Thread: 460 newbie

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You also want to start out with a sound engine. I would do a compression test first and see how even all the cylinders are. If that looks ok I would start with the intake and carb setup Mooneye suggested, and headers too. Generally, the better known brands of headers are worth a few extra bucks. They cost more because they are made from heavier tubing, are tuned better, and fit much better. I have had headers over the years that take a lot of tweaking to get them installed.

From the headers I would run a couple of turbo mufflers or Flowmasters, with a Y pipe between the two pipes before the mufflers. Lastly, I would maybe install a good ignition system and do a basic tune up with better wires and new plugs. The 460 engines respond pretty well to minor hop up parts like mentioned above.

Oh, and welcome to our little group.


Don

Thanks for the advice, guys. I hadn't even thought of a compression test, and i may as well, since my dad has the gear to do it.

Will an Edelbrock carb perform well right out of the box, or am i going to have to do alot tweaking to suit it to my engine? I hear those stories about Holleys, i know not what amount of truth they have to them.

It might be O.K. out of the box, if not. The Edelbrocks are an easy tune without a big mess of spilling fuel as with the Holley. They come with easy to understand instruction. Also if you get to the point where the exhaust is new. Leave the H-pipe out until you get it running.

Go back from the headers and spray a light strip of NON HIGH HEAT paint down the exhaust tubes back to the mufflers. Start the motor and drive it around the block a few times and where the paint starts to peel 1st is where you want the H-pipe installed.

The Edelbrock carb is less likely to need to be worked on.. Holleys can deliver a little better peformance but are much more prone to malfunction.. On the 460 I would look at a fresh timing set as those tend to get sloppy and the nylon cam gear is brittle, plus if you put the thing in at zero degrees it will make more torque.