Posted by T.L. on May 24, 1998 at 21:20:06:
In Reply to: 250 Performance Parts ?? posted by Troy on May 24, 1998 at 16:24:47:
Competition Cams makes great "bumpsticks" for these engines and Holley and Edelbrock make performance intake parts for them as well. You can also have the head milled to raise compression and put a large exhaust pipe on it. Another thing that can "wake it up" is to install a lower (higher numerically) gear raito in the rear-end. You should be aware however, that your gas mileage will be just as bad (if not worse) as the 302-V8 but the performance will never be as good as the V-8. The 250 is simply not a "performance" motor. No matter what you do to it, it still won't make the power that a 302 is capable of. So IF you really want performance (horsepower & torque), you might as well drop in the 8. I can respect that you want to be different (so do I) but you can't get blood from a turnip. If you want power, go for the GUSTO and if you want economy, leave your motor stock. If your gonna have poor economy, you'd might as well at least have the POWER...
: Does anyone know if there are any performance parts
: for a 250? I would like a cam and headers.
: I know it doesn't take much to put a v-8 in, but
: I would like to be a little differant.