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Old 10-08-2015, 04:23 AM   #29
Nygaard
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Re: My first Chevy truck, need some guidance

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Originally Posted by Gregski View Post
Welcome, here's couple ideas

For reliability, if you aint got a H.E.I. distributor get one, I bought a Petronix but a good new old stock GM one would be best I think the '76 trucks already had that as an option

For performance, I am giong to go the Vortec cylinder heads route by copying the Chevrolet Perfomance 350 CID 330 HO Engine specifications for the top end part number 1921007, git some used Vortec heads off of a 1998 Chevy Truck part # 12558060 are the good ones, the other part numbers aint so good, Edelbrock RPM Air Gap intake manifold #7516, etc. built it yourself if you can

http://www.chevrolet.com/content/dam...e-19210007.pdf
Thanks!

There's already a HEI on it. Pulled the cap off it and it looks nice, dry and clean. Not the most expensive part so I'll probably put a MDS (or similar) and some nice cables on it at some point - just to be sure.

And I do like the Air Gap intake, but I think I'll have to go with the regular #2101 with our cooler climate. From what I have found around the web (and the previous link on page 1 of this thread - thanks Rich) it can cause some problems when temps get too low.
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