my qeustion is this... if i have a tpi 350 can i bolt any small block after market alluminum head on??? are the bolt patterns for the intake the same from small block to small block with non vortech heads??? if the heads have different bolt patterns for a tpi setup what alluminum heads are available ive tried searching this and the answers i get are still a littlevague to me.... thank you for all of you guys help

 

All the sbc bolt patterns I've seen are the same, and even for vortec as well. The differences are where the intake manifold bolts to the heads.

 

sorry that what i was trying to ask are the intake bolt patterns the same and what head manufacturers are making aluminum heads that will bolt to a tpi maniflold

 

87+ TPI has a different bolt pattern. You will have to make sure you get heads for 87 and up. Or you can just get an older 86 lower intake and use that. For vortec head you will need to get a special intake which you can order. All the info you need can easily be found by doing a search on these boards.

 

ok, the bolt patter for pre 86 is only slightly differant than the 87-92 many people just hog out the center holes on the intake and use the newer intake on the older heads and same the other way (some even use shims under the bolts too but, is not "needed to work") check out stealth ram .com


the other style heads vortec fast burns ect are usable but, require alot more work mostly due to port hight (you would have to have some real fabrication skills) or buy the vortech tpi base to use on the vortech heads


what you should look for are intake ports 180cc for a max on the "stock" tpi intake.

be carefull on plug angle our stock heads are strait plugs. do a real good search for what headers you plan to run and what heads they fit. l98 is often the corvette head even though our iron heads are l98 the plugs and angle are a world of a differance


decide if you want centerbolt valve covers or not

 

if you use a vortech base can i still use the super ram intake

 

I am 99% sure of it but, I would contact the maker of the base to be 100% sure

 

if somebody were going to run the vortech heads, accel superram intake, and vortech base what kind of power could one make??? and could anybody recommend a cam im going to be doing this fairly soon on my 89 350tpi... and also does anybody know where this car could be tuned in the st.louis area???

 

anybody???

 

what heads are you getting? the sallie sp? chevrolet ones that are made for higher lift? or the stockers that max around .480 lift?


do you care how it idles?


you could see 190hp to around 400 hp really depending on alot around the 400 hp mark

the lift needs tobe decided first

 

idle doesnt matter to much i would like to be able to drive it around town though so nothing to rough as for the vortech heads i didnt know there were multiple heads to choose from witch ones should i be looking for i would like to see 350 - 400 hp and ill be running a t56 tranny with a gear ratio around 3:55 thanks for everyones help

 

here read through this, http://www.sallee-chevrolet.com/Cyli...ds/Vortec.html

this will tell you abit better than I can



the cam well? if I had to throw a guess out there I would say the hot cam or cc305 cam. do a search on the cc305 cam which I here is a pretty good cam and I think it has a better idle than the hot cam. anyway this stuff should help


https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sea...der=descending

 

i think im more interested in the aluminum head market, witch aluminum heads would bolt directly on to a 350tpi with stock brackets and accessories???