355 maxium peformance?

[Veltboy618]

What can i do to get my motor to perform better? I have a SBC that's been bored over .030 to make it a 355. It runs pretty strong but i know I can get more power out of it. I'm not the person that built the motor so i don't know what kind of cam, pistons & all that other stuff that's in it.

 

[megaladon6]

first you need to know about what you have. look over the heads for part numbers so you can ident them. to figure out the cam you'd need a dial gauge to measure the lift and duration. you also need to measure the rocker movement to make sure of the ratio. for the pistons, i don't know how to figure them out with the heads in place. you also need to find the part number of the intake and the carb (if not a q-jet)

 

[Veltboy618]

first you need to know about what you have. look over the heads for part numbers so you can ident them. to figure out the cam you'd need a dial gauge to measure the lift and duration. you also need to measure the rocker movement to make sure of the ratio. for the pistons, i don't know how to figure them out with the heads in place. you also need to find the part number of the intake and the carb (if not a q-jet)

Om going to go out there & get the #'s off the heads in tho morning. When i had the heads off this is how the pistons looked with .030 stamped on them.

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Do they sell those dials to measure the lift & duration at Autozone & other auto parts stores Ma carb is an Edelbrock & the part number is 1405 2473