If you do a cam, count on computer problems and be sure to save some more cash for a chip.
If you go w/1.7 lifters & no cam, you'll be OK w/heads & intake alone.
When I got back into this hobby things had changed since the days of points in the dizzy and carbs
I never had any interest in imports other than to use them for gas savings. I had not considered them for performance or knew nothing about them for that application.
For a good while ... I did not know the younger members on the various boards were talking about a piece of pipe when they used the word ... Intake
I've always used the word .......... Intake
when talking about the .............. Intake Manifold
I hear BHP all the time in this one TV car show from England/Europe (BBC). I think Austrailia uses the term BHP too. Make sense now that imports are on the scene.
I wasn't sure what BHP was until the new 05 Mustang was mentioned as having 300 brake horsepower. I figured that BHP was some goofy euro conversion until then.