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Why is my car a dog?

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90VertGT

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I have a rebuilt 306 with a B303 cam and 1970 351 heads with bigger valves. They have been pocket ported and exhaust ported and I was told they should yeild around a 9.5:1 compression with it's 58cc chambers and a regular .031 comrpessed head gasket on a flat top piston. The motor now has 200 miles on it and it is a dog. What should the timing be set at with this cam? The original stock motor had a lot more balls than this car. Any help would be appreciated.Thanks.
 
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Not sure on the timing, but maybe pull some plugs to see how shes doin'?
 

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What about the intake? tb? maf? exhaust? fuel press? inject? With those heads you need more air than the stock set-up will give you. And the stock headers and cat MOST go! If you still running the stock #19 inject, you need at lest a biggers fuel pump 190 or 255 lph. and crank your fuel press with an adjutable fuel pressure regulator...
 

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I have the stock intake right now but I do have a Trick Flow Street Heat waiting to go on. The Magnaflow X and catback is going on today. The TB, MAF, and Inj are all stock. What injectors would you suggest I use? 24lb? Thanks for the replies!
 
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Yeah, the stock maf is your first problem, then your intake. B cams work best with 1.7 rockers and I assume it's a manual right?
 

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if he goes with 1.7 rockers he might have piston/valve clearance especially with flat top pistons? are there valve reliefs cut in the pistons or no?
 
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How much lift do 1.7 rockers add? I didn't think about that. How big are the valves? aren't 70 351 heads D0AE? Those would be 69cc right?
 
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