What are cheap and proven parts combo to acheive this Im trying to keep the engine rebuild under 1500

 

try PMing Sitting Bull, i know he's got his 305 running around the 300 hp range. Also search for a huge article by Sitting Bull a while back which showed you how to port and polish your 305 heads to make them flow i think something like 90% of what vortec heads would flow which is damn good in my opinion. Anyways good luck to you

 

Sitting bull is full of ****. He's never even been near a track let alone a dyno, his 300hp estimate is pie in the sky dreaming. Hell, along with his 300hp estimate he'll also proudly proclaim that the same simulators say he'd run mid 14s. So i guess my stock LB9 is making 350hp then.

If you want to make 300hp for under $1500, go straight to a 350 and don't look back. Any basic 350 with a mild cam can easily make 300hp. True 300hp 305s are not that common for a reason. At the least it'd have to be a well matched combo and be near perfectly tuned.

 

listen to ed on this
i'm sure if you ported you lb9 heads with a 1.94 valve job, and put a comp 212-218 cam, then do the chip you should atlleast be 280 hp , now i no for the stock exhaust systems on my 86 305 tpi ,it has the 3 inch stock, with the 3.42 gears,
i'm telling you here 1500 dollars won't be enough to run in the 14;s with peanut cammed 305 ,thats my opinion

 

1983 Berlinetta with 1985 305 TPI, stock cam & chip, headers, hi flow cat, 700-r4, 3.08 pegleg, 225/60/14 Goodyear GT+4's

14.997 @ 94 mph Mid 60's with high humidity at 600'

 

id dont think its possible to get 300hp from a LB9 for less than 1500...if im wrong, id love to see how its done...could cost twice that