blackandgoldl69 Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 (edited) Looking for some mods to increase the performance of my 5.0 Chevy 305. The motor has 62,000 original miles on it it blew a head gasket last year so we bought a gasket kit and re did the whole motor.so far the only things not stock is the Accel super coil, flow master 80 series exhaust with a hollowed out converter and a edelbrock performer rpm intake. what other mods do you think i should get. I am looking for low end power because i never get it wide open in town anyways. Edited May 28, 2009 by blackandgoldl69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korey_hofer Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 new cam might help I really wouldn't put much into it I would just save for a 350 Quote previously known as wenn_du_weinst aka fucking internet coward supreme. I talk shit on other forums like a little bitch and hope i don't get caught out on the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayhuh? Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 (edited) If it was a 5.0 302, I could help you out, but you lost me at Chevy. =D And I agree with dude above me. Chevy+ cams = nice gains...but a 350 is mucho better Edited May 28, 2009 by sayhuh? Quote Blown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider77 Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 maybe put a cam in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackandgoldl69 Posted May 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 what cam would you suggest i would like to keep the power band on the low end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackandgoldl69 Posted May 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Here is a video of how it runs now http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a311/ska...nt=SANY6590.flv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackandgoldl69 Posted May 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 can anyone recommend a camshaft for my engine that will keep the power in the lower range thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loburbon Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 if thats a z28h.o. then you pretty much got the most performance that your going to get out of a 305. i had an 84 zr8 ho myself. the stock cam and heads are corvette spec but for a 305 instead of a 350. my 84 would smoke my iroc in a heartbeat Quote 2000 gmc yukon 4 sundown Zv3 15's 4 dd m2a's kenwood kdc-x994 2 batcap 4000's 1 batcap 2000 dual alts. 154@37hz and climbing http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3231683 http://www.myspace.com/torque150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackandgoldl69 Posted May 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 yeah its the high output and i was reading about how they used the corvette cam but i was just thinking that since it is almost 25 years old it wouldn't hurt to add a new camshaft even though it only has 62,000 original miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk222 Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 (edited) I'll admit I don't know almost anything about chevy engines but I'm guessing like the 5.0 mustang engines the heads are the most restrictive part of the engine so id start there. and since youll already be in there go with a full hci/heads cam intake and u already have the intake covered. what tranney do you have? I know your looking for low end but if you get a shift kit and a moderate stall converter if its a daily driver if its a auto then you might not need to tear into the engine and it might be cheeper. and on either auto or manual I'm sure some rear gears would help but really all I know is mustangs. check around and join some chevy forums theres thousands of sites and people who have different set ups you can check out and ask them how they did it how much and if they ran into any problems. at least thats how I've found information on my mustangs just noticed that you've already done some exhaust and on most cars if you do exhaust without too many other mods you'll lose low end torque. I know it probably sounds great but that if you noticed after you put that on that you lost some low end it would make sense. same thing happened to me in my 89 gt. I put an off road h pipe on and some flows and lost a lot of low end but gained high end Edited May 28, 2009 by pk222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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