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Hi everyone,
My camaro has a 396 BB with block codes that call out for it to be a 375HP and was stated at time of purchase that it had been rebuilt. However, upon further review i'm not so sure. The exterior parts (intake, carb, headers ext.) looked as though they had been pulled from someones garage. I have replaced the intake, carb and points distributor with edlebrock performer series intake, thunder series 800 carb and hei ignition. On the dyno it only managed a measly 200hp at the rear wheels. I'm looking for advise on what i should do. The options i've looked at so far are getting the edelbrock performer series heads, cam and timing chain set, which would mean the entire top half of the engine is basically new, or getting the hole engine remanufactured. If this engine had been rebuilt, have i over looked something that could liven up this sluggish beast? Are their other options i should look at that are less expensive?
Thanks for any advise or insite.
My camaro has a 396 BB with block codes that call out for it to be a 375HP and was stated at time of purchase that it had been rebuilt. However, upon further review i'm not so sure. The exterior parts (intake, carb, headers ext.) looked as though they had been pulled from someones garage. I have replaced the intake, carb and points distributor with edlebrock performer series intake, thunder series 800 carb and hei ignition. On the dyno it only managed a measly 200hp at the rear wheels. I'm looking for advise on what i should do. The options i've looked at so far are getting the edelbrock performer series heads, cam and timing chain set, which would mean the entire top half of the engine is basically new, or getting the hole engine remanufactured. If this engine had been rebuilt, have i over looked something that could liven up this sluggish beast? Are their other options i should look at that are less expensive?
Thanks for any advise or insite.