76vette dead at the light to smoken tires

[nicky d]

i transformed a lousey stock 350 into a tire smoken machine.​

i installed a 268h comp cam 1500 to 5500 rpm range,for at the light performance.also set of edelbrock performer rpm heads, edelbrock performer manifold ,a 650 avs edelbrock carb. hooker headers and sidepipes​

with jbl spiral baffles.​

when i put all together iwas looking for a street car that will be happy on pump gas my first run with the new set up was great but i expected better​

performance at the light.​

three things i was missing to put all together,i installed a msd distributer and 6a box .i found great accell performance with the lightest advanced springs.​

evan though i have 3:73 s at the rear i still new i was not transferring power to the rear wheels. i added a b&m 2400 stall speed converter.​

the only thing to do is advance my timming, i set it at 36 degrees total timming. i hope i was able to help anyone with their l48 350.​

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some friends say i could used a bigger cam , well maybe i could of,but the car rips at the light and cruises all speeds using reg pump gas.​

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last summer i met up with friends who own some fast machines.​

i still felt alittle intimidated ,comparing my car to theirs.​

my best friend wanted to race so he can have a laugh when he beats me.​

when we took off at start ,i felt i didnt have a chance but in fact i beat him​

i could not believe it not once but twice . what a great feeling.​

its all fun as long as its safe!​

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thanks for reading​

nicky d​

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[Glensgages]

Thanks for that update:

built the LM1 in my '79 Z28 like that many years ago, and it ran great (for what it was), and have been considering almost the same as you've described for my '82 Vette in the future.

You could've chosen a larger camshaft, but that would've moved the power-band upwards and taken-away bottom-end punch, which is gets a street car moving off the line:
probably would've also necessitated a single-plane intake, bigger carb, larger diameter headers, higher-stall converter, deeper rear gears, etc., to keep everything 'in-phase', which would've reduced mileage and streetability.

Any idea what your new combination runs in the 1/4-mile?????