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Old Dec 27, 2016 | 11:17 AM
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Hey guys! So I just bought a 1988 Corvette. 73K orginal miles on the 350 TPI and 4+3 trans. As the story goes the previous owner spent around 25K on this car "restoring it". It has had some motor work done as you can hear a "mild" cam in it, nothing to lopey sounding, but just enough to know it's not stock.
I'm wanting to upgrade to a more aggressive cam. I'm going to be buying the miniram intake, cold air intake, I already have long tubes and 3inch exhaust on the car. My question is what is the best cam I could get and still have the car be a good street car for driving. I want as agressive a idle as I can have, but still maintain a good driving car.
I'm planning on new heads, as I assume I will need them with a bigger cam.

So if anybody knows of a nice kit, or can recommend a good combo for the TPI to wake them up that would be awesome!
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Old Dec 31, 2016 | 09:16 AM
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I am using the Comp Cams 268XFI HR13 in my 383 with a ported TPI intake. Seems to work for me, but your needs may be different so please take with grain of salt.

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Old Dec 31, 2016 | 09:41 AM
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Nice ride Johndeere4255.welcome to the forum.
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