99 Tahoe 2 door. What H/C/I?

[Lampdawgg]

Hi guys! I recently bought a 99 two door tahoe 2wd, with the vortec 350 & 4L60E, stock besides the mpfi conversion, flow master 40s and kooks long tube headers. I was hoping to make a nice powerful street truck out of it. I have a daily driver so gas mileage is not a major issue, but I would like to retain good driveability. I have had a few 5.0 mustangs but this is my first sbc. Typically the upgrade path for 5.0s is heads/cam/intake and my go-to combo has always been Holley Systemax 2, TFS 170 heads, a small custom grind cam, and 3.73s. Being unfamiliar with these Chevys I thought I'd come to you guys for some advice. What would you suggest as far as a cam & intake manifold? Is there a good set of aluminum heads that will flow much better than the factory vortecs, or should I just look at getting those ported instead? Any other mods you guys would suggest? Gears? Stall converter? Budget is not a major concern, but if it helps to know, I have about $3500 to spend on mods for now, and forced induction is not really on the menu, maybe later on.
Thanks guys!

 

[lesterl]

Wont be a lot of upgrades for that besides forced induction, for $3500 I am pretty shure I have seen Whipple supercharger kits for near that, also a PCM tune couldnt hurt, what gears are you rocking now?

 

[Lampdawgg]

3.73s I believe. I may just port the heads and port match the intake then save up to supercharge it. I like the Whipple kits but don't they heat soak? No bueno down here in so cal. Will look into a PCM tune. How do these blocks hold up to boost? The sbf block tended to be a little weak

 

[lesterl]

Nice...
Well good luck with it.....

 

[Mcm1209]

Just FYI on these intakes you are limited to about 400 HP.
I also have a 99 2 door 2 wheel drive
Ill be swapping out a 6.2 and 6L80 drive-train out of a truck. Should do it next year.
Its the best you can do to these trucks.