Quote Originally Posted by natedogg799
hey everyone i have a 73 chevy nova ss 350, i am lookin to fix it up and thought i would get some input and ideas before i do. I want to make it a street machine, i was hoping for somewhere around 500hp 550 ft/lbs naturally aspirated if this is possible, please leave comments and ideas about this, the more the better

i was also wondering what kind of suspension set up, i am not a fan of the back being huge compared to the front but i do want it a little higher in the back than in the front. it has 3.73 rear gears.

well any info you guys have about good parts to check out articles to read or just advice would be great thanks in advance
To make 500+ hp out of the 350 the easy way to do that would be to build a 383.
In other words you would need to install a crank that has a 3.75 stroke.
For pistons you will need to be at 10 to 1 or a little over.
Yes,this will run on pump gas with alu. heads.
For a cam you will need a hyd. roller with 240 to 245 at .050,for heads the AFR 195 cc Eliminators,intake you could either go RPM Performer with the air gap or a Victor intake,for a carburetor try a flowed 650 double pumper or a 750 out of the box.
You would need to run a 3,500 to 4,000 stall.
The car really needs a 4.10 gear but a 3.73 will work.