USMC1775

My car is my driver, hopefully not for that much longer, but it is for a while. Anyway, I have over 3k to put under the hood, the question is, would a 331 be efficient enough to drive every day, or should I get a TFS top end kit on my 302, a supercharger, or continue with the budget HCI I was doing and then later a S/C...?

My pass side head gasket is giving out so I need to take action

Aluminums are tempting indeed when the money is in hand, and Ive heard that those TFS kits are not that great afterall. Keep in mind its a DD and it has to pass CA smog. Suggestions :

Shelty

I'd go with some AFR 185, since you want to run a power adder, 165s would work fine for an N/A 302, but once you put that supercharger on there, you'll be glad you have the larger heads.

a buddy of mine has 185s on his '89, due to that, the car has a powerband that starts at 3K, but once he puts togehter his turbo setup, he'll get some good numbers...

top it off with a Holley Systemax or an Edelbrock Performer RPM II, as for cam, I dont know cams too well

w8less

canfield 195s or afr 185's a holley intake and a cam from either jay or ed that can meet smog requirements. it should be a easy task for either

302army187

procharger.... save the left over money for gas


head's will drop your mpg in alot of case's. also head's will give you good power, but for the $2200-2500 your spending...... its not alot of "go"


i spend $600 total on my nitrous kit, and with a sliping transmission gained 96hp and 137trq from a 150shot.

hopefully after the tranny swap ill have alot more power to put to the ground, but im getting off topic.



if it where me, id save a bit more and buy a power adder, that way your getting 100+++hp now, and later when you do head's it will help out alot also!

mjr46

budget h/ci/ and s/c later

USMC1775

What do you figure then? Use my GT40 intake and Steeda 19, then what for heads? Itd be nice to get some aluminums since I can afford it, or what do you recommend?

USMC1775

The speed shop near me that built my truck's engine sells TWs for pretty cheap, would that be a way to go, or should I get AFRs

http://www.hawaiiracing.com/?page=sh...e9d89951f3321&

ctgreddy

those tf's are a good price. I'd suggest the setup that jasper recommended. I would prolly keep your cam tho thats a nice cam for that platform. i'd also recommend the canfrields over the afr's just because i run canfields and love them

but to answer your first question, a properly built 331/347 is a good dd. i drove mine every day besides in the rain for the first 450 miles and had no problems at all. if i would of got it tuned before it blew it would still be getting driven daily. just my 2 cents

FuzzyDiceRule

i passed smog...., lol, its all legal, so some 165's, a crane powermax, and an edelbrock intake FTW

USMC1775

Well I need to decide which alum heads, (because I do want to add boost, maybe some 185s) and I need to decide either to use my GT40 or buy a TF intake off this guy new for $300....