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: Last question. About Heads & cam.


Striker911
Jan 29th, 09, 12:52 AM
OK guys it's time to just come out with it. Been reading up all over the net about the Lo3, and I never find what im looking for so here goes.

I bought a 89 RS with a rebuilt 700r4 (shift kit), & a rebuilt Lo3. They are just past the break in. I need every HP/TQ that I can get out of this set up to make it worth driving (2 years= 200 miles). Their is no point in doing any work that will cost a lot, or why not swap with a 350. Every build I read about that is "budget" is not the direction I want to go.

All I need to know is what heads, & full roller cam are the best for the rest of the set up. I want to keep my car forever so the suspension will be re worked from the ground up. I can take care of that part as far as info goes. So I will start naming off parts that I know I want, to give a good idea in order to get the info I need for matched heads, & cam.

First off I will not get into the bottom end of this motor. I will not do anything to the stock tbi unit, except for the ultimate tbi mods. I will get a cawl hood to get cold air, & plumb it. I want edelbrock headers that have 3" collectors with no air tube (No sniff test in my state). I will find the sealed high flow cat. Three inch single pipe. Yes a muffler also. No worry. On the other side. I want a edelbrock performance rpm intake. Double roller timing set. Full upgrades on the ignition ect. Will I need any fuel upgrades?

Did I leave anything out? Any info will help as I am lost on the rest. Thanks in advance for reading this, & for any help. Sorry its so long, but I have yet to find any info on the same setup since no one seems to want to build this motor. I have to. Im not rich, & the motor is like new. Thats my reasoning behind it.

PowerWindows
Jan 30th, 09, 02:48 PM
As I've had the very same car you have (89RS L03/700R4) I question your sanity in wanting to make it go fast but I wish you luck all the same.:D

At any rate this website that I've posted a link to is the leading 3rd gen site in the world. If they can't help you nobody can.

http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/

BTW, enjoy your ride. The only reason I parted with mine is because I have 4 other cars. I'm sure I made my friends son very happy when I decided to sell him the car.

Striker911
Jan 31st, 09, 07:46 AM
As I've had the very same car you have (89RS L03/700R4) I question your sanity in wanting to make it go fast but I wish you luck all the same.:D

At any rate this website that I've posted a link to is the leading 3rd gen site in the world. If they can't help you nobody can.

http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/

BTW, enjoy your ride. The only reason I parted with mine is because I have 4 other cars. I'm sure I made my friends son very happy when I decided to sell him the car.

Ya well like I think I said. The motor is new. I didn't do the work so why not give it a go. If I come into some money later I can always swap it. We have 5 cars ourselves. Never had car payments, cause I buy junk & fix them. Just never built one to go fast. Got a 95 Mustang with a blown motor for the wife for $400. Put a motor in it for $150. Its on the road now.

Funny thing is, that I am on like 4 Camaro sites or groups, (3rdgen.org being one of them) and its the same thing every time. I get links to things I have already looked at, with builds that are not the same as mine. All the 305 builds seem to be on the non roller motors, Or they go a whole different way then I want to go, spending money on a crap motor that is unjust.

All I want to do is spend like around 2k to get close to 300whp as time goes. I dont drive it much. 200 miles on it in the last 2 years. It's just not fun after my 86 stang that out ran it all day. Another funny thing is that the stang had a smaller motor with the 302, and with roller parts their is no reason that I cant find some used roller heads that I can rebuild myself. Just need to know what kind to get, that would be a good match for whatever cam.