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Well, if you want to wake the 350 up a little bit more you can start
with a nice set of headers and a crossover exhaust system, swap the
stock intake for an Edelbrock Performer intake and buy a nice Holley
Street Avenger carb with eletric choke (although the stock 4 barrel
setup has been found to be pretty darn good when that quadrajet is
running properly. You'll lighten the front end of your car by a good
30+ lbs and make the engine breathe better without overdoing it.
Next would be either an MSD box or a Pertronix ignition system.
Then if you want a bit more and you are feeling brave, a better cam,
but, this is where you'd have to do a lot of homework figuring out
which heads you have so you know the valve sizes and the size of the
chambers and then make some phone calls to some of the cam
manufacturers to see what they'd recommend (and I'm sure they will
ask you what your goals are as far as what you'd like to get out of
the engine).
Have fun with it.
Hugo
At 02:51 PM 1/7/2009, you wrote:
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My dream (yeah, right!) is to be able to go through all four gears
and not move more than 50 feet, but I'll settle for a good crusing
machine that I can have fun with. I passed up a chance years ago to
get a 455 at a reasonable price; maybe I'll consider that or just
keep it as is and enjoy! Thanks! ________________________________
From: hugot <[email protected]> To: First Generation Firebird-L
<[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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Tripowers are nice to show off and are VERY expensive, but, not the
best if you want to make HP. I would track down a 455 or even a 400
and build it up. Nothing better than cubic inches. I guess you need
to define what your ultimate goal is and go from there otherwise
you're just going to be spending a lot of money on boltons and
addons and you may not get to where you want to be. Hugo At 08:17 PM
1/6/2009, you wrote: >First Generation Firebird-L Mailing
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.......... >I have a '68 Firebird convertible with a 350 and a
four-barrel. I >know dual fours are too much carburation for the
engine (it started >out as a 265-horse with a two-barrel), but would
it be possible to >run the three two-barrels? If so, what engine
modifications, if any, >would anyone suggest? Thanks! > >Jim
Coleman >'68 Firebird Convertible
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