Projectquick

I was helping a friend try to figure out what to get for his carbed 302 build. I was wondering what you guys thought about this setup for getting in the 375-400 hp range. Heads, intake, and cam. The cam is just a suggestion as I'm going to tell him his best bet is to get something custom ground to the rest of the top end and based on what he wants the car to do. Any input would be great. I already tried to talk him into going with something with a little bigger C.I.s but he has a fresh 302 sitting in his garage and would like to use that to save a little money because it will be more of a budget build.

jtmustang

decent parts but what does he want to do with the car track car, street/strip?

Projectquick

He says it will be driven back and forth to the track, so it will see street use, but he wants it to be able to be flogged pretty hard at the track too. On the canfield website they said that with a simlar setup 306 they got 414hp out of it. I know that sometimes companies get the best results possible and use that for a #, but was just wondering if this would be a decent performer for the money.

Portmaster

If he's really on a budget I'd go a set of Patriot 185's Comp XE270HR cam, Edelbrock Perf RPM intake and Holley 670 Street Avenger carb should put him there without a problem.

Projectquick

Really? How 'bout this setup, think it'll get the job done? Just curious because I wanted to see how I did.

jtmustang

skip the patriots.......period

and the setup u listed will work alright

jtmustang

i forgot to say is this on a stock block /compression short block if so it will be a dog down low for sure , the cam u might want to think about...like a custom......

www.camshaftinnovations.com

Portmaster

They wouldnt be my first pick but I saw Budget build in there, If the funds are there I would go AFR 185's. The patriots are hard to beat for the money.

Portmaster

Again "Budget build" usually doesn't involve a set of 1400 dollar heads and a 400 dollar cam.Check out the cam specs on the cam I mentioned. I figured in the lack of compression, Just keepin it real dog, lol

jtmustang

^^yo dog i aint black so go f&&& yourself............. phucker, i was saying that with those big heads (if he goes with them) I would opt for a custom cam to help it out for some street driving