Hi,
I've read through the stickys and have done most of the stuff.

I have a 225, with 350 holley, long runner intake (cheers aussie speed), extractors. heads been ported and polished, have the head shaved to 9.5:1 comp. Full new elec ignition setup with new MSD blaster coil.

My question is (and remember I'm pretty new to this stuff) I want to tune this engine a little, what are my options I'll have about $200 budget. And lets assume I don't have too many tools but I'm mechanically minded and a good learner.

Next step will be to get newer cam, and put in 1.70 and 1.44 valves etc.

Any help would be great, thanks.

Plugs, cap and rotor, set the timing, adjust the valves, then see how she runs.
It sounds like you've got a hot setup there!

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Cheers,

Haven't had time to let her rip yet, body is in pieces at the moment and I'm prepping for paint work. The ignition setup is about 4 weeks old, so guess I'll just get the new plugs. everything else is new.

Sounds good .

Would also suggest a Dizzy recurve.
Frank

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You really need to get the vehicle running & "on the road" so you can see / "feel" if there are any problems or where any improvements can be made.
You could already have a nice running combo... you just need to put some miles on it to "shake-it-out" some, before taking the next step.
DD

Thanks alot!
Sadly looks like it'll be around 6 months before the car is on the road :/ Doing all the paint work now + it's nearly $1000 just to register the car for a year etc.... :/:/.

As I said I'm still pretty new to this, does having a timing gun help with a dizzy re curve?

A timing gun is just a plain good tool for car work. Use the search function and look at the FAQ's at the top of each section. There are several great articles on recurveing.
Ouch $1000 to register a car for a year. Thats got to hurt.
Frank

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Scrapple: Because a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
73 Duster - Race Car
66 Dart Wagon - DD
178" FED
82 D150
All Slant powered