hello

I think your problem is that you have a crate motor...

and never bothered to "tune it" for the rated power!!!!!

that 355hp engine can be a 190hp slug if the timing curve and carb are not right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my 72 el camino  was a 17 sec. car when I bought it...

it was a big block..

buying nothing but tune up parts./ an advance(timing) curve kit/ and a few carb  jets  ect..

brought this 17 sec car to a 12 sec car...

no gears no n.o.s.  no new cam/heads/   nothing

just a "tune up"

food for thought

I just dont know were to start. I messed with the timing a bit and seen a little inprovement , swaped the Holley 750 vac secondary for a 600 dubble pumper and it did not help at all. I allso took the belt drive fan off and it helped a little ( put on an electric fan). I also put a shift kit turbo 350, and 373 to 1 rear gears and posi in it .It has headers flowmaster mufflers. I ran it in the 1/8 mile two times once with the 750 and once with the 600  now and still runnig 9.014 sec / 9.018 sec /73mph/72 mph what can i do to improve on this ? 

Dave

Dave you may not have enought fuel .The pump may not have enought volume and or the fuel line may be too small.

I have another question,What dstrubitr are you usng? And how does the car launch?  

Okay in the November issue (this month) Page 124 There is a question H.O dropped.Yhis pretty much is what you are gooing through .He has a ZZ4 in a 84 camaro.It runs a best of 14.30 @97-98 mph in the 1/4. Chp ran a article in 1991 On A zz4 that had all the emission legal parts on it  in a 87 camaro and they had it down to 13.80.They had a lot of problems wth getting enought fuel volume to the engine.They also make a point about a open element air cleaner and hot air gooing into the carb.So I am thinking your MENO should run somewhere around 14.05.I can not translate this to the 1/8 but you may find out you are in the ball park.Read The article page124