78camarob

i have a 78 camaro original motor rebuilt 2000 miles ago. it is bored .30 over, with a 282 cam. i want to keep it the original motor, not swap an anyway.
i want to push out as much as i can with out going full race, what compression and lift should i go with my cam and roller rockers? and what else should i get to push more out the most i can out of this motor.

so far my list is
headers and new exhaust(my piping is to small)
roller rockers and cam/lifter (but don't know the best compression)
better ignition

NemeSS

iTrader: (127)

summit cam kit with around 220* msd 6a box, summit headers,stock rockers work fine or summit brand replacements. u wont get to 400 with those mods, but it will run harder, a stall will also help acceleration, and short gears
(numerically higher) 3.73,4.10 etc.
alum. dual plane intake.

ZONES89RS

iTrader: (25)

Stroke it, higher compression, vortec heads and a cam about 230/236 with 520ish lift with roller rockers and the cam being roller will net 450 HP or so with close to 500 ftlbs torque.

78camarob

what compression rockers and lift and bore for the cam?
which are better shorty headers or long tube?

ZONES89RS

iTrader: (25)

You have a ton of room for full length headers, they are better. A slight dish piston with a 3.75 stroker crank will yield about 9.7 to 1, which would be perfect for the cam i mentioned as well as the heads. You can even run mid grade fuel. 1.5 roller rockers would do fine.

78camarob

and i could do that with out stroking it correct?, i would prefer to run regular,
let me get this straight

1.cam about 230/236 with 520ish lift
2.roller rockers 1.5
3.3.75 stroker crank(do i have to stroke it to use it?)
4.long tube headers

i found vortec heads and intake for $400
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/pts/1314908907.html

is this a good deal, or a good way to get hp

i have a 282 cam right know, with all this stuff added what do you think i will be pushing out in hp and torque?

ZONES89RS

iTrader: (25)

What are the 282 cam specs? I cannot remember, but i think they are close to what i recommended?

NemeSS

iTrader: (127)

282 is advertised, so who knows.
need the duration @.050
a stroker is a complete rotating assembly, whic includes, crank, rods, and pistons with rings

78camarob

with the .5 lift with the cam, should i go the 1/5 compression on the roller rockers?

ZONES89RS

iTrader: (25)

1.5 is the ratio. .050 is the duration spec not advertised.

78camarob

but its ben up for sell all summer, so i told them by sometime next moth if i still have it im puting money in it, so im guna do the cam lifters and headers next month maybe. end when we do that me and my mechanic(a friend dor a long time at church that a mechanic) are going to take the motor out nd c what all it has and start from there. i want to keep it pump gas and make it as fast as posible, so well c what happens. im going to post a video of my 0-60 soon and then another 1 when i have all the modifications done.