hp help

[86tbrd3.8]

hows it goin me and my buddies are in the process of building a 72 nova into a drag car and we have like almost no budget for it what so ever so we cant get a new motor and are having to deal with original equipment which unfortunatly is a 307 small block that we have lucked out enough to get a few things from various family members (headers, 4bbl and intake, and a used msd distibutor) but other than that its bone stock

so i was wondering does any one know/have any cheap ways to get more power out of that motor

any help would be great thanks

[nova68]

you not going to be able to really compete hard with out a new engine

[Fyter87]

Yea, Nova68 is right, you definatly need something better, you wont get anything else out of that 307.

[86tbrd3.8]

thats what i figured so i guess we'll just have fun learnin stuff with the 307 until we have enough $ to get a 350 or something

[Cryo boy]

um, best bet, sell the 307, and with the money, go to a junk yard and get a 350 outta an old car, they arnt the best motors, but they are cheap, save the headers, distributor, and intake/carb, they will bolt right up to the 350

[aaron7]

Originally Posted by Cryo boy

um, best bet, sell the 307, and with the money, go to a junk yard and get a 350 outta an old car, they arnt the best motors, but they are cheap, save the headers, distributor, and intake/carb, they will bolt right up to the 350

Will the parts bolt up? I thought the 307 had different intake bolts than the 305/350?

[littlewheel]

About the only thing you can do is swap in a very mild cam such as a Comp Extreme Energy 262. Anything bigger would require another converter which I take is not in your budget. I remember when I first started out working on mine and I was in the same boat. Keep on tinkering and you and your buddies will have a blast.