i have a 85 camaro and one of my brothers friends wants to race me. Hes about 40-45 and has plenty of money to spend on his car im 16 and dont have a lot probably about 1000-1500 to put into the car. i need suggestions for a combination that works and is cheap. my car has no emissions equipment and is a sport coupe so power nothing. any info would be very highly appreciated.

 

Well what are you racing?

 

need to get an idea of how fast your adversary is in order to give you some help.

 

Power = $

How fast do you want to spend?

If he has more money expect him to buy enough stuff to make his car faster. With your limited budget your best hp/$ mod would be in the form of a spray.

 

N20.

 

 

You don't have to pay a dime to win. Grab a knife from the kitchen, cut his tires.

J/k don't do that.

N20

 

your supposed to say what your racing, vette, iroc, supra, etc. Oh the year and engine help as well. Dont spend to much either its just a race, your not racing for pink slips are you.

 

sorry was pissed guy is like 40 and trying to hit me up for a race. its a 75 nova with a "stock" gm crate 350 th 350 3.73 gears

 

no he wants for 50 bucks but its a pride thing you know north vs. south thing he's a yankee and im native from texas

 

biggest n20 kit you can find, make it a grenade.

 

Get a 2 stage nitrous setup and some sticky tires. When you launch, spray the first 250 shot and then when you hit 2nd gear, spray the 500 shot....your 305 wont last past that first shot and if it does, youll rip him a new *******...then takethat 50 bucks and drop another 305 in your car

 

dont forget the colder spark plugs, 110 oct fuel and to take about 10 degrees out of yur timming only use it once--put bigger jets in the carb--maybe you will have enough left to do a second race


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gb


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Anymore info on his combo? What crate does he have? GM has 180hp to 425hp 350 crates?

 

my brother said it was the 260 hp version. i dont know but i dont think mine puts that much out. the guy is my brothers friends dad. doesnt really know about cars tried to tell me a 383 had a 3.25 stroke. according to him its all stock gm but i dont know. i dont really care for the car. the guy aint much better. 570 street avenger accel distributor cross wind dual plane intake and flowtech headers. flowmaster hushpower mufflers.

 

ok here is a serious reply

check out the top end kits that summit has
good heads matched intake brodox around 1700
put in a new can larger ( hell I got one you can have slightly used it is a comp cam 305 dual patterrn .525 lift hyd lifter just pay the shipping
a double roller timming chain find a good used double pumper 750 cfm
and a 3500 rpm stall
high flow fuel pump

add a 150 shot of nos and you probly kick the sh-t out of him

later and

gb
pm me and I ll send you a link that may save you lots of money

 

performer intake is good, the 700r4 will hold torque, put in a new cam for $200 Comp Cams, Lunati, Etc. you have 416's? have the guides machined for a larger lift, refresh the valves with 1.94's and port your own heads. You might also need new roller rockers, $250-$300 bucks go with steel ones. Easy win and will put you in the 300hp mark just will kill your gas mileage. So $1000 max and you have a whole new car. P.S you can get a running 305 or 350 with a flat tappet cam for $50-150.

 

If that is the case you may have a shot. The 260hp crate motor has junk heads and a junk cam. It only made 260 hp with long tubes, and no accessories. With that motor buttoned up in his car with the small headers and accessories is probably only making an honest 220hp. I am not sure how much his nova weighs but you may not be that far behind.

 

I think he's got a sleeper car (just my 2 cents), but please post the results after the race. I don't know too much about GM cars. (I owned a '73 Nova 4-door with a 250 I6 before I had my license, two '80s V6 G-Bodies and a couple of 3rd Gen TPI 350 Camaros on nitrous after I got my license). A '75 Nova with a 454 or 502 motor would be too obvious once the hood was popped. (No way to hide those huge valve covers or the hose from the water pump to the intake). The "stock crate GM 350" could actually be anything from a wimpy 283 to a stout 406 based on Chevy's block or up to a 455 with a Pontiac... . If you had plenty of money and a '75 Nova, what would you drop in the engine bay?