13.3's to 11.8's to Forget it...

318willrun said

Thanks, and I agree. But for money sake, this is a list what I have that I'll be using, and a list of possibilities that I have that I could use. Not opposed to buying better heads and better cam.
I will use:

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  • Doug headers, they are on the car with 2.5" duals out the back
  • 750 Holley Double pumper, it's on the car now.
  • One of the three intakes listed below

I have and could chose:

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  • magnum heads with mild port work by me at home, hughes spring kit
  • magnum edelbrock RPM air gap
  • Weiand Stealth intake
  • LA RPM (non air gap and on car now)
  • LA 360 596 heads home ported by me 1.88/1.60
  • MP 284/484 cam (old grind)
  • 273 adjustable rockers/push rods in case i buy a solid cam.

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That's ok. The headers are a luxury and I didn't know you already some. So running those is fine.

Ditto with the carb. Didn't know you had that already. I just detest Holley so much for the criminally ignorant tuning tips they put out and the fact that they hamstrung other carb manufacturers for decades, and the fact that Holley was slow to even begin to admit a choke was essentially useless and getting rid of it was a good thing. Just my personal disgust with the entire company history since I've started doing car stuff.

I'd use the 596 heads, your old school 284 cam (that's a good cam BTW, despite all the hate for it because it's not a "new" lobe) and your 273 rockers and the Stealth intake.