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Vortec heads will they work with stock TBI manifold
I currently got a hold of a 91 vert with a blown engine. The car has a 350 TBI and I currently have an 85 carb 350. I want to see if i can remove my engine install it on the vert but keep it TBI. would the TBI manifold bolt of to vortec heads?
__________________ 91 RS Conv 5spd swap in process
89 Camaro RS 5spd 305 TBI
85 z28 5spd Carb 350********Gone
87 Trans am ttop 5spd 305 TPI****Gone
Re: Vortec heads will they work with stock TBI manifold
Not really. Not a big deal though.
Get a Performer RPM manifold for Vortecs, and an adapter. Done.
__________________ Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate. — William of Ockham, from Quaestiones et decisiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi
Roughly paraphrased into modern English, and applied to figuring out what's wrong with your car:
The simplest explanation that fits all the facts is probably the right one.
Re: Vortec heads will they work with stock TBI manifold
i have a performer rpm manifold currently on my 85 i was unaware that there was an adapter. i'll go take a look online thanx but then i'm in trouble once smog time comes around and thats why i want to get rid of my 85. I guess my best bet would be just to rebuild the engine in the 91 vert. thanx sofa
Re: Vortec heads will they work with stock TBI manifold
Quote:
i'm in trouble once smog time comes around
How so?
__________________ Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate. — William of Ockham, from Quaestiones et decisiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi
Roughly paraphrased into modern English, and applied to figuring out what's wrong with your car:
The simplest explanation that fits all the facts is probably the right one.
Re: Vortec heads will they work with stock TBI manifold
Well Vortec heads are't "smog legal" on anything but a 96 to whatever pickup with CFI, either, as far as that goes.
Just exactly how "smog legal" do you have to be?
For the springs, there's a "beehive" that's a direct drop-on. I can't recall the #. Those would be the way to go.
__________________ Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate. — William of Ockham, from Quaestiones et decisiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi
Roughly paraphrased into modern English, and applied to figuring out what's wrong with your car:
The simplest explanation that fits all the facts is probably the right one.
Re: Vortec heads will they work with stock TBI manifold
oh ok but well I'm in California and i just don't want to worry about upcoming smog checks to renew my registration every two years. I don't really care for performance anymore i just want a clean cruiser to drive to work once in a while and take out on the weekends. but i figured since i have a good engine in the 85 and the 91 needs a rebuild y not swap them. But i think I'm just going to sell the 85 and just get a stock rebuild on the 91 and throw in the 95 z28 cam unless that won't let me pass smog aswell
I guess I don't see where Vortec heads come into the picture. Nothing you've stated as a parts source has Vortec heads on it.
The only legal engine in the '91 would be a '91-later passenger car engine system. That means TBI, TPI, LTx, or LSx - assuming you stay within the Chevrolet/Pontiac lines. Note I said "system", because whatever you put in has to have all of the stuff the factory used for that particular engine or induction type.
Re: Vortec heads will they work with stock TBI manifold
vortec heads came in because i was thinking of swapping engines between my two cars and well my 85 already has them. But i'm going to try and rebuild the stock engine in it instead.
Re: Vortec heads will they work with stock TBI manifold
when i got it it was stock i started modding it without even bothering to think about smog then now that i think about it i just want to get rid of it because it won't pass
Re: Vortec heads will they work with stock TBI manifold
hahah yeah sorry i kinda assumed you would know the specs on my car hahaha but yeah hopefully they do i'm not too far from arizona so maybe someone out taht way
