Surftrip00

Hey....new to CO and trying to get a few useful tips from other owners. Might be the same ol' schtick but trying to figure out the best motor set-up for my 69 "S". I have a 350/TH350 (1800 rpm stall) set-up with hi-way gears for now. Looking to go somewhere around 3.08 to 3.23 ratio. Motor currently has 10.25 pistons....Edelbrock Performer cam/lifters...Edelbrock timing chain and Edelbrock manifold. Some say the compression is too high for this cam (or street use period). Perhaps dropping to 9.0 or 9.5-1 would be better? Also....hearing mixed reviews on the cam. See a lot of favoritism for the Engle cams. Called Mondellos and they were ready to ship me all I wanted even though I explained im still dissecting the whole experiment (called me back like 4 times wondering when I was going to order). I know a lot of this could be personal preference....but any info on what combo would work best would be appreciated. Lastly...just wanted to say good to be hear and read some of the posts. Very interesting!

72 cutlass455

Welcome to the forum

Surftrip00

Thanks 72!

Oldsguy

Welcome to CO, I see you have multiple posts in other forums already so hope you get the info you need.

OLD SKL 69

Welcome to the forum!