After market cam.

Asked by Lawrence D Dec 21, 2019 at 12:39 PM about the 1984 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe RWD

Question type: Shopping & Pricing

I bought an 84 Corvette that had an
engine swap. 3 months befor I bought.
I was told I have a 352 motor now. It
has .40 ring kit says hp cam. Milled
heads. Bore and hone heads, polished
crank shaft. But manifold looks stock
and carb is a Rochester quad.  But I
havent looked it up if cold and
sometimes when warmed up. To start
the car other dont touch gas pedal or
floor it for 1 1/2 or so. My question is
what size cam would be a mild up
grade? And should I look at dual plane
manifold and new carb to get a good
muscle car lope outta it. Its mainly  toy
but I like to take outta town 50 mabye
100 miles without owning Exxon.  Any
advice would be appreciated

1 Answer

Go to a cam sellers website and read the specs. Do you want power or just a lope at idle? The carb and manifold will not give you the lope and a dual plane manifold is for high RPM use. You may need to upgrade the heads to get the flow to match a high performance cam with a lot of overlap.

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