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« on: June 25, 2010, 10:19:22 AM »

I have a 89 ramcharger with a 360 fi motor. I have put 12 inches of lift on it with a set of 40x17x15 ground hawgs and some 4.56 gears with lockers. It makes decent power and pulls decent with the tires in the mud. My question is I would like to get some more power out of the motor but really want to keep the fi on the 360. I would like to go bigger on the cam and bump up the compression some and maybe a little head work. If I do this what needs to be done to the cpu and fi to keep it on the motor? Thanks alot guys for any replys.
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« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2010, 10:26:55 AM »

The TBI is very limited to power increases.  You would be better off swapping in an entire Magnum (93+) engine with the computer and harnesses.
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« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2010, 10:36:41 AM »

the best and simplest way to get more torque is to build a stroker - up the 360 to a 408.  Don't change anything else and you'll have an instant 'mini' big block.  You don't need fancy heads or anything else - even keep the stock manifolds.  Eagle has the complete stroker kits - good stuff.  Agree

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« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2010, 03:13:44 PM »

Keep in mind that the stock TBI might not agree with the stroker option so you may be forced to go with some form of aftermarket fuel injection.
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« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2010, 01:39:03 AM »

4.88 gears?  Comp cams has cams designed for the TBI.  For the heads you could mill them a bit for compression and mild porting.  Much more then that would be a waste since the TBI limits you.  Also a decent exhaust would help alot.
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« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2010, 01:41:33 PM »

I put headers, true duals and an edelbrock intake on mine and it made a huge difference, probably 25 hp increase. I had to weld in an 02 sensor bung on the headers, and make a tbi adapter to fit the intake. I  installed an electric fan that probably freed up a couple ponies but wasnt noticable. I also bumped up the timing as much as possible without pinging. All this definately woke this motor up but you could still do a little more. I also thought of mildly porting or smoothing the throttle body, adding a throttle body spacer, milling the heads for an increase in compression with a good valve job, cleaning up the ports, gasket matching the head and intake, and making a cold air intake. Each of these things may only add a couple of horses but put them together and maybe 10-20 more and i dont think the computer would mind. Then add a cam from comp cams, made for tbi motors, all this on a fresh rebuild, bored .030 over using synthetic oil and premium fuel and this would be a very strong motor, in theory. That is what i plan on doing so ill let you know how it works. It wont be any time soon though,lol.
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