Fairly soon I will be doing some
major work to my 69 Chevelle in the performance department. I will be
putting in a ZZ4 Fast Burn 385 crate engine (with all the ZZ4 options) from GM
and also adding on a Vortech gear driven V-1, S-Trim supercharger. I’ll
probably add on some performance headers and a flowmaster exhaust with a
crossover (not an H). I might use the Chevelle for a little strip
running but no serious racing. I have an original 12 bolt rear-end
(don’t know the gears, I’ll have to check that out) and a brand new
TH400. I deal mostly in the interior side of my car and have always left
the engine work to someone else. Now that I have the time and money to
spend on the engine, I might as well get the best stuff I can right?
J
Sooooo…. Does anyone have any
recommendations for carburetors, spark plugs, spark plug wires, performance
distributors, intake manifolds, and headers? I know that’s a lot of
stuff but I am trying to get the best performance parts for my money and I
know you guys (and gals) have a lot more experience then I do. I have
heard that Accel plugs and wires are pretty good. I am pretty much brain
dead on distributors, intakes, and headers. My current carb is an
edelbrock 850cfm which is way more then I need right now (and probably more
then I’ll need with the new engine) but I got it for free so I hooked it up
anyways. I know I have an edelbrock intake but I don’t know what kind, I
still have to find the numbers off of it. My car has been in the shop
for about 3 months now getting body work done, I am starting to go stir
crazy. My little Nissan pickup just doesn’t have the same power
J
Also, for those interested, I saw
a tool on Horsepower TV that measures times and horsepower. I thought it
looked useful - http://www.gtechpro.com/. I might be
trying it out here pretty soon.
Thanks for any information you can
provide!!
Crazy
Rusty
1969
Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe
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