Thread: Target Master 305

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Originally Posted by techinspector1

Gears and a looser torque converter will help more than anything. Your cam is already advanced 4 degrees as delivered from the grinder.
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Tech is right, but IMO you should be doing your gears and torque converter based on the 350 that you're going to build, NOT the weak sister 305 unless you're OK with doing them twice. And to do them you need to have your rear tires picked out, too.
Curious, have you clicked on all of the links Tech gave you in Post #2 to read the Target Master story, including that GM pulled back all remaining stock in 2005 to destroy them? Also IMO, you did some guy a big favor buying his 305. It's hard enough getting rid of a Gen 1 350 any more, with the popularity of the LT & LS motors.

The truck has a 12" 2200 converter in it now with a powertrax no slip locker and 3.08 gears. I bought this 305 knowing full well it "wasn't a 350"and im good with that and I now have a good spare engine if I need one. The lobe centers are both 110 degrees so I didn't think it had any advance ground in this particular cam.