Ok cool. I'm upgrading my suspension and don't know what sway bar etc, to get, is qa1 a good brand ? I was looking at hotchkis, edelbrock and bmr and I don't know what size I need for the sway bar any help would be appreciated

 

Oh and what did you do for the washer fluid bottle.

 

The QA1 STB 'strut tower brace' is basically the old Edelbrock part. QA1 is a
quality racing brand. This is the TPI part #5226. The TBI braces will not fit on
carbed setups from what i have been told. I did have to add a shim under the
brace brackets on the towers in order to clear the strut mounts.

As far as sway bars, go with the biggest you can find... lol

 

The plan is to install a 1984 wiper motor i have with integrated pump. My
factory wiper motor is the old design and the water nozzles were in the way of
the STB. The newer design wiper motor has a moduler pump that is facing down
and out of the way. With the pump on the wiper motor it will allow me to install
any bottle i want. Am currently looking for a small bottle to mount in the driver
side fender. I think the current Mustang bottle will fit in the fender... LOL

 

Nice. Ok thanks I appreciate it and I hold the wiper bottle thing works out for you, and if it does I'm going to have to copy you lol

 

heres a pic of my carb motor. 350 crate motor (pre 1979) with 882 style heads, weiand intake, edelbrock 650 carb, 5 speed manual, other goodies

 

327

 

Early stages...

 

350 carbd

 

heres mine, this is like right after i got it installed so nothing was hooked up yet.

 

where is that line going from your valve cover going? distributer? can you use valve covers for a vacuum source? im sorry but this is my first motor swap and i went carbed

 

the distributor vacuum advance is coming off the front of the base of the carb. looks like that pcv hose is going to the back of the intake

 

Nevermind.

 

That statement was in referance to this motor in post 1000 of this thread which
is a BBC NOT an sbc 383...


I think i know what an BBC looks like... heh
And for all you sbc 383 lovers, here's mine

 

Saw that once i went back a page or so. My apologies.

 

Easy mistake. NICE car you got there by the way!!!

 

Thank you!

 

Not installed yet... but soon enough. After round 2 on the dyno though. 383 sbc, 10:1 compression, Callies compstar rods, Wiseco forged pistons, Mahle rings, Custom hyd roller 0.563"/578" lift, 224/229 duration @ 0.050", 110 LSA installed at a 108 intake CL, Comp short travel lifters, Manton 5/16" .118" wall pushrods, Crower 1.6I/1.7E Enduro stainless rocker(7/16" stud) Vortec heads, CHE bronze guides, 2.02"/1.60" hollow stem valves with supporting portwork, screw in studs and guideplates, Comp 26918-16 beehives (135lb on the seat, 340lb open) GMPP eliminator single plane intake, AED 750HP-HO carb, Moroso 4 vane vacuum pump.

 

looks like ya figured out the vacuum pump thing! looks great Charlie!

 

Yah, mounting it was super easy. Less than 20 minutes, used the smog pump pulley from a tbi Chevy truck. No shimming or messing around. Pulley lined right up. Can't wait to see what it does on the dyno. Let me know when you get those pedals too!

 

whered you get your alternator bracket?

 

Looks exactly like the stock bracket that came with my 79 350 truck motor

 

Trying to make things look good

 

Cut the core support (pretty sure thats what that deal is called that covers the radiator.) You can see more. Also I have parts from several cars ob this one. Mazda b2000 truck 97 Jimmy some kind of ford radiator hose and on and on. What do ya guys think?

 

Anybody with a qjet actually figure out how to make the duel line routing look good?

 

I think this looks pretty clean.

 

Hey can you tell me where you got your antifreeze overflow reservoir from?

 

Same ole 355.. some changes in the many years since I last uploaded a pic for the thread.

 

Did you mount the moroso vac pump on the original air pump bracket? Do you have pics of how you exactly did this? I was thinking about doing the same thing and no need to invent the wheel twice

thanks

Marck

 

I went for a clean, stock-like appearing setup in my '82 KITT car. Every wire and every hose has a purpose. All other wiring, hoses were removed, NOT cut, but removed at the source. Heater hoses re-routed for cleaner look.

On the stand:





In the car:







327 bored .60
Edelbrock 600 Manual Choke (NOTE: in the pics, shows a Holley, but the Holley wasn't worth a dime, so I switched)
Edelbrock Open Plenum Torker Intake (original Torker from the 70s)
350HP Double Hump Heads
Corvette 325HP Hydraulic Cam
Small Journal Forged Steel Crank, knife edged and balanced.
10:1 Flat top Pistons
Patriot Stainless Steel Headers
Flowmaster 40 series with 3" pipe

Painted with POR-15 Chevrolet Orange engine painting kit and I'd say the best thing you can paint an engine with. I've had the engine in the car about 6 months with NO burn-off or chipping, not even around the headers.

It's a fun little beast of an engine.

 

That's very clean & lick looking! Nice work.

 

Honestly, I love it. Looks like it rolled off the showroom floor like that. Great job.

 

Sweet!!

 

When it was FIRST dropped in. What does everyone think of my engine color choice?

 

i'm a fan

 

This is my 86 Trans Am with a carbed 350

 

Nice job on the 327 that looks super sharp.
Like the stockish looking theme.

POR engine paint is great.
had mine on for 10 yrs and looks like new still.

Color is called platinum hard to see much of it

 

recent-ish pic

 

Haha...Mopar blue! Same color mine was when I first dropped it in!

 

Well it was supposed to be Pontiac Blue duplicolor from Napa. It sure looks like that though doesn't it?

 

Thanks!! I like that platinum. That looks great! I went for a POR aluminum color on the intake and water pump to try and break up some of the orange. I wished I would have used platinum. It looks brighter!

 

Thanks!! I was kind of going for the cleanest look I could possibly do while making the engine easy to maintain and work on. I added the old school breathing oil fill tube in the front because I wanted NO holes in the valve covers. Plus, the intake was already designed for it since it's from the 70s. It took me forever to find those valve covers in good condition. I installed a PCV valve in the back of the block next to the distributor since this engine originally had a draft tube with an oil separator in that location. I put a new oil seperator in (under the intake) and retrofitted a PCV valve and grommet and it works perfectly. So, the engine can breathe without unsightly hoses or breathers in the valve covers.

This engine is purely old school with zero computer control. It does have an HEI top mount coil vacuum advance distributor though, but that's about as technological as it gets. I even have a choke cable installed right next to the diagnostic port under the dash. That was a perfect place to put that cable in that flat spot and it looks factory and hides well. The Edelbrock 600 manual choke carb performs flawlessly on this engine.

It was a fun build and it's a fun engine. It was my dad's old engine that he raced when he was a kid and it sat outside in the elements for over 25 years with the valve covers off and I brought it back to life. I restored it as is except for the 12:1 domed pistons which I practically destroyed trying to get them out. Can't run pump gas on those anyway.

 

Almost finished !

 

This is my 350 before it was put in my 86 Trans Am

 

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how do i post a picture???

 

easiest way is to create a photobucket account and upload your pics to it then post the img codes on to the forum

 

It may have been called Titanium its one of the two it was many yrs ago .The flash makes it look a little brigher than it is.

 

Here's mine!
350 GM crate engine with a holley 670! Add chrome Chevy dressing kit, some goodies and it give something like this!