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72smallairparticler said
Edelbrock 2049 Edelbrock Total Power Package 417 HP Small Block Mopar Top-End Engine Kits | Summit Racing - my neighbor suggested droppin 3k+ on this setup and just selling off the purple camshaft, intake and heads for whatever I could get for them.

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yeah im with you on the cam. Not sure what its worth, but i'll try ditching it. Want something more mild that I can pair up with appropriate spring rate and some new valves.

I may spring for a machinist to assemble and add in a valve job. Unless I can find a deal on some better flowing heads for a reasonable price. Budget build, mild performance goals, streetable drivability. Those are my goals.

Compression is factory 8.4:1 with these stock pistons so I'm again at crossroads with parts. I have already bought all standard bore rebuild parts, but might have been premature.

1st, you'll get 10 bux and a burrito for the cam and heads. okay, maybe that's a slight exaggeration but it's not going to be much at all.

2nd, you don't want that power package. that cam is ridiculous for mild performance goals and streetable drivability. you'll need compression, exhuast, a 750cfm or better carb, converter and gears to make that work. pass.

budget wise, you already have an intake that's good, so you need heads, a cam and compression*. you can get a set heads done for 1K, a cam package for around 5, and then figure another couple of hundred on a gasket kit and odds and ends.

decide on the compression/pistons now, as that will influence basically everything else. staying with what you have will dictate a smaller, more reasonable cam.

for your performance goals, i wouldn't bother trying to find another set of "better flowing heads" unless yours were cost prohibitive to rebuild. the "small valves" are more than enough to meet your mild performance goals for a street driven car, you don't need 2.02 intakes.