What NOT to do..............

DernChevyGuy · 03-21-2002, 01:34 AM

I know and race against a lot of guys around here with horribly mismatched combos.

For them they start stock with:
H-pipe
2 ch Flows, dumped
underdrive pulley
K&N
3.73's
and usually a Cobra intake before too soon, and the cars seem to run fairly well. But then, oh dear Lord, here it comes and in IT goes! Usually a B or E 303 cam thru stock heads, TB, MasAir!

And to make things worse the morons not only mismatch their combos, they throw them together in back yard in an amazingly filthy manner! And then they wonder how I rebuilt my motor, made it a little faster, and last 55k miles (so far), and theirs wont last 15k!

And what REALLY get me is when the basicly 'first mod' (behing exhaust) is a CAM!!! I've seen SEVERAL sets of stock 302 (87-93) heads and I wouldn't dream of putting a cam in a stock headed engine!

Here lately they're starting to listen to me on engine combos and it shows. Guys are getting WAY faster and looking to heads before cam (sometimes). I want to build the next 5.0 that gets rebuilt around here to show everyone what Tolerances and Clenliness are!

But i'm still learning too!

later
graham

03-21-2002, 01:34 AM	#31
DernChevyGuy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: northeast Miss. (Stang Country) Posts: 11	I know and race against a lot of guys around here with horribly mismatched combos. For them they start stock with: H-pipe 2 ch Flows, dumped underdrive pulley K&N 3.73's and usually a Cobra intake before too soon, and the cars seem to run fairly well. But then, oh dear Lord, here it comes and in IT goes! Usually a B or E 303 cam thru stock heads, TB, MasAir! And to make things worse the morons not only mismatch their combos, they throw them together in back yard in an amazingly filthy manner! And then they wonder how I rebuilt my motor, made it a little faster, and last 55k miles (so far), and theirs wont last 15k! And what REALLY get me is when the basicly 'first mod' (behing exhaust) is a CAM!!! I've seen SEVERAL sets of stock 302 (87-93) heads and I wouldn't dream of putting a cam in a stock headed engine! Here lately they're starting to listen to me on engine combos and it shows. Guys are getting WAY faster and looking to heads before cam (sometimes). I want to build the next 5.0 that gets rebuilt around here to show everyone what Tolerances and Clenliness are! But i'm still learning too! later graham __________________ '97 Black Z28 6-speed. best 1/8th=8.53