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- Girard, Ohio
- First Name
- David
- Truck Year
- 78
- Truck Model
- c10
- Engine Size
- 388
When I first bought my truck the first things I did to the stock 350 where headers, dual exhaust, swapped the jacked up Qjet that was missing parts for a 750 AVS2, it had an eddy intake already. Ran better for sure.
About 4 months later I put a cam and lifters and a set of those Flotek heads, hardened pushrods, and stainless rockers on it. At this point I had probably about 3k in it, but this is the point where you could feel the difference was night and day.
The best route for 1k budget as Rick said make the exhaust flow easier first, it then supports other mods down the road if you decide you want to get more into it. even if that is just an RV/towing cam later on.
An accessory drive especially the basics PS, WP, alt, fan you will not notice a difference, on a dyno it might make a couple numbers here or there but by the time it's in a vehicle engine bay hooked up to a transmission other things like air flow and air temps will be a bigger factor on power than the accessory drive.
About 4 months later I put a cam and lifters and a set of those Flotek heads, hardened pushrods, and stainless rockers on it. At this point I had probably about 3k in it, but this is the point where you could feel the difference was night and day.
The best route for 1k budget as Rick said make the exhaust flow easier first, it then supports other mods down the road if you decide you want to get more into it. even if that is just an RV/towing cam later on.
An accessory drive especially the basics PS, WP, alt, fan you will not notice a difference, on a dyno it might make a couple numbers here or there but by the time it's in a vehicle engine bay hooked up to a transmission other things like air flow and air temps will be a bigger factor on power than the accessory drive.
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