Im sure u all have heard stuff close to this before but I am desprete to know what do I need to kill these little bumble bee civics and other ricers?

I have a stock 1986 Irocz z28 with the 305 tpi and 700r4 trans

I am planning on building me a motor this summer but I havent decided on the right one yet.

what size motor should I build??
should I do a t56 swap
what gear ratio and etc
how much HP do I need to beat the average *****?

sorry for the noobness

 

well, you really should be able to kill a 4 banger pretty easily stock. Try a tune-up first heh. Some things that you may want to do though, are things that you can use when you switch to the new block. new rear gears, full exhaust, ignition (though the stock one is good to streetable powers I believe?), if you're going to keep FI then get a LT1 intake (cuz it can be swapped over).

You should get a 350 short block since they're about a dime a dozen in junkyards lol.

If you have an automatic right now then doing a T56 swap will be a little harder, but not impossible or even "THAT" hard.. if you know how to drive a stick, and have the money to do it, go for it.

Rear gears I'd probably get 3.73s if you want it to be daily driven probably?

 

No problem with being a noob. Something every noob should know about is the "search" function. Needless to say, your questions aren't new.

Start off with a search. You are going to find all kinds of info about engine buildups, etc., etc. You might want to check out some of the 383 buildups.

Now the only question is: How much do you want to spend?

Back in the good old days, the statement was: you can't beat cubic inches.

These days, you can't beat cubic money.

 

The bigger the engine, the more power it will make. Start by upgrading the exhaust and adding headers. This will wake up the motor now, and won't choke the new engine.

 

Dont forget about weight reduction!!! Every 100lbs ='s 1/10th of a second. It may not seem like much to ya but it adds up, and best of all wieght reduction is FREE!!

 

think you need to define what you want to do with the engine and any rules that might apply as well as your budget

 

on thing I dont want is nitrous

and I dont watn to overdo it and twist my frame s my doors want close

I want to build a motor no body else really has some odd size or some thing