Hey All,
I have hit a road block trying to figure out the "right combo".
The motor is a 454 out of my 1980 C30 dually. Currently have an Edelbrock 750 carb, long tubes, 2.5" exhaust pipe, into a generic summit chambered muffler - true duals, MSD cap/rotor/wires, and that's pretty much it.
When towing my life from California to Texas, I ended up having a drivers side head issue to the point it needs to be rebuilt. Instead of rebuilding it, I picked up some heads off of a buddy who had them on his 454. Serial number 346236.They were machined and rebuilt to 2.25/1.88, new valves/studs/seal, and dual springs up to 660 lift.
I am planning on picking up the Edelbrock RPM intake manifold 7161.
Now - here's really where I'm stuck. The cam. I've never understood cams and can't seem to figure this part out. Yes, I do tow with it but not all that often. When I do it's a car hauler with 7k pounds maybe. Off the line, the truck scoots, but dies almost immediately after. I just want something to help her get up a go and preferably choppy.
In addition to gaskets (which I didn't see any on summit that matched the above machining??), oil, coolant, what else am I missing? Maybe a timing chain at the same time? This is my first time doing anything of the sort. I'm really good at taking things apart, but putting them back together....well that's a whole nother story.
Thanks in advance for the help!