Smallblock efficiency or How to have your cake and eat it too

If you are married to the TQ I’d find a different intake manifold. Running an adapter is a guaranteed power killer and distribution nightmare.

If you want a good selection of .904 lobes, Howard’s has the most I’ve found. Like a couple of other cam grinders, getting them to use them is near impossible, especially if you tell them it’s a “street” car.

I think 3000 is the lowest stall you should use.

Select your gears and figure out what you CRUISE RPM will be and pick your cam based on that. 3.91’s and an OD still might not get you 20 MPG. If you are married to that number you need to rethink your gearing and cam timing.

thanks for the input

On the intake I am limited what I can run using all magnum stuff. Might be able to open the intake up and do some welding if needed. I'll have to measure.

Cruise rpm with 26.5 tall tire, 3.91 gear, .69od is 2400 at 70mph or 2700 at 80mph. I plan to drive it quite a bit on longer trips. 4-8 hrs at a time. Would like to keep rpms somewhat in that range for that reason.