Camarojohn82

ok doodz...im lookin to swap my 2.8 in my 82 cam for a 305/350... a 305 because im havin a lil trubble findin a 4 or 5 speed thatll hold up to a 350....soooo what im thinkin about doin is droppin in a 305 and a T5....BUT my 2.8 is carbed...so did they make 305's not TPI? b/c i dunno how i would do the injection thing.. or what else could i do on a budget to drop a decent powered 8cyl with a manual into my baby...possible without gettin injected???
thanx
john

ede

try this:
http://www.gp.k12.mi.us/ci/eng/StyleSheet/complete.html

dimented24x7

iTrader: (2)

lol... if anyone needs that its me. I always got D's in HS english.

Try the motor swap board. Alot of those guys have done this swap. The general concensious is that its easier to buy a V8 car unless there is some sort of sentemental attachment to your present car. At teh very least youll need a V8 donor car to supply all the parts youll need to complete the swap.

TomP

Why avoid injection? Cost, or because it's hard to understand? I'd go with injection over carb any day.

What dimented said is right; there's so many differences that you'll be constantly running out to a junkyard for parts, unless you gut everything and only run a few wires to the alternator, horn, and distributor. And if you're on a budget, you could probably find a thrashed v8 car pretty cheap. Even if you don't use it's motor, you'll need the rest of the junk.

ME Leigh

I would'nt go FI unless you have a complete swap setup with computer, harness, everything.

Go carb, it will be much cheaper and easier to do.

Vader

ThirdGens were available with a 305 carbureted V-8 through the 1987 model year.

Nice one, Ede. Complete sentences? With a subject, verb, and? But I... My keyboard won't... Oh! Forget it.

Camarojohn82

haha.. well i actually can talk and write proper if i wanted to, i go to a college prep school, they kinda throw all that at us.... n e wayz..how hard to find is a carbed 305? do you think its a good idea to do that w/ a t5?
thanx
john

ME Leigh

Not hard at all i think most 305 came carbed, i'm probably wrong though.

Ok yes, i would say most 305 cars are carbed. This is because the earlier models had the greatest production numbers. And most had carbs!

Camarojohn82

SWEEtNESS!! thanx so much for da help...haha

89gta383

iTrader: (5)

Just use a holley 600 or 650 carb on that 305. Use a roller block with the 1 piece rear seal for the best of both worlds.

rezinn

We need a filter that translates retard speek to proper english. Wouldn't that make answering questions more tolerable? I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to implement if someone is willing to write the code for it. You know.. if "da" output "the" and such. Of course one must have a thorough grasp of retard speek to accomplish such an endeavour.

Are you qualified? We need you!

Camarojohn82

um, ok i dont really appreciate you calling me a retard. i dont that is the proper word for it either. some people would be offended...

rezinn

I didn't call you anything, you came to that conclusion yourself. I was simply sharing an idea I came up with.

But seriously, trubble? Trouble is the same amount of letters, why is it necessary to mispell it? "n e wayz" takes more effort than using the correct word. It's very difficult to take someone seriously who calls their car "cam" and calls their audience "doodz." I'm sure you see my point. I'm sorry if I offended you.

Plenty of T5s have held up to fairly powerful 350s. You need to figure out exactly what kind of power you're going to making and don't neglect the rest of the car. If you're going to race it a lot, it'll likely break eventually, regardless of how much power is bolted up to it.

89rocs

I'm going to send a loaded short bus to your house rezinn. I'll make sure they drool all over the interior of your car, and have them give it a tune up. Hehe.

radiateu2

oh my *** this post is so funny I am on the floor literally laughing my a$$ off. I like the short bus and drouling thing. The funniest thing I read all day. We shouldnt really pick on the guy, I showed this post to my teenage kids. They laughed and said "dad no wonder look where he is from". I dont mean to be insulting or flaming. I hope you take this all in as some good fun. It is hard to read what you said with all that slang though. Oh its not retard anymore thats to insulting its physicaly or mentaly challenged