How do I add more power to my 350 engine?

How do I add more power to my 350 engine?

No matter what application your Chevy 350 motor is in, a few simple steps can get you more better performance and higher horsepower.

1. Modify your air intake.
2. Modify your exhaust.
3. Change your camshafts and valve train.
4. Purchase new cylinder heads, or have yours ported and polished.
5. Have your motor rebuilt and blueprinted.

How can I increase my horsepower for free?

If you want to increase the horsepower, you’ve essentially got to find ways to move more air in a greater volume through your engine.

1. Installing a High-Performance Cold Air Intake to increase horsepower.
2. Installing a High-Flow air filter and intake.
3. High Performance Exhaust System.
4. Supercharger.
5. Turbocharger.
6. Nitrous.

How much horsepower can a 350 make?

Chevy 350 Engine Specs The Chevy 350 engine is a 350 cubic inch (5.7-liter) small block V8 with a 4.00 and 3.48 inch bore and stroke. Depending on the year, make and model of a car, horsepower ranges from approximately 145 to more than 370.

Which is better 2 bolt or 4 bolt main?

Any time you increase horsepower, torque and cylinder pressure, you increase crankshaft load. It would take quite a bit more stress to rip-out 4 bolts than it would just 2, so that’s why the 4 bolt mains are stronger than the 2 bolt mains.

How much boost can a 350 handle?

It can deliver 14 psi ( or maybe more ) at 2000RPM.

What is a 4 bolt main mean?

Four bolt mains. What holds your crankshaft in place are the main caps which also hold the crankshaft bearings. A 2-bolt cap is fastened to the block by 2 bolts, and a 4-bolt cap has 4 bolts (2 on each side). When you increase the load on the crank, you also increase the load on the main caps.

How do you tell if a 350 is a 4 bolt main?

Use the suffix code on the block and determine if the engine is original or not. That code can’t always tell you its a 4 bolt but if its the origianl motor in a 4 wheel drive 3/4 ton its almost a guarantee its a 4 bolt block.

Can you turn a 2 bolt main into a 4 bolt main?

Registered. It’s not worth it to take a factory two bolt and turn it into a 4 bolt unless you know someone who owns a machine shop and can do the work for free. You can get a used four bolt block for way cheaper than the four bolt conversion parts and labor charges.

How much horsepower can a 2 bolt 454 handle?

Not Considered a Senior Member The 2 bolt block will be fine for revs to the 6000 range. 2 bolt blocks are fine for horsepower levels up to 500 horses.

Is 350 or 454 better?

In a light to medium weight car, a 350 will probably offer you the happiest experience, especially in a daily driver role. In a truck, the 454 will probably feel better to your foot. In an all out performance car, the 454 will probably be more likable as long as the car is a straight line car (drag racing etc).

How many rpms can a 454 handle?

trying to go as quick as possible. A stock 454 in good shape should have no problems in regards to durability hitting up around 5k rpm. You said the issue was with the belts and pulleys, which doesn’t seem like it has anything to do with the engine internals, and thus revving the engine too much.

How much HP can a Chevy 454 handle?

As for big block Chevy a factory 2 bolt 454/427/402 block with out large over bores will easily and safely handle 700+hp/torque, and never discount the cast cranks As I have seen 600-700 hp on cast cranks, they just dont like shock loading quite as much as sbc will take,,tend to have reliability issues.

How much horsepower can a BBC cast steel crank handle?

“In a typical small-block, a cast-steel crank can easily handle 500 hp. Although we’ve seen them pushed to much high power levels, we generally recommend a forged crank at anything above that power level.” Moving up the totem pole, factory forged cranks are made from steel alloys such as 1010, 1045, and 1053.