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: Beefing up a stock '78 350


Junkyard Dawg
Mar 31st, 04, 8:17 PM
I may be getting a '71 project with a stock 350 (170 HP 4bbl) from a '78 full size. The only thing not stock is a pair of headers. I believe it has 882 heads on it.

I am thinking of putting a pair of Dart Iron Eagles on it (200 cc runners, 64 cc chambers, 2.02/1.60 valves), an Edelbrock performer rpm intake and a Comp cam (280/280 dur, 230/230 dur. at .050, 480/480 in lift, 110 lobe sep)And top it off with a 670 Holley street avenger.

I would like to know what c.r. would I end up with and how much HP/TQ would I be making? Also is there any warnings I need to know before hand?

plain 69
Apr 1st, 04, 12:34 AM
If the piston rings are on the edge of being bad you might blow the rings with the heads by raising the compression ratio. It is a good performance gain what your planning on doing, but you might produce an oil burner too. Compression ration should be around 9.5 to 1 or so.