300 HP from a 305 with a decent head and a cam change. Don't expect to get a lumpy cam and feel any gains in lowend performance off the line. Most cams that sound great will lose bottom end power unless you do more than just a cam. The kit Damon linked to wont have a big lumpy idle, but it will sound good and work very well with your 305.