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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 01:38 AM
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ive got a 1983 f150 4x4 with a 302. it has a carter afb 4bbl, edelbrock intake. bored .030 over. im wanting to make it a little bit quicker what should i do? thanks
 
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How deep do you want to go? Cam, headers, exhaust, gears?
 
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What transmission?

What size are your tires?

What is the gear ratios in the rearends?
 
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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 04:01 PM
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i got a manual transmission 3 speed with overdrive. 33 inch tires. with 355's ive been thinking about cams and bigger exhaust its got 2inch with flowmaster 40 series
 
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ive got a 1983 f150 4x4 with a 302. it has a carter afb 4bbl, edelbrock intake. bored .030 over. im wanting to make it a little bit quicker what should i do? thanks
just my .02 but, I would get rid of the afb. I had a 67 427 with 2 afb's and had nothing but problems with them till I switched out to holly's. possibly just my bad luck though....... and it is bad.
 
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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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ive had trouble with afbs in the past also but this one seems fine had it for about 8 years though
 
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ive had trouble with afbs in the past also but this one seems fine had it for about 8 years though
your probably right. mine were new. seems like you either get a good one or a bad one. I got 2 bad ones at the same time.... my luck though
 
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