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Originally Posted by sick472
Yes you can. You should be able to get in the ballpark of 1 hp per cube by building your engine to need 91 octane (10:1 compression or there-abouts), but you will need to open the intake and exhaust ports to match some larger gaskets, and use long tube headers. There is obviously a lot more to it than that, but 350's have been making cheap HP for, well, ever! Your budget of $1500 might be a bit tight unless you have access to good affordable used parts, but it sounds like your on your way. The only things I would warn you about is that if you plan to modify the setup later...you need to mentally build two motors now so that you don't paint yourself in a corner, if you know what I mean.
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Thanks. Painting myself in a corner is definitely what I want to avoid.
Just a bit more information - I have a set of vortec heads/intake manifold/bolts/gaskets etc. that I had planned on using. But I decided to install these on my boat, as it needs the hp boost more than my truck.
So now I think I am going flat top pistons and with the parts I already have (intake, carb, cam, headers, distributor), I think for $1500 I should be able to get close to 300hp which is all I want. Then I can always upgrade heads/cam later if I want more....