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Old 12-23-2004, 02:53 PM   #17
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a lot of parts suggestions will come from how fast you wanna go.
if you want a great bang for the buck motor cobo all you need is a rebuiolable or gm perfomance parts 350 short block and a set of vortec heads.
you can buy the heads from scoggins-dickey ( www.sdpc2000.com ) that are already set up with better valve springs and every thing or you can go for teh edelbrock e-tec heads that are basically aluminum rip offs.
get yoruself a torker intake, a holley 700 or 750 DP and a mediumish cam(somethign liek a comp cams XE274 or XE284<preferred). both will pull to 6k+ and still provide a good idle and driveability.
if you really wanna stomp people and still have teh car be pleasent to drive i woudl suggest looking into an overdrive tranny, 700r4 would be a simple swap. get a mild convertor, 2600-2800, and then throw some gear behind it, 3.73's ot 4.10's(<preferred). with teh over drive and a lock up convertor you will be in great shape for driving around town or down the highway

you could do you whole drive train for less than 10k, put up respectable numbers at the track, and still drive it anywhere.

if you really wanna have some fun and do soemthign a little different at teh same time i woudl go for an LS1. you can pick them up with wiring and everything for fairly cheap these days. put a little head and cam package in it and you have yourself a serious performer with all teh advantages of modern technology.

later
tim
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