L98 budget engine upgrades. Will it work?
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I'm liking the sound of the super ram. Ive been reading about it on other threads, and seems like the intake to go with. My thoughts are, I'll start with a good set of headers, gut the cats, and use some high flow mufflers. Then I'll move onto the super ram, although I have a question about that. Will the super ram fit under my hood? After I have a decent intake, I think I'll move onto the cam, and roller rockers, etc. and stick with a hyd flat tappet cam, since I'm not chasing high horsepower numbers. Then a tune up and see where I'm at from there. That should be around my $3000 budget
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Superram aren't terribly hard to find for a l98. They are expensive, most of the time 1000 - 1500. There is a plenum and runners in parts for sale now.
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It blows my mind how expensive these are getting. I think I bought mine (used) for something like $400 or $600 about 12-15 years ago.
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x2 on superram prices, dont see anyone paying a grand, 1500 that is insane. Plus if you want to put work into it afterwards?
still have that old Lingenfelter book on building sbc power he sure got some good #s wtih that intake.
still have that old Lingenfelter book on building sbc power he sure got some good #s wtih that intake.
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Really? By Vizard? I have that book. I'll have to flip through it again b/c I don't recall that at all. It's odd that was never mentioned in McLellan's book or Lamm's book.
The claim that a CFI was made for a 305 is totally believable; it was being developed during the time when the Kalifornia Korvette came with a 305....and look at the runners. The TPI though?
With the SUper Ram being so hard to get now days, I'm surprised there aren't more/other medium length runner intakes being brought to market by other vendors.
The claim that a CFI was made for a 305 is totally believable; it was being developed during the time when the Kalifornia Korvette came with a 305....and look at the runners. The TPI though?
With the SUper Ram being so hard to get now days, I'm surprised there aren't more/other medium length runner intakes being brought to market by other vendors.
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If better heads are on the table, a nice affordable option might be the Enginequest heads. They makes a Vortec type head that accepts the early intake and valve covers. Pretty sure they also accept all the old front drive stuff. They are iron heads, but reportedly make 30-40 more HP to the wheels than most any old small block head. In the states they are sold by Competition Products and are less than 900 bucks. I believe they are an Aussie company.
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If better heads are on the table, a nice affordable option might be the Enginequest heads. They makes a Vortec type head that accepts the early intake and valve covers. Pretty sure they also accept all the old front drive stuff. They are iron heads, but reportedly make 30-40 more HP to the wheels than most any old small block head. In the states they are sold by Competition Products and are less than 900 bucks. I believe they are an Aussie company.