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Topic: Need suggestions, upgrade 360
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BLstangin
Gearhead Posts: 779
From: St. James, MN
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 08-18-2004 02:38 PM
   
A buddy of mine has a 360 in a 72 ford truck. It has a 4-speed manual, with granny gear, and 3.50 gears in a 9" rear, and a solid axle front end. It is 4 wheel drive and he uses it for offroading, you know playing in mud, and drives it every day during the summer. Last year about this time I rebuilt the motor to stock specs because it was original and worn out. Well now he wants to start to upgrade. What would be a good intake and what would be a good cam for something like this. he will be putting headers on it probably next year after he has gotten the intake carb and cam in it this year. Will a vaccum secondary 750 holley work good on there? I have one that I'll sell to him cheap to help him out. Thanks in advance for the suggestions. Brandon.------------------
1970 coupe restored with the help of my dad. 306 with 600 holley, Weiand Stealth intake, headers, mme custom roller cam, harland sharp roller rockers, kb pistons, 10.3:1 compression ratio, pertonix ignitor 2 with matched coil, lakewood bellhousing, 4-speed toploader, and 2.79 open 8" rear. Soon to be 9" 3.50 trac-lok
1986 f-150, 5.0, factory towing package with original c-6 trans
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rdinmv
Gearhead Posts: 139
From: orange county CA
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted 08-18-2004 10:46 PM
I'd run a 625 road demon carb or an edelbrock 600 performer (reliable but not as good as the demon) a cam with no more than 212 @050 intake maybe a high energy 260 comp cam or a performer type grind, 1 5/8 headers, You want to concentrate on low speed torque in a heavy vehicle/truck as it will help you get going and increase mileage. As for an intake a perfomer wll be perfect, being a truck you may look into a holley projection, yes I have one for sale butit really works well on trucks and 4x4's because of the torque/hp gains at low and mid. Check out all the early bronco sites they all run projections.....my mustang picked up some major power/torque and MPG's when I put one on and if your 4x4ing you will never flood it or loose fuel like a carb.
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 25883
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 08-19-2004 12:17 AM
Edelbrock performer intake, 750 Holley is best choice, and a 270S Comp camshaft.
Some adjustable rockers and new push rods will be needed. I may even still have some old FoMoCo rockers you can have.------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator NHRA/IHRA/SRA member and licensed Superstock driver
MCA member# 53321
NHRA and IHRA SS/LA & SS/MA National Record Holder '00,'01,'02,'03,& '04
First SS/MA in the TENS!
IHRA division 5 Superstock Champion
Fleet of FoMoCo products including 88 ASC McLaren Mustang #28 The Barry of BarrysGrrl Quote #1: "I never met a magazine mechanic I liked."
Quote #2: "Make sure brain is in gear before engaging mouth!"
Quote #3: "If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!"
www.moneymakerracing.com
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BLstangin
Gearhead Posts: 779
From: St. James, MN
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 08-19-2004 11:13 PM
Thanks guys, hey Alex, want to see if you have some old adjustable rockers? If you do, my buddy may just buy that cam from you. Thanks, Brandon.------------------
1970 coupe restored with the help of my dad. 306 with 600 holley, Weiand Stealth intake, headers, mme custom roller cam, harland sharp roller rockers, kb pistons, 10.3:1 compression ratio, pertonix ignitor 2 with matched coil, lakewood bellhousing, 4-speed toploader, and 2.79 open 8" rear. Soon to be 9" 3.50 trac-lok
1986 f-150, 5.0, factory towing package with original c-6 trans
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 25883
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 08-20-2004 08:48 AM
I'll look for them today.
They are O-L-D......  ------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator NHRA/IHRA/SRA member and licensed Superstock driver
MCA member# 53321
NHRA and IHRA SS/LA & SS/MA National Record Holder '00,'01,'02,'03,& '04
First SS/MA in the TENS!
IHRA division 5 Superstock Champion
Fleet of FoMoCo products including 88 ASC McLaren Mustang #28 The Barry of BarrysGrrl Quote #1: "I never met a magazine mechanic I liked."
Quote #2: "Make sure brain is in gear before engaging mouth!"
Quote #3: "If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!"
www.moneymakerracing.com
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BLstangin
Gearhead Posts: 779
From: St. James, MN
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 08-20-2004 10:36 AM
Thanks Alex, with a solid cam, does he need restrictors though, or can I just throw it in?------------------
1970 coupe restored with the help of my dad. 306 with 600 holley, Weiand Stealth intake, headers, mme custom roller cam, harland sharp roller rockers, kb pistons, 10.3:1 compression ratio, pertonix ignitor 2 with matched coil, lakewood bellhousing, 4-speed toploader, and 2.79 open 8" rear. Soon to be 9" 3.50 trac-lok
1986 f-150, 5.0, factory towing package with original c-6 trans
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