You can buy a brand new 350 (4-bolt) 250 hp engine from Scroggins Dickey for $1280 plus shipping. You get a engine warranty also and then you have a good foundation to work from in the future. All your add-ons will probably come close to the price of this new engine.....

 

For about 1,280-dollars, I can make 300 plus h/p, and "maybe" even have a lil left over.

Is that a lot of h/p from one? I have seen some (Comp, I believe) that offer up to 75 h/p, and even a cam (don't recall what brand, though..) in this months Hot Rod mag. offering 105+ h/p! (lol)

 

I had approx. 250hp at the wheels with my 305.
It trapped almost 100mph in the 1/4.
I had a bunch of bolt on mods on the car at the time.

 

pay 1200 for a motor? sure y not.....OR u could do what i did.....go to the junkyard and find a wrecked iroc and rip the beast out, even if it is a 4 BBL 5.0 u will still have a block to build on.....and i only paid 350$ for mine....runs great, 70K on it.

 

Comp cam's "Magnum" is suppose to offer 150+ Horsepower though I've never heard of anyone using this. 50 Horsepower for a $90 cam just seems an incredible power gain, though I suppose our stock "peanut cam" was pretty crappy so anything would give a sizeable increase.

Most of the cams I've seen have only netted people 10-20 horse, though they're usuall fairly streetable.

In that link about the 325 horsepower 305, is the cam they use streetable? Or would idle be extremely ****ty?

I'm looking for the most power for my buck, obviously, but I want something with a mild idle. I like my car to run smooth when it isn't moving. Like zeph's cars idle... that's about as extreme as I'd want.

 

I too say the 305 is a good engine I change the oil every 3000km and with 285000km she still purrs she goes though at least 5 5000rpm shifts a week that little 305 has even seen 5500rpm and has held togher

But 250hp is very easy to get a good set of L31 Vortec heads and the intake you want with a comp cam say about .480 lift and you should be there. But I`d go with a carb there so much easyer to work with then the TBI Oh and a 2.5 or 3 inch Flowmaster cat back and Headers are a must

 

ill have close to 400 after christmas. alittle bit of laughing gas anyone?

 

i myself am not a fan of our friend nitrous oxide, to me its cheating..lol.....only form of forced induction i like is s/c cause they run much cooler than turbo's and are simpler.......

some of you might say that nitrous isnt forced induction, well if you knew what your talking about you would know....(just to prevent a future arguement)

 

i should still have about 275 n/a not bad for a lo3

 

Just wanted to point out those numbers for that link posted are FLYwheel hp, not RWHP. Notice, the engine was taken OUT of the Camaro. So that engine is about a 275 rwhp engine in a car. Still not bad at all for a 305 though.

 

What would it take for my LB9 to get into the 13's?

 

Giggle gas, and you're there.

 

I have to agree w/ ChevyMan502BB.. I HATE nitrous! I "also" see it as a form as cheating; which brings me to the point of watching 2-slow 2-gay today!
The ONLY reason I like that, and the first one, was for the American Muscle on it!
I have Tivo, so after recording it, I kept replaying the part of the ricer in his ****ty-assed Mitsu****y, thinking he is all bad and he is gonna beat the **** outta the Hemi Challenger. The Challenger then revs HIS engine, and it sounds SOOOOOOOOOOO ****in awesome! That almost made ME **** MY pants, RIGHT THRU THE TV!!!!! Lol.. looks like the Black dude that was gonna race him **** his pants, also! (BTW.. my g/f was about ready to kill me after REPEATEDLY replaying that scene!)
The Yenko if ****in' awesome, also!!!!! What size engine that beast have it it, a 427.. wasn't it?
BTW.. How did the dude get his Challenger to sound like it does? Like ****ing thunder..
I relize that this is T-H-E most unrealistic movies around, but still.. how do they get the Challenger to sound so SCARY! (also, what size engine does the Chally have in it?)

 

COPO had an aluminum block 427
Yenko had a 427 but im not if it was aluminum block or not

and yes, that scene does rule, agreed....well more than rule, its pure ungodly american muscle-ish....amen?

what pisses me off is when a little civic pulls up next to me when im in my s10....they got a cold air intake, an over sized soda can muffler and a nitrous sticker and they think they got somn.....my s10 sounds SWEET, but i know i dont have more than 95hp and i admit it.....but what pisses me off is when a 120hp civic pulls up and acts like they have 450hp....f*uckish if u ask me, that wont happen when i drop my motor in my camaro now will it? lol

 

Yes, that scene is SOOOOOOOOO *****NG AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
In fact, I do believe that after I am done checking my email, I am gonna go and replay that scene another 10-times!
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YA MEAN.. I HATE *****N RICERS!! DAMN BASTARDS THINK THEY OWN THE *****NG WORLD!
LOL, I bet they will be ****tin their pants, just like w/ that Challenger on 2-slow 2-gay! lol.
But HOW THE HELL OR WHAT THE HELL did the dude w/ the Challenger do to get it to sound so ****in' mean? I mean.. come on.. that is just plain SCARY!!