first post, just got a 1970 C-10

[Mattys1970C-10]

hello everyone, im new to the forum and waned to introduce myself. my name is matt and im from california. ive had lots of 5.0 mustangs and a kenne belle 04 GT at one time, but i finally got my first old school, and first chevy ever. its a 350 with stock heads, long tube headers and 2 1/4 duals to flowmasters dumped at the axle. it has an edelbrock 650 carb, edelbrock performer intake and carb spacer, and an rv cam, which i dont know anything about except that it is a lopey SOB and pulls like a tractor. th400 3 speed auto built and barks 2nd gear which is pretty fun. stock rear end with what im guessing is 3.08's. body is straight, primer grey with all the chrome dressings still in tact and lookin good. its lowered a bit but not sure how much.

with a setup like this, it seems like this thing is just screaming for a set of heads. i am no expert and have never built a 350, couple 5.0's and alot of honda drag quads starting at 450cc, but it seems like this thing has nice bog exhaust, and big carb and intake, and im betting a set of good heads will really wake it up. any suggestions on heads? i was thinking edelbrock to match the carb and intake, some e-tec 175's or something close. any help would be rad. lookin for all around power, its not a drag truck and i drive it on the street all the time. i think its over carb'ed as it sits so heads might do the trick for that to. thanks guys, cool forum

[trkfrk]

Welcome to the board from Las Vegas Sounds like a nice ride.. We all here love pictures.

[RenoKeene]

Welcome from Florida too! Yep, gotta post up some pics when you get a chance.

[Lattimer]

Anything will be better than stock. Depending on what you want to spend, later 350 Vortec heads are a decent upgrade. Any aftermarket aluminum head will be way better---just depends on whose you like and how much $$$ you want to drop.

What vintage is the 350? If you pop off the valve covers you will find numbers cast into the heads between the valves. One # will be a date code and the other is a head code. That will tell you what you have now. Also look on the drivers side behind the head right by the bellhousing, the engine block # is cast there and will tell you what you have. If it wasn't milled off during a rebuild, there will be a code stamped into the block in front of the passenger side head that gives you specifics on the engine from the factory.

If its an original 1970 engine, it may be ok to decent, but if its a mid 70's or early 80's emissions engine without a performance rebuild the heads will be very low performance, and the pistons will be dished low compression versions.

Stock, it could have been anywhere from 165 hp to 220 hp or so. Then who knows what may have been done over time.

[Mattys1970C-10]

thanks guys, ill have to check the numbers and get some pics as well. i figure around 800 to 1000 is my budget on heads, so im kinda leanin towards aluminum e-tecs. didnt really consider any other brand because the intake and carb is edelbrock, but input on that would be great.

[CharlieeFoxtrot]

welcome to the board! Looking forward to the pics.

[Cercious]

Welcome to the forums. I'm still fairly new myself, but I've been searching around here for a few months. There's a whole world of information here that's been helping me with my '71, so you've definitely made the right choice coming here.

[70cst]

Hey Mattys1970C-10 ...

to the forums and from Ohio. on your 70 C10. You got the right truck and the right year

We luv pictures