Hey everyone,
First I will introduce myself! This is my first time on the forum. I have worked on junk my entire life (developing my hands on skills) and enforced that with a BS in Engineering. I have spent my hobby time working on diesels, and this is the first time I have stepped into the gas world. I need to learn.
This forum is called hot-rodders, and after searching, it looks like a great forum. That being said, I need help with an engine for marine application.
My father has a 350 chevy in his 24' cabin cruiser, long story short after a few years of him complaining about how slow it is, I decided to research. It has a 1973 4 bolt 350 in it. SMOG everything, gutless as hell.
I already HAVE a set of 327 double hump 461 heads that are on a 327 in his garage. They are on a 275hp, 327 with a high rise intake (GM). He got it out of a junk yard in the late 70's and rebuilt it to put it in a C10 he was working on.
I am interested in making this 350 ~300hp, maybe more depending on how everything goes.
For marine application, keep in mind we have unlimited cooling (detention due to heat should be an issue), but we also have a continuous load on the engine. Operation RPM will be ~3800rpm, with a WOT RPM of around 4800-5000.
Should I just pull the heads, cam, and intake off the 275hp 327, or is there something we can do fairly cheap to make this even better?
I don't know how to spec out, and match intake with cam and heads.
Thanks guys!
George
First I will introduce myself! This is my first time on the forum. I have worked on junk my entire life (developing my hands on skills) and enforced that with a BS in Engineering. I have spent my hobby time working on diesels, and this is the first time I have stepped into the gas world. I need to learn.
This forum is called hot-rodders, and after searching, it looks like a great forum. That being said, I need help with an engine for marine application.
My father has a 350 chevy in his 24' cabin cruiser, long story short after a few years of him complaining about how slow it is, I decided to research. It has a 1973 4 bolt 350 in it. SMOG everything, gutless as hell.
I already HAVE a set of 327 double hump 461 heads that are on a 327 in his garage. They are on a 275hp, 327 with a high rise intake (GM). He got it out of a junk yard in the late 70's and rebuilt it to put it in a C10 he was working on.
I am interested in making this 350 ~300hp, maybe more depending on how everything goes.
For marine application, keep in mind we have unlimited cooling (detention due to heat should be an issue), but we also have a continuous load on the engine. Operation RPM will be ~3800rpm, with a WOT RPM of around 4800-5000.
Should I just pull the heads, cam, and intake off the 275hp 327, or is there something we can do fairly cheap to make this even better?
I don't know how to spec out, and match intake with cam and heads.
Thanks guys!
George