Anybody build up a 229 V6?

ElCaminoBill

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We rebuilt the original 229 that was in my Lemans but did not stray too far from stock. It was my son's 1st car and being an "uncool" dad I didn't want him having a lot of power.

bored .060 over
RV cam from PAW
removed cat
removed air pump
upgraded spark plug wires

Even with 2.41 gears it ran pretty well. It would run circles around the 231 Buick powered 81 Cutlass I had.
 
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I HAVE A 229 THAT I TOOK OUT OF MY 1980 ELCAMINO THAT IWAS THINKING ABOUT PUTING IN A RAT ROD SOMEDAY.CAN YOU TELL ME WHER YOU FOUND A PERFORMER INTAKE AT.
 

Darwinskeeper

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The Edelbrock Performer intake that mates a 4bbl carb to a 85 & up (non vortec) 4.3 will also bolt onto the smaller 200 and 229 V6s, the only thing is that you do have to watch carb size on the smaller engine. For me the question is whether the Performer with a 390cfm Holley would provide much of an improvement over the stock intake/2bbl carb.
 

cammed up v6

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i built mine up a litte i used a comp cams shaft 425 lift 206 duration gm performance intake and eldebrock 550 also installed solid lifters also has hooker super comp long tubes
 

80ECLT

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cammed up v6 said:
i built mine up a litte i used a comp cams shaft 425 lift 206 duration gm performance intake and eldebrock 550 also installed solid lifters also has hooker super comp long tubes

How well did it respond to those modifications?
 

syclonefast

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yeah i swaped out the 3.8 for the 4.3 blower and turbos and bow tie blocks pushing 315 cubes that ran high 8's in a old camaro back in the 90's dyno read was 638 hp @7800 rpms
 

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