'85 442 Tune Up

[KCEE442]

Just got an '85 442
Going to do a tune up and other misc things
Its all stock 307
Would it be worth it to do a full MSD tune up or just stick with stock?

 

[Vern]

KCEE442, Someone just had a good thread about this over at www.oldspower.com. You have to learn to work with the CCC or go to an older distributor in order to take advantage of advance curve kit. Full MSD package is not worth the money as their is not much if any power to gain in a 4,800 rpm max 307 nor should you be haveing starting or rough idle problems in a stock 307. Short story just tune up with quality name brand parts.

If you are new to the Olds 307 even the vin9 307 they are not cost effective to put money in for power gains. Power improvement items should be left to parts that can carry over to an Olds 350 or 403. Such as headers. Many people build an Olds 350 or 403 for them since they are externally the same dimentions and everything swaps over and is a direct bolt on. I just drove mine while I built an engine for the car. You might also get some ideas for the future from this site. www.robertpowersmotorsports.com. The site is a bit dated as today you can buy BBO gbody headers from Hooker and Kooks. Still a killer pump gas AC/PS/PB equiped real street car that ran 12.3 at 110mph and got 15mpg before being stolen.

 

[megaladon6]

if you want power start looking for a 350 (chevy or olds). otherwise just stick with stock parts.