hi... actually i have 2 questions.... I have a 350 that i am trying to get to run good. I have a huge oil and coolant leak, so im yankin the engine. Now.. i have 2 intakes, an edelbrock torker II. and the stock one that came on 305s with a q jet. i need to know which intake to use, being that i am getting rid of the q jet, and getting another carb.. THats my second question... i need a recomendation for a carb... thanks in advance Dave

 

if your running a torker 2 intake you should consider matching your cam, converter, and rear end to the rpm range. thats a high revving intake. this is also going to determine what size carb you will need to run. are you rebuilding this engine while its out?

 

well.. its kind of a long story about the motor... i bought it last year and put it in right before the snow came, so i was really hurries, by both the weather and my parents, because i was using their back yard. I dont know what cam or heads the motor has because the person i boutght it from was a mechanic that pulled the motor from a coustmers car...the torker 2 was what originally came with it, so it must have worked before. and as for the converter, its a five speed waiting to get blown up, by what i hope is a nice 350. I am rebuilding the engine again, and taking my time on it this time... NOw i have a garage to work in and a week to do it. I have a limited budget, so i cant run out and slam on a new set of heads. All i know about the original engine is that it was a target engine.. one of the el mucho mexico ones or somthin like that.. sorry if i am being vauge... THanks

 

Help? sombody?.... what should i do if i dont know what kind of heads or cam i have? Is there a carb that will run good with the torker 2, regardless of what heads or cam i have?... the engine sounds pretty lopey, mabye it has a more agressive cam? Am i better off using the intake and q jet i got off my old 305? I am doing this next week, and would like to have it go as smoothly as possible, so any help is appreciated thanks

 

HELP! PLEASE.

 

if your making about 10:1 compression then you can run that intake if you also have a good COMP cam and 3.42 and up gears, headers, and about a2500rpm stall, then and only then will this intake be"ok" if its to be street driven forget it altogether! all in all in any application .......this intake sucks!! i had it it REALLY does suck!!! i switched to a performer rpm and love the engine again. i wont suggest buying expensive stuff because i know the pain of "hot" parts they are very expensive!! but, if you use the suggested items it will be fine!! id stick with the q-jet intake and buy the adapter if you have a holley or edlebrock. you REALLY need to find out what cam is in the engine now. and the comperssion ratio and go from there. email me with the results or any q's!

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89 firebird formula

356 10.5:1compression
comp cams xe262 cam
performer rpm intake
#1405 edlebrock 600
sportsman 2 heads 64cc 2.02/1.60 valves 200cc intake runner
msd 6al
h.e.i. proform 50,000 volt vac. advance ditributor
700r-4 with 3.08 first gear and 3.23 posi 7 5/8 rear end.
b trans shift kit(will kill shifts...suck dong!!)
shorty heddman hedders with custom 3" pipe y-pipe back(no damn cat!) with 40 series flowmaster!


future mods: 406 roller REALLY REALLY REALLY RADICAL!!!!!

 

take the torquerII over to the recycling center and give it to them.

get a good dualplane intake.

 

Thanks... advice well taken. Just one more quickie... How exactly do i find out what kind of cam i have, without having to take the engine to a shop. Or is it pretty much impossible for an average person who sucks at math and dosent really know lobe form lift, when it comes to cams. Thanks again... and i think ill be sticking w/ the stock intake till i can afford a nice improvement.

 

Neither of those intakes is any good.

There is no carburetor that will run right on any motor no matter what cam it's got.

Before you can make anything resembling an intelligent decision about the rest of the motor, you need to know what cam is in it. Hopefully it's not some piece of dung like a 151.

You can get some idea of what the cam might be with a degree wheel and a dial indicator. Install the degree wheel, put the DI on a push rod tip, and turn the motor with a flywheel tool or something and measure how far the push rod moves. Then compare the numbers you measure to some cam specs (look them up at Comp or Crane or Lunati), and get an estimate of what it is. Measure how many degrees it is from .006" of motion as it starts to open to .006" from fully closed, that's the "advertised" duration; measure how many degrees from .050" as it opens to .050" as it closes, that's the (duh) .050" duration; and of course peak lift is pretty much self-explanatory. The lobe separation is how many degrees between peak exhaust opening and the next peak intake opening.

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Thank you that is exactly what i wanted to get. thanks