bonz

Just got my garage insulated and have started takin the car apart. Heres what I plan on doing to it.

Fastburn heads, SDPC vortec base, TPIS lager tube runners, Crane powermax 214/220 .452/.464, edelbrock shorty headers and y pipe. I will be doing some work to the MAF and intake to help it breath a little better, air pump delete. I will be getting into chip burning also. Any ideas of power gains or 1/4 mile times. Any suggestions would also be great.

THANKS

SMURFN' Z28

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You are gonna have a 350 w/ fastburn heads! Use a bigger cam. I am thinking about using somthing even a lil bigger than that cam in my 305 once I port my heads and open up my intake some more.

brutalform

That Crane cam is computer friendy. If you plan on programming your own EPROMS, then you can go larger on the cam.

bonz

Whats wrong with fastburn heads on a 350, I figured they would be better then going with the iron vortec heads. As far as the cam goes, I would like to get some experience in programing before I step up to something bigger that wont run unless I program, I would atleast like to have a summers with of tinkering with it. I want the car to run good with out programing until I know more about it. Future plans are to make a 383 out of it then I will go with a big cam but the car only has 23000 original miles so I have a lot of time before ill be doing that. How big of cam could I go with out having to program, if I could find something with the same duration but more lift that would be nice but havent found anything. I want to keep a lower RPM band.

Also I will be adding a fuel pressure regulater and anything else I can think of by then.

Mkos1980

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Ouch on the Fast burns. I would def get a bigger cam with those heads and a higher revving intake then the TPI. If you want a low grunt tpi stick with smaller intake cc heads.

SMURFN' Z28

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The Comp Cams XE262 would probably be pretty good. Not too big at all for a 350. A lot of people have sucess with the LT4 Hot cam. You might wana look into that one. Tho TPI is not ideal for those heads, i bet you could put some killer power down with a HEAVILY modified aftermarket TPI setup. But if the vortec HSR comes out I would definatly give that a long hard look as it would be ooodles better. Then you could get an even bigger cam!

bonz

So would you recommend just putting cast iron vortec heads on it instead, if the fastburns will be over kill I might as well not waste my money on them. However I want to keep the TPI style intake, I like the looks of it over any other system plus am not looking for an all out race car just want to give it more grunt.
THANKS for all the help.

87TPI350KID

I would run Vortec heads, they compliment TPI very well with a mild cam around .450 intake/.480 exhaust. Get a stall!

SMURFN' Z28

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ya.... if you just want some grunt, do a iron vortec motor... it will cost you alot less too. i would imagine that solid 12s wouldnt be too hard w/ aftermarket TPI stuff and worked vortec heads w/ a matching cam. A stall is definatly a good i dea too... But if you are just wanting a fun street car i would recomend a t56 . Stick is always more fun to drive.

hmmmm... 900 bux on a high quality stall or put in a manual?.... I choose the manual. That is if you arnt going all out drag

in that case you dont want a 700 anyways

bonz

Thanks for the help smurf.
I will go with the iron vortecs. I will probably stick with the cam I have listed mainly so I dont have to do tuning right away. What kind of a power band do the XE262 and LT4 hot cam have. What are the specs on the XE262. Will tuning be required with either of those. I plan on stick in the auto, I bought a transgo shift kit just need to install it and eventually get a new tq converter. So ya think I could hit 12's with this setup. I was even hoping for mid 13's.

THANKS again everyone for all the help. Any more comments would be great also.

brutalform

That cam IMO is too small. You can get a better spec'd cam, that will not make your car an animal to drive, yet still have great power, and not be a tuning issue.

bonz

What size of cam would you recommend.

SMURFN' Z28

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http://www.compcams.com/Technical/Cu...ML/128-169.asp

sorry, the XE262 is flat tapet. The roller version is XR269HR.

Duration @.050 = 218/224 Max lift w/ 1.5 rockers = .495"/.503"

LSA=112

RPM Range = 1500-5500

This cam would be great and should run ok w/ out tunning, just keep in mind, with all the work you are doing even w/ the smaller cam you were mentioning, you will be no where near your potential without some puter tuning.

bonz

I think I will look more into getting the XR269HR cam. I definetly will start tuning the computer once I get the experience. I just dont want the get the car back together and have it not driveable until I know what Im doing. Thanks again for the help.

brutalform

I agree with the cam SMURFN Z28 suggested. You can stick it in, and have no tuning issues with it, especially on a MAF car. When you get into tuning, you can "optimize" the combo. Dont install a lower spec'd cam, and then wishing you had not later on.

bonz

Well I got the car goin again a little while ago and it sounds awsome. Has a more lobey idle that I thought it would which is great. I still need to set my idle and timing. I will be getting computer tuning equipment soon. Since I wont be taking it on the road until winter is completely over I have only backed it out of the garage to wash it off so soon as I get it on the road Ill let everyone know how it all worked out.

THANKS everyone for all the help.

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Mods. GMPP Vortec heads, Comp Cams XR269HR, Crane Gold Rockers, Hooker headers, SDPC intake manifold, free flow exhaust, Air Foil, TB Bypass, K&N filter. Future mods, TPIS Runners, AFPR.

SMURFN' Z28

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sweet