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here your in texas this is what my corvette club says is going on there, but if you join at least three corvette clubs youll get more info and contacts (just tell them your working on a corvette purchace in the near future. http://www.superchevyshow.com/02sched.html http://www.hmn.com/carclubcentral/EventSearchResults.cfm /17/2002 - 05/19/2002 Thirteenth Annual Classic Corvette Show Dallas, TX 05/17/2002 - 05/19/2002 Super Chevy Show Ennis, TX 05/19/2002 - 05/19/2002 Gasoline Alley Car Show Mesquite, TX 05/24/2002 - 05/26/2002 Waco Mini Nationals Rod and Custom Car Show Waco, TX 05/26/2002 - 05/26/2002 Eighth Annual People's Choice Car Show Houston, TX 05/26/2002 - 05/26/2002 Sixth Annual All Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Car & Truck Show San Antonio, TX 05/31/2002 - 06/02/2002 Third Annual Swap meet Boerne, TX 06/01/2002 - 06/01/2002 High Plains Classic Corvette Car Show Amarillo, TX 06/02/2002 - 06/02/2002 Gasoline Alley Car Show Irving, TX 06/06/2002 - 06/06/2002 Station Wagon Picnic/Show Bertram, TX 06/08/2002 - 06/08/2002 Twelfth Annual Southwest AMC Regional Car Show and Swap Meet San Antonio, TX 06/08/2002 - 06/08/2002 Seventh Annual Car Show Garland, TX 06/15/2002 - 06/15/2002 Father's Night Out Car Show & Cruise Victoria, TX 06/15/2002 - 06/16/2002 Thirteenth Annual Land of the Lakes Fun Run Coleman, TX 06/16/2002 - 06/16/2002 Super Car Show and Concert Fort Worth, TX 06/16/2002 - 06/16/2002 Gasoline Alley Car Show Mesquite, TX 06/17/2002 - 06/21/2002 Fifteenth Annual ZCCA Convention San Antonio, TX 06/29/2002 - 06/29/2002 Pistons and Paint 2002 Dallas, TX 07/04/2002 - 07/04/2002 Car Show Denver City, TX 07/04/2002 - 07/04/2002 Second Annual Boomin on the 4th Car Show Mexia, TX 07/07/2002 - 07/07/2002 All Ford Picnic/Show Bertram, TX 07/07/2002 - 07/07/2002 Gasoline Alley Car Show Irving, TX 07/13/2002 - 07/13/2002 Seventh Annual Car Show Garland, TX 07/13/2002 - 07/13/2002 Fourteenth Annual Mustang Roundup San Angelo, TX 07/21/2002 - 07/21/2002 Car Show Mesquite, TX 08/02/2002 - 08/03/2002 2002 Ford Fun Day Amarillo, TX 08/03/2002 - 08/03/2002 2002 Mustang Roundup Austin, TX 08/04/2002 - 08/04/2002 GM Sunday Picnic/Show Bertram, TX 08/04/2002 - 08/04/2002 Car Show irving, TX 08/09/2002 - 08/11/2002 Thirteenth annual Yellow Rose Classic Charity Show Fort Worth, TX 08/10/2002 - 08/10/2002 Seventh Annual Car Show Garland, TX 08/17/2002 - 08/17/2002 Route 66 Magazine International Roadie Gathering Vega, TX 08/18/2002 - 08/18/2002 Car Show Mesquite, TX 08/31/2002 - 08/31/2002 Fall Car Show League City, TX 09/01/2002 - 09/01/2002 Car Show irving, TX 09/08/2002 - 09/08/2002 Thirteenth Annual Classy Chassis Open Car Show Helotes, TX 09/14/2002 - 09/14/2002 Seventh Annual Car Show Garland, TX 09/14/2002 - 09/15/2002 Rock & Roll Oldies Weekend Midland, TX 09/15/2002 - 09/15/2002 Car Show Mesquite, TX 09/19/2002 - 09/21/2002 Fortieth Grand 'Ole Tour Abilene, TX 09/20/2002 - 09/22/2002 Super Chevy Show Baytown, TX 09/28/2002 - 09/28/2002 Lakeview Church of God Eighth Annual Car and Truck Show Iowa Park, TX 10/04/2002 - 10/06/2002 Tenth Lone Star Nationals Fort Worth, TX 10/05/2002 - 10/06/2002 Thirteenth Annual Houston Mopar Show & Race Baytown, TX 10/11/2002 - 10/13/2002 Cruise the Alamo San Antonio, TX 10/13/2002 - 10/13/2002 Seventh Annual Toy Drive Car Show Dallas, TX 10/19/2002 - 10/19/2002 All British Motor Vehicle Expo Houston, TX 10/19/2002 - 10/20/2002 Twentieth Annual Conroe Swap Meet Conroe, TX 10/20/2002 - 10/20/2002 Charity Car Show San Antonio, TX 10/25/2002 - 10/27/2002 Auto Swap Meet & Car Show Pipe Creek, TX 10/27/2002 - 10/27/2002 Super Car Show and Concert Fort Worth, TX 10/31/2002 - 11/02/2002 NCRS Regional Car Show Waco, TX 5 -7 Hunt County Swap Meet at Fair Grounds, Greenville Apr 18 - 20 C5 Corvette Birthday Bash, National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, Ky Apr 20 - 21 Swap Meet @ The Ball Park In Arlington www.deanearhart.com (Note: oldcarswap.com is now oldcarswap.net) April 19 - 20 New Braunfels swap Meet and Car Show, Comal County Fairgrounds, 801 E Common St, New Braunfels www.newbraunfelsswapmeet.com Apr 25 - 28 30th Annual Pate Swap Meet, Texas Motor Speedway www.pateswapmeet.com May 10 - 12 Chickasha Spring Swap Meet, Chickasha, Ok May 17 - 19 Dallas Super Chevy Show, Texas Motorplex, Ennis May 17 - 19 Lone Star Corvette Classic, Texas Motor Speedway, Ft. Worth May 17 - 19 4th Annual Carl's Corner Antique & Classic Cars, Trucks, Scooters & motorcycles Swap Meet, Exit 374 IH-35 E, 6 miles North of Hillsboro 254-799-0392 May 17 - 19 Bob's Antique & Classic Auto Swap meet, Canton 972-276-1790 Jun 7 - 9 Kruse Collector Car Auction, IPE Center, Tulsa, OK www.kruseinternational.com June 7 -9 Trader's Village Swap Meet, 2602 Mayfield Rd, Grand Prairie Jun 13 - 15 NCRS Midwest Regional Meet, Des Moines, IA Jun 22 - 23 Summer Dallas Swap Meet @ The Ball Park In Arlington www.deanearhart.com Jun 27 - 30 Bloomington Gold Corvette Expo, Bloomington, Ill July 26 - 28 Auto Swap Meet, Lady Bird Johnson Park, Hwy 16 South, Fredricksburg 915-388-2223 Aug 9 - 11 East Texas Auto Swap meet, Canton Aug 9 -13 NCRS National Convention, Convention Center, Monterey, CA Aug 10 - 11 13th Annual Yellow Rose Classic Southwest All Ford Nationals, Amon G. Carter Exhibit Hall. Ft. Worth 817- 595-6900 www.ntmconline.org Aug 16 - 18 Audubon Park Swap Meet, Garland 972-661-2545 Sep 6 - 8 Southwest Swap Meet, Ball Park at Arlington Oct 4- 6 Goodguys, TMS @ Hwy 114 & I-35 North, Ft Worth www.good-guys.com Oct 18 - 20 Chickasha Fall Swap Meet, Chickasha, Ok Oct 18 - 20 Corvette Club of Texas Autocross, Greenville, TX Oct 31- Nov 2 NCRS Texas Regional Meet, Convention Center, Waco Nov 9 - 10 Fall Dallas Swap Meet @ The Ball Park In Arlington www.deanearhart.com Nov 15 - 17 Collector Car Auction, Market Hall, Dallas www.kruseinternational.com Dec 7 Corvette Club of Texas Christmas Party, Lone Star Tower Club House, Texas Motor Speedway, Hwy 114 & I35 North Dec 13 - 15 Texas Swap Meet, Bell Co. Expo Center, Belton 254-939-8548 NCCC Southwest Region Events www.ncrs.com See NCCC Event Calendar at www.corvettesnccc.org/sw.html Texas Motor Speedway Racing -Ft. Worth www.texasmotorspeedway.com 817-215-8500 (Qualifying is the day preceding each race) Apr 5 Southern Bleacher Classic Pennzoil World of Outlaws Apr 6 Texas 300 NASCAR Busch Series Race Apr 7 Texas 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Race Jun 7 O/Reilly 400 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Race Jun 8 Casino Magic 500 Indy Racing League Race Sep 12 O'Reilly Texas Showdown Pennzoil World of Outlaws Sep 13 Silverado 350 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Rack Sep 14 O'Reilly Texas Showdown Pennzoil World of Outlaws Sep 15 Chevy 500 Indy Racing League Race Oct 5 - 6 Extreme Monster Truck Nationals Texas Raceway - Kennedale 817-483-0356/483-8410 13 Oct Fall Muscle Car Challenge Texas Motorplex Racing - Ennis Oct 10 - 13 O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals Weekly & Monthly Events: Note: Prior to attending any of the following events, please ensure that event is being held at location given on date provided. Sponsor has option to reschedule event date and location. 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look here under conversions http://www.gmsportssalvage.com/

first thing you need to know is that a set of IRON EAGLE OR PRO LIGHTNING HEADS WILL PRODUCE MORE POWER CHEAPER THAN PORTED CHEVY HEADS, AND THAT DAVID IS AN EXPERT PORTER whos head work is something your not likely to duplicate!and that a set of chevy heads are VERY EASY TO RUIN IF YOU ARE NOT VERY GOOD AT WHAT YOUR DOING! by the time you buy a good die grinder,carbide bits, new valves,sears,guides,springs,retainers,oil seals, and do all the necessary machine work those seemingly cheaper chevy heads will cost waaaaayyyyy more $$$ than the aftermarket heads and work less effectively too! yes that #6 engine will be very streetable and makes less than 450hp N/A (but use the better aftermarket heads they will work far better)and notice that engine has big dollar $$$$$ forged rods and pistons and crankshaft that he bought used at a swap meet!(if you bought those parts new they would cost about $2700) http://www.procylinderheads.com/223260035A.htm http://www.dartheads.com/sbiron215.htm if you insist on spending more money for less hp and takeing a chance of ruining a set of chevy heads,this place has ALL THE TOOLS ETC. http://www.goodson.com/ the # 4 engine will need to run the CRANE#113801 cam to work with the nitrious and be limmited to a 125hp-175hp nitrous max because of the crank,rods,pistons it uses and even thats pushing things!

look through this list of links to pontiac sites Im sure you will find what you want! http://www.gearheadcafe.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi http://www.pontiacs.org/books.html http://www.gearheadcafe.com/techspecs.html http://www.wauknet.com/douthitt/ http://www.gtoheaven.com/links.html http://www.pontiacwarriors.com/ (links) http://mem.tcon.net/users/5013/5800/Homepage.htm http://www.boyleworks.com/ta400/psp/featuredarticles.html http://members.tripod.com/futom/id59.htm http://members.tripod.com/futom/id113.htm

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~don_s/software.htm http://www.rapidline.com/ http://www.performancetrends.com/ http://www.virtualengine2000.com/

call these people they have or can make anything, they also advertise a 46mm throttle body(look under throttle bodys) http://www.kinsler.com/index1.htm

this can be adapted quite easily to a 6 cylinder http://www.holley.com/HiOctn/WhatsNew/WhatsNew.html NEW PRODUCT RELEASE (2002-17) Commander 950 Universal MPFI Kits - P/Ns 534-183 & 534-184 What if you could put Commander 950 fuel injection on anything? Have a 1954 DeSoto with a "Firedome?" No problem! How about a 1969 AMC AMX? Sure! With Holley's Commander 950 universal MPFI retrofit kits, you can fuel inject any V8 engine you desire. With just a few additional components, you can be roaring down the road with a multi-point fuel-injected engine! Includes: Commander 950 ECU and pre-terminated harness. 1000 or 2000 CFM billet aluminum 4-barrel throttle body. 8/ Injector bungs. Billet aluminum fuel pressure regulator. MAP, coolant temperature, air-temperature, and oxygen sensors. Comprehensive application installation instructions and tuning guide. KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS 1000 CFM (534-183) or 2000 CFM (534-184) throttle body for maximum airflow. Industry-leading comprehensive application installation instructions and tuning guide are included to make converting your engine to EFI as straightforward as possible. 8/ Injector bungs are included to simplify intake manifold preparation. The tuning precision and flexibility that only the Holley Commander 950 software and electronics can provide. Includes all necessary sensors and a pre-terminated harness to provide an easy and clean installation in any vehicle. APPLICATIONS Any vehicle with a V8 engine and 4150 or 4500 carburetor flange. TARGET GROUP Street Rods Pro Touring Off-Road vehicles Drag Racing Road Racing RECOMMENDED ACCESSORIES 950-125 "Race" Software Upgrade Requires: * 4-Barrel carburetor intake manifold * Fuel pump (sized to application) * Fuel injectors (sized to application) * Fabricated fuel rail hold-downs * 30-100 micron coarse fuel filter * 10 Micron high-pressure EFI fuel filter * Throttle linkage * Some fabrication and welding * Assorted plumbing

ok first things first,remember its very hard to exceed 1.3 hp per cubic inch of displacement N/A so build bigger if in doubt,and everything should match the ONE rpm range that you want the engine to operate the most efficiently at. next theres a trade off of static and dynamic compression ratios to rpm potential, play with these formulas/programs and see what I mean. http://cochise.uia.net/pkelley2/DynamicCR.html this one has a GREAT DYNAMIC CPR calculator program software for FREE! http://cochise.uia.net/pkelley2/crc.htm heres one for static compression ratios your aproximate hp potential from cylinder head flow with the formula (.257 x flow at max cam lift x 8= hp potential) but the formula figures,your building an engine where the heads are the restrictive part in the airflow while in most cases the intake,headers,carb,cam or exhaust system is really the restriction. you ask me not to name manufactures but, as a general guide you need 255cfm port flow for 450hp 275cfm port flow for 500hp 310cfm port flow for 550hp and your correct your not getting 600hp without power adders or special heads or going above 350-383 cid (remember every head needs a pocket port clean-up to flow correctly ,no heads work great out of the box) good heads for 450 hp sportsmanII IRON EAGLE 215cc pro LIGHTNING 215cc trickflow 23deg std for 500hp world products 220cc motown 195 cc afr 195cc canfields trickflow 23 deg ® heads for 550 hp 210cc ported AFR 223cc PORTED CANFEILDS 230cc PORTED DART PRO 1 examples http://www.ryanscarpage.50megs.com/combos.html 450hp #10,#19,#20,,#44,103,#92#14,#15 500hp #71,#17,#93,#102 550hp http://www.shafiroff.com/ultrastreet.html http://www.gochampion.com/sbcengdm.htm

what engine is it going on? what throttle body is this new one replaceingand why won,t the old one worh? what are your total cfm airflow needs? are you looking for a single or dual or quad bore? horizontal or vetical mount? needed info guy!

this cam http://dab7.cranecams.com/SpecCard/DisplayCatalogCard.asp?PN=119661&B1=Display+Card is an excellent hydralic roller cam for HOT STREET STRIP use in a 350-400cid engine, but be aware that you can,t run it with stock un-machined chevy heads without running into serious coil bind and piston to valve clearance problems on most chevy heads and each combo is differant so no one cam fits all or even most combos, and you need a .600 valve lift clearance to coil bind MINIMUM to run this with 1.5 ratio rockers .650 with 1.6 ratio rockers while still maintaining a .100 intake /.125 exhaust to piston clearance.

free dynamic compression ratio software prog. here this will allow you to figure what cams will work yet keep you out of the detonation range, try to stay in the 8.3-9.0 dcr range for best power http://cochise.uia.net/pkelley2/DynamicCR.html

sorry for the delay my mother-in-law had a stroke this week and things have been busy around here. I think this is what your looking for, It what I personally would run in a street car like yours MIKELLY http://dab7.cranecams.com/SpecCard/DisplayCatalogCard.asp?PN=119661&B1=Display+Card and yes you can make 500hp with this cam if everything is correctly tuned, Im useing it in one of my 383cid engines, in a 2.87 rear gear/700r4 vette I own now thats even heavier

heres your basic no frills 350 v-8 new, http://www.sdpc2000.com/cart.asp?action=prod_detail&catid=128&pid=110 add a few more parts and brackets... heres a trans http://store.summitracing.com (part#) BMM-113001 add the trans and all the driveshaft,engine mount,trans mounts, console work,new radiator,exhaust system , swap kit and various other B.S. and the running car can be built for about $3000-$4000 includeing the engine if you do the work, but you better know what your doing or the cost of other people doing the work boosts the cost to that $5000 or more your DADs talking about. Ive bought complete engine transmission package deals from salvage yards wrecks for $900 out of 1985-1986 vettes and done this swap (sold the TPI system and used the $$$ to get a carb and intake)from start to finish for about $3200 so it is possiable IF YOUR GOOD AT THIS STUFF! do you have a good place to work, tools,engine lifts,knowledgeable friends to help and $3200 to start????

here http://www.cincy-racing.com/headers/ btw http://www.midwestmotorsportsinc.com/ has these oil pans,which might be cheaper and work very well Claimer Oil Pan 7 qt MWM 15120 59.99 Each (my choice) 8 Qt Kevko Modified Racing w/ Trapdoors KEV 1090 89.99 Each Oil Pan 8 qt Kevko High Performance KEV 1092 189.99 Each

some better deals for you guys who if your like me who are mostly bucks down some of the time. http://www.camcraftcams.com/index2.html http://www.crower.com/sp/gs_cams.shtml http://www.callies.com/seconds.htm http://www.racepartsstore.com/rotating.html http://www.hotrodsusa.com/ebay/ http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&query=chevy+intake+manifold&ht=1&itemtimedisp=0&st=2&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&BasicSearch=

here this may help http://www.smokemup.com/utilities/calc/fuel_injector.cfm http://www.grapeaperacing.com/GrapeApeRacing/tech/fuelinjectors.cfm http://www.smokemup.com/utilities/calc/airflow.cfm http://www.sdsefi.com/tech.html http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/fuelsystem/injcleaning.html GOT FUEL INJECTOR ??? these people are alot of help, ask for frank, tell him GRUMPYVETTE TOLD YOU TO CALL http://fuelinjectorclinic.com/

other sources http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~don_s/chevheadnumbers.htm http://www.nastyz28.com/sbchevy/sblock.html http://fteufert1.home.att.net/sbchevy/sb-cast.htm

the IRON EAGLE 215cc heads flow better than the 200cc heads if your looking to get the most for your money. the cam you pick will depend on the main use for the car and the intake that matches it and how much compression and lope at idle you want among other things, if your looking for only 365hp a performer RPM intake (used they go for around $60 so look around at swap chevy meets, DON,T GET A REGULAR PERFORMER INTAKE, it will strangle the engines airflow) and a CRANE #113821 hydrolic cam (normally I would choose a solid but a hydrolic meets your lower hp goals and mechanical skill level just fine)will get you to about,365hp/387 tq (right were you said you want to be! and a solid cam swap later will get you more hp if you choose to at a later date! btw a CRANE #114681 solid cam and a victor jr intake will boost you to about 430hp/410ftlbs at the expense of a much lopeier idle,and moveing your torque curve about 1000rpm higher but thats not what you asked for!

its not the crankshaft stroke its the small bore that hurts the 305s breathing, and you better think along the lines of 350 hp as a max level to shoot for in a 305 engine, yes more is possiable but above 350hp the costs go up much faster than the hp. short answer, keep looking or if it was me Id also be looking for a 500 caddy engine, they are normally available for under $300 and getting 400hp and 450 ft lbs of torque is cheap and easy, the distributor is in the front of the engine so the engine that weighs just 50-60lbs more than a 350 chevy can be set back right to the firewall.

read this carefully, look at the oil pump stub drive,and computer ignition systems are available that have magnetic pickups on the damper too control spark timeing. http://www.automotiverebuilder.com/ar/ar99928.htm

be aware the large cap HEI distributor with the coil in the cap won,t fit the stealth ram intake. got QUESTIONS? DOUG in the EFI forum at CHEVYTALK.COM is a HOLLEY engineer that developed the STEALTH RAM , ask him! I alread bought one and am in the process of swapping out another HOLLEY EFI setup to try it out as soon as the last parts get here,(come-on U.P.S. GUY)

DITTO pparaska if your not running EFI with a knock sensor, that the solid lifters will drive crazy, the solid lifters are great. If you don,t mind the slight ticking noise at idle(which I like but everyones got their own opinion of course) the solid lifters have the advantage of giveing you about 1000rpm more before you get into valve float territory and in most cases only need adjustment every 3-4 months , (if your not checking things at least that often you probably need a differant hobby anyway) that 1000 extra rpm can in some cases be a big help in your power curve too. most people that like fast cars ENJOY SETTING the LIFTERS lash settings anyway the only advantage I see to hydrolic lifters is little or no lash maintance adjustments after the first week or so.

here HOLLEY MAKES LOTS OF GOOD EFI INTAKES http://www.holley.com/HiOctn/ProdLine/Products/AMS/AMSM/9901-101-1.html http://www.fuelinjection.com/holley.html THE NEW STEALTH RAM HAS THEM ALL BEAT THOUGH look 1/2 way down this site http://www.holley.com/HiOctn/WhatsNew/WhatsNew.html The 91504201 is a complete MPFI kit. Comes with Upper, Lower, Rails, Regulator, 30 lb/hr injectors, 58 mm billet TB, IAC adapter, IAC, All sensors, Harness, ECU, Software, 255 LPH fuel pump, pretty much everything you need to install a complete MPFI system. The 81504001 comes with everything mentioned above except ECU, harness, and fuel pump. The ports as cast are very close to a 1205 gasket (which is the recommended gasket). I think you can open them up to a 1206 no problem

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you are one of my favorite sites, but Im moderator on several, here some of the chevy sites btw. http://www.chevytalk.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi http://www.c4board.com/cgi-bin/ib3/ikonboard.cgi and can only stop in here randomly.