Originally Posted by
Engine07
I'm about to order my cylinder heads finally, lol. After reviewing all of the options and parts used I am going with the edelbrock etecs. Nothing against the other heads looked at but these have some features I really liked and by the parts used they should be reliable and make good power. My compression should come in at around 9.7:1 which I think will be pretty good for aluminum headed daily driver. Was talking to one of my buddies what I was doing since I'm helping him out bolting an engine together and I wound up getting the hotcam. Gave him a hundred bucks for the cam new in box, a new water pump, and beehive valve springs with locks and retainers I'm sure will come in handy for the 67 c10. I'm definitely going to rebuild the trans once I get the engine running right before I lay into it. I don't figure it would take one good full throttle pull to destroy it. Do have some tuning questions though. Will a factory vortec timing table be a good place to start to get the engine running? I'm planning on big block throttle body with big block injectors about 25psi and a vortec fuel pump, uploading vortec timing table, and changing injector size to match what I have installed...sound like a good starting point? And when changing injector size in bin, do I put 80lb hr for the 454 injectors, or do I put the lb hr they are actually putting out at 25psi?