ok right now i have a 84 z28. i have recently just bought a 89 celica for a beater car. i have the chance to just rip apart the camaros motor. so far i have all my fuel lines off carbs off and intakes almost off i'm getting new carb and intake for b-day which is in like a week. this motor is a 350 i still have to find out what yearit is, it's a v-belt. but i was wondering what i would be able to do for pretty cheap while i had all of this off to make some more hp. i am gettign headers with my next pay check but evey thing else is stock on this engien it was rebuilt 2 owners ago so i should prob. be brining it to a shop soon, to get it checked out. the setup i'm getting for my intake and carb is form edelbrock it's a combo deal. edelebrock carb/intake/cam and lifters for like 530 something. any herd of this deal and will it be a good setup for me thank you

 

Intake and headers will help out a good bit. A cam will also change the entire car when matched w/ the right intake. That is what I would do if it were me. Throw a decent cam in after the intake and headers!!!

 

If you're doing both cam and intake do them both at once. You have to pull the intake to change the cam anyway.

 

ok well this edelbrock kit comes with a cam and my friends don't really want to mess with it cause they don't want the bearings or something not to fit right.i dunno i have a clue waht thier tlaking about but i don't want them to screw it up. i might put her i a trailer and giver her to my firends dads mechanic which i've herd very good things about snice i ahve the parts it hould be like maybe 300 to put the cam in but dunno it's 100 bucks/hour. i gusse he's nationaly known for his work so porbally have him just take a look at the caqr thanks for the tip

 

just get the systemax kit from holly. heads, cam, chain, intake etc. 425 HP on an average 350 with a nice carb. priced around 1300. not bad for some serious HP gains

 

yeah i'll porbally end up getting that but i'm only 17 and it would take some time for me to save up for that. but i wll proablyl start know and take my 160 tax rebate and the enxt couple pay checks and put it in thier by the end of th month i'll have like 1000 but i dunno hopefully

 

trust me, the longer it takes to build, the better it is. i have a few years and over 10k into my car now and its still not moving. just got the cage welded in today, spend all my hood money on that and a new center console. but its great, now i can get my new black carpets and start trimming them to fit the cage. just take your time and save your money, dont rush. its worth it in the end

 

Edlebrock's kit is an awsome matched system that will make good power and be very driveable. The cam is nothing to be feared, any repair manual can walk you through the remove & replace pretty easily, plus you can always ask here if you hit a snag.
Do it all at the same time, it'll be easier that way. You got learn sometime, the main point to learn is "observation", look closely how something acts, is assembled, in what order, and always double check everything....taking notes, making drawings of vac hose routing and wiring etc will definitely help...I still even take pictures before taking apart some cars..