I just wanted to know what the best set up would be for a tunnel ram on my 429. Right now the engine is stock. What carbs, cam,etc would be the best? I would like everything to match up if possible, so it runs the best that it can. Any advice I get will be really helpful. Thank you.

 

Might want to check specifically with the "385" series engine board folks, they are probably the best source.
--MG

 

Is this going to be a street truck? If so a tunnel ram is a very very bad idea... especially on something as heavy as a truck (it can be pulled off on something as light as a T-Bucket if you don't mind the engine having some extremely bad manners), but Mike G is correct about the 385 group being a better source to get all of your questions answered.

 

I ran a weiand tunnel ram on the 460 in my 62 unibody and it worked just fine, just dont over kill the carbs.
I used two 450 cfm carbs and had to change the squirters to a Holley fang kit-- that squirts fuel in all eight ventures at the same time to eliminate the bottom end bog.
I used a 280 comp cam, early dove heads so the comp was about 9.3 to1, Hooker super comp headers.
It was very streetable and ran 12.80 @ 108 in the qtr mile not bad for 4300 lbs of pickup

 

Weiand lists it's 460 tunnel ram as having a usable RPM range of 2800 to 9000 RPM. I'm running the same spec Comp Cam's 280H in my Cleveland as you were - its listed as having an RPM range of 2000 to 6000 RMP...more suited to a good dual or single plane intake if you want to get the most power from it.

Comp Cam's mechanical roller 34-720-9 lists a usable RPM range of 3800 to 7200 RPM and suggests the use of a tunnel ram with 11:1 compression; it's got 306 degrees advertised duration so it's idling aournd 1800 RPM and would call for at least a 3500RMP stall converter - those trips to and from work on racing gas may be a little pricy. You 'could' use it on the street if you're a glutton for punishment - but why would you want to?

Application means a lot - if by 'street use' you mean only driving it on the weekend a mile or two to the local hangout a tunnel may be tolerable in a heavy vehicle like a truck. I think of street use as being able to drive anywhere I need to in it if my main transportation goes down - bad habits and all, sitting in rush-hour traffic. The 280H is about the most I'll put up with - with 9 1/2:1 compression I can still run it on pump premium. In something as light as a T-Bucket that doesn't need the torque or higher stall converter to get rolling a tunnel is a little more workable, ... but then the racing gas the compression to make it work requires would still eat your lunch.

 

Im with you on the size of cam. I put a Cleveland in the 62 Im building now its got a 280 comp cam in it with a 2800 stall Continental converter, 2BDL heads with 4BDL pistons.
I had this set up in a 86 GT Mustang WOW what a ripper!!!!