350 2bbl Build-up
Short answer: The “best” build depends on your goals (match all the components to them), but for a normal streetable 350 the short version is:
- Intake: a 1967–72 4-bbl intake
- Carb: Quadrajet
- Cam: around .450″ lift; consensus is no more than 214/224 duration at .050″
- Heads: if virgin, you can mill up to .060″ (removes about 12 cc from the chambers)
A good order of operations: set general goals, then tune what you have (cheap gains), then address gearing, tires, and transmission/converter, and then the engine. For the full discussion, read Jim Hand’s articles and search the Q&A archives at classicalpontiac.com.
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