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I would try the 260 before swapping in a cam. Especially if it will void the warranty. The 454s of the era of our trucks were only 230hp, but they were also 380tq. The 260hp 350/5.7 should move the truck around quite respectably especially considering that the truck has a manual transmission.And as an additional thought I'm predicting English will soon be wearing Levis, cowboy boots, a New York Yankees baseball cap, and listening to 80s Southern Rock........once you've been bitten by the bug......
And as an additional thought I'm predicting English will soon be wearing Levis, cowboy boots, a New York Yankees baseball cap, and listening to 80s Southern Rock........once you've been bitten by the bug......
Quote from: LTZ C20 on June 23, 2015, 07:37:59 PMQuote from: English on June 23, 2015, 02:28:04 PMQuote from: LTZ C20 on June 23, 2015, 01:49:15 PMThere are a number of companies that build engines per customer request. Ahem, permit me to draw your attention to my username sir. I'm in the land of your forefathers! Not quite so easy over here I'm afraid. There are a few places that do builds, but they're way out of my price bracket. The company that I'm planning on getting the longblock from want £300 just to change the camshaft. That's with an engine that's not even in a vehicle!I think I live in the wrong country I didnt forget, I just wasn't sure how you were planning on getting or doing all of this so I just threw the ideas out anyway. Some of it may or may not be useful. On another note, my mother was born is Sydney, Australia. So I'm half part of the people who got kicked out of the land of my forefathers.Ah sorry, I thought you had assumed I was in the US.Everything's do-able over here, just a lot more expensive. For example, the same long block that costs $1500 from jegs is going to cost me $2800.Apologies for the Botany Bay thing, I think people got kicked out just for stealing apples, cor blimey guv'nor!
Quote from: English on June 23, 2015, 02:28:04 PMQuote from: LTZ C20 on June 23, 2015, 01:49:15 PMThere are a number of companies that build engines per customer request. Ahem, permit me to draw your attention to my username sir. I'm in the land of your forefathers! Not quite so easy over here I'm afraid. There are a few places that do builds, but they're way out of my price bracket. The company that I'm planning on getting the longblock from want £300 just to change the camshaft. That's with an engine that's not even in a vehicle!I think I live in the wrong country I didnt forget, I just wasn't sure how you were planning on getting or doing all of this so I just threw the ideas out anyway. Some of it may or may not be useful. On another note, my mother was born is Sydney, Australia. So I'm half part of the people who got kicked out of the land of my forefathers.
Quote from: LTZ C20 on June 23, 2015, 01:49:15 PMThere are a number of companies that build engines per customer request. Ahem, permit me to draw your attention to my username sir. I'm in the land of your forefathers! Not quite so easy over here I'm afraid. There are a few places that do builds, but they're way out of my price bracket. The company that I'm planning on getting the longblock from want £300 just to change the camshaft. That's with an engine that's not even in a vehicle!I think I live in the wrong country
There are a number of companies that build engines per customer request.
Quote from: Engineer on June 23, 2015, 09:46:54 PMI would try the 260 before swapping in a cam. Especially if it will void the warranty. The 454s of the era of our trucks were only 230hp, but they were also 380tq. The 260hp 350/5.7 should move the truck around quite respectably especially considering that the truck has a manual transmission.And as an additional thought I'm predicting English will soon be wearing Levis, cowboy boots, a New York Yankees baseball cap, and listening to 80s Southern Rock........once you've been bitten by the bug......Haha, I'll confess right now that I bought a Kansas album purely to listen to in the truck
Quote from: English on June 24, 2015, 01:14:10 AMQuote from: Engineer on June 23, 2015, 09:46:54 PMI would try the 260 before swapping in a cam. Especially if it will void the warranty. The 454s of the era of our trucks were only 230hp, but they were also 380tq. The 260hp 350/5.7 should move the truck around quite respectably especially considering that the truck has a manual transmission.And as an additional thought I'm predicting English will soon be wearing Levis, cowboy boots, a New York Yankees baseball cap, and listening to 80s Southern Rock........once you've been bitten by the bug......Haha, I'll confess right now that I bought a Kansas album purely to listen to in the truck Nah, you want Marshall Tucker Band....Or some Molly Hatchet and some Outlaws too.. Can't forget The Allman brothers or Lynard Skynard also!!
You know, if you're over in Jolly Old, the warranty might not be worth bugger. In which case, getting the 350/260hp long block and swapping in a 12-300-4 or 12-230-2 cam might be worth it. If you do that before it is run AT ALL, you don't even need to change out springs or lifters.
12-300-4. I think you'll love it. That cam is also very educational: it will teach you what tires cost if you're not careful.
12-300-4. I think you'll love it.
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