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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 09:21 AM
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Ok I found very cheap vortec heads came from a 95 or 96 chevy suburban 100$ I was thinking of porting and polishing them and put them on my current engine 350ci TPI in 92 camaro and I already got Volvo penta intake manifold for vortec and I was thinking of putting a LT4 hot cam with 1.6 rockers,Timing gear(for supercharge sound),JET stage 3 Quadrajet(I love the sound when the 4 barrel opens in this carb),LT hooker super competition,3.73,LCAs,Panhard bar and my car already got a shift kit,so how much hp this set up can get me? do I need 2500stall converter? with this set up what should my E.T will be in 1/4 ?
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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 09:47 AM
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Maybe 375 at the flywheel, high 12.9 give or take.
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are they 305 or 350 vortec heads?
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350 vortec
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That should make some nice power,probably around 350-370,volvo intake doesnt work too bad,might be a little small for that cam,make sure you cut down the valve guides on those heads
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I know a friend got Edelbrock air gap performer RPM vortec intake and this one is cheap too hes asking for 120$ only used one months on his truck,should I get this intake instead?
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