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08-21-2009, 08:14 PM
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Am I happy or sad?
I just discovered the 350 engine in my truck has 305 heads. What is the advantage/disadvantage or reason ???
Thanks Last edited by mikey531; 08-21-2009 at 08:20 PM. |
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08-21-2009, 08:53 PM
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Re: Am I happy or sad?
Most of the 305 heads had smaller combustion chambers. Effectively raising your compression ratio. Unfortunately most of them wont flow enough for you to ever see a performance gain. Cant imagine it hurting anything if you are just driving around.
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08-21-2009, 08:55 PM
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Re: Am I happy or sad?
Well they don't flow very well and they're usually low compression 76cc smogger heads.Go find a pair of vortecs and GO!!!!
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08-21-2009, 09:03 PM
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Re: Am I happy or sad?
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08-21-2009, 10:18 PM
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Re: Am I happy or sad?
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flow bad with high compression to burn cleaners or something ,tiny CC right? like 58 cc cause the pistons on most 305's are pretty far down in the hole at TDC? all i know is that they don't flow well haha |
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08-21-2009, 09:34 PM
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Re: Am I happy or sad?
you must be happy. you have small chambers shrouding the flow in and out, small ports keeping large amounts of air at bay, high compression making you use costlier fuel, and thinner casting to shave weight.
I am extremely happy with my ultra low-buck 1992 TBI heads. |
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08-21-2009, 09:58 PM
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Re: Am I happy or sad?
u sure the whole motor isn't a 305?
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08-21-2009, 10:01 PM
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Re: Am I happy or sad?
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 I just tell people I have a dyslexic 350! D
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08-21-2009, 10:54 PM
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08-21-2009, 10:04 PM
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Still livin the "dream" in '54
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Re: Am I happy or sad?
I have heard of people doing this, but usually you have to have larger valves installed. Without looking at your heads, it's difficult to know if the person who installed them put larger valves in. But usually they do this to increase compresson.
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08-22-2009, 12:05 AM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Am I happy or sad?
could be worse... you could have a dodge and need a tranny
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08-22-2009, 12:49 AM
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Re: Am I happy or sad?
305 heads should be good to about 4000 RPM, so its not that bad of thing
It does raise your compression quite a bit, like to 10 or 11:1 So you may need to run premium to keep it from detonating Combustion chambers are 58cc & they have 184 intake / 150 exhaust valves |
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