Question About Chevy 350.
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Question About Chevy 350. I'm new here. I'm actually into Ford and know a bit about Ford motors but nothing about Chevy.
My dad and I did this last winter,
http://www.mustangforums.com/forum/s...d.php?t=456627
I've done a lot of work, stayed after school a lot to help my autos teacher with his personal vehicle. He knows I like working on motors and is letting me rebuild an older Chevy 350.
Details, it's carbed so it has to be a bit older. We're rebuilding after some kids last year rebuilt it but did a horrible job. Our goal is to get a reliable running motor set up on a test stand to dyno and give demonstrations ect.
So today my friend and I finished getting to down to the bare block. Talked with the teacher and he said he wouldn't mind letting us have some fun with it. So we talked of putting a mild cam in it.
So now for my question, whats a good cam for the motor ? We are looking for something mild. Nothing crazy, just something to make it lope a little. Price is also a factor. It would be nice if it was like, eh $150 or less ?
It's a flat tappet motor as well. Not sure if they all were or not ? I know Ford switched over to roller parts after a while but no idea if Chevy ever did. I'd appreciate some help, thanks.
My dad and I did this last winter,
http://www.mustangforums.com/forum/s...d.php?t=456627
I've done a lot of work, stayed after school a lot to help my autos teacher with his personal vehicle. He knows I like working on motors and is letting me rebuild an older Chevy 350.
Details, it's carbed so it has to be a bit older. We're rebuilding after some kids last year rebuilt it but did a horrible job. Our goal is to get a reliable running motor set up on a test stand to dyno and give demonstrations ect.
So today my friend and I finished getting to down to the bare block. Talked with the teacher and he said he wouldn't mind letting us have some fun with it. So we talked of putting a mild cam in it.
So now for my question, whats a good cam for the motor ? We are looking for something mild. Nothing crazy, just something to make it lope a little. Price is also a factor. It would be nice if it was like, eh $150 or less ?
It's a flat tappet motor as well. Not sure if they all were or not ? I know Ford switched over to roller parts after a while but no idea if Chevy ever did. I'd appreciate some help, thanks.
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How aggressive will that be ? I don't know what stock lift is on the motor either. Basically we will have some fun with it. I'll probably take a die grinder and gasket match the heads and what not to spruce it up a little but nothing major. Like I said we just want a cheap mild cam to give it some lope.
Well,t he cam i reccomended cams pretty good, but is streetable with no problem. The summit cam is a POS with imported lifters that are shitty as the cam grind is probably foreign also, so i refuse to use cheap cams, you get what you pay for.
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Yea, this is going to go on an engine stand, we plan to build our own dyno and test it. Basically the engine needs to be reliable for demos ect. It will never see a car. But we might throw two TINY turbos on it and make like 10 PSI.
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