I would spend the $500 on a set of decent longtubes and start saving for a cam and valvetrain, but that's just me. Everyone who's done a cam swap knows that it's a lot of PITA work that you would rather not do twice. With a 2800 stall and 3.73's, I would honestly look at a cam that's a little bigger than that. As far as the headers go, I would do at least mids. Headers aren't easy to install either and you're not going to pick up much if anything with shorties.

 

if you are looking for a little bump in power and are not going to do anything else to it, then go for it. But you stated that you might want a more aggressive cam in the future, why bother installing shorty headers if later on you are going to want mid or long tubes? I personally rather spend the extra money on longtubes and proper valvetrain right away. It will be less money and time spent in the future. Do it once, do it right.

 

ya i think that i what i am going to do. man that would be a wicked steal if that is what i wanted to do but i plan on doing a 383 or some other stroke in the future, i really need longtubes either way to make the most power.

 

I would pass. You can take the 500 bucks and get a set of longtubes. Plus I have heard BBK shortys arent really spoken highly of, but like I said, ive only heard that. I never used em, I just got some pacesetter longtubes.

 

You will have a little above average street car, although not a bad price for what you describe. I would not do it but if you are just starting from 0 it will help. Danny Mc

 

here is what my plans are well i am going to go with pacesetter long tubes ceramic with offroad y next mod

I am looking at the LE2 package

now if i stay with LT1 heads and the LT1 intake manifold oviously both ported and a 58 mm or monoblade,

should i go 355 383 or 396? if i do a 383 instead of the 355 will i still make as much power with the LT1 heads and intake? that way i have the 383 for down the road if i want afr heads and LT4 intake.

please help me out

 

also where can i get a cheap LT1 ram airsetup? i have the hood?

 

you already have CAI, ram air will just be a waste IMO

 

anyone on the stoke question?

 

well, bigger is always better, if you get Le2 heads on a 383, you will be fine. The 396 is gonna have a little better power, but its arguable to how much

 

I had that same exact set up in my 97 ss,except its a 6speed.I ran 12.8@111 with a 60ft of 2.1 the car ran great it dynoed 320whp 330tq.Now I changed to long tubes and changed out the rear and stuck a 9 inch with 411 gears.That made a big diffrence.

 

I have the Hotcam with mildly ported heads, with larger valves. I have been using the hotcam springs for about 50k miles now. I havent had any issues yet. Then again, I was a machinist and set the springs up nice and made sure that there wasnt any coil bind. I had MAC shorties on the car when I first put the hotcam in and dyno'd 330 rwhp. The hotcam is not a bad choice if you drive your car a lot. Now I have Kooks long tubes and different gearing and that made a nice difference. Plus, I was able to pass VA emissions testing.

 

i have the hotcam kit, and stock manifolds. I know I am missing alot of power and not running near like I should be, but that is the cost of a budget, motor was being rebuilt anyway so I threw the hotcam kit in. I get good power and OK gas mileage.

When I go with headers however I WILL be goign Mids (ground clearance and install ease) or LT's (supposibly more of an install pain and ground clearance issues on some brands) depending on which I find first for my price. On the older style motors like the LT1 and what not we are robbed so bad with our factory manifolds and y-pipe. When you do your cam swap please dont do like me, go ahead and put in a set of headers while you are there!

 

anyone know about the storker?

will stock heads and intake with port work support a 383 or will i loose power?

would i be better off with a 355?

i would like to down the road get better heads and LT4 intake or do the modified carb intake for more power

 

a stroker setup is going to cost ALOT more then just doing a cam and headers. I would say budget atleast $4000 for a decent setup. You will run into to alot of problems along the way, and the car is going to be off the road for AWHILE. Go do some searching on your own instead of asking questions that have been answered 1000x. Just search "355" and "383" in the search box, and you will have 10+ pages of answers.

You can use the stock heads on a stroker setup, but you would be wasting your money, and you would be missing out on ALOT of hp. Definitely not worth it imho. Do a search.

A 355 setup is somewhat cheaper, and still makes alot of hp. Do a search.

You DON'T need a carb intake unless you are doing some monster stroker build. Fuel injection will work just fine with whatever LE setup you choose. If you don't have all the money to do everything at once, don't do it. If you only have a limited amount of money then just get a set of headers for right now. If your emmissions allow it get a set of longtubes. If not then you will have to go with the shorties. Then when you get some more money, do your heads and cam. If you do the cam and heads separately its going to be ALOT of work. Trust me you don't want to have to do that job twice. Do a searchx100, everything that you have a question about just search and you will get waaaay more info then you will ever get asking a question. If you still have a question after searching, THATS when you ask the forums.