Auto Racing: building up a chevy 305, 3rd gen camaros, chevy caprice


Question
ok stop laughing now.

anyways, i have a 93 chevy caprice with an L03 305 v8, 170 hp 250 torque. i was hoping to concentrate on the cheap and easy upgrades like intake, exhuast pulleys, spacers, and MAYBE mess around with the ignition, i don't want to get to deep with this engine.

well i was also thinking about getting a better intake manifold and throttle body. however, i read an article that said i should start with intake, exhaust and heads. then move on to manifold/ throttlebody and cams with this engine (in the 3rd gen camaros).

but i am afraid that the valve train (and other stuff like the pumps, radiator, distributor) wouldn't handle the added power of the heads/cam. so i was hoping that i could just work on the outside of the engine (for the expensive stuff) and get the manifold/ throttle body combo as the most radical changes.

could i mess with the manifold/ throttle body and get any results at this low power, or what? am i just better off sticking with the cheap and easy stuff?  

Answer
Hey Richard , sorry its took me a while to reply , just got back home today.

Thanks for the good question and let me give you one quick and easy answer first of all.

Check out the link - should be right up your street !!

http://www.goingfaster.com/spo/carcraft325hp305.html

Let me know if you need any more help or if you have already seen the page and found it useless.

Matt