tpi to carb is it worth it
Re: tpi to carb is it worth it
I did the TPI to carb swap and hated it. Lost so much torque and was way less unreliabe then TPI so now I get the honor of putting the old TPI engine back in and Reqire the whole motor and everything
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Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
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Transmission: 4L80E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
An '89 Camaro RS is TBI, unless someone went to the trouble to convert it over to TPI.
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Car: 88 IROC
Engine: 97 5.7 Vortec LT4 hotcam
Transmission: 700 r4
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Re: tpi to carb is it worth it
Im in the same boat...just about to pull my 305 tbi and replace it with a 350 out of early 90's truck. Isnt it a lot easier and cheaper just to go carb'd, rather than messing with the wiring harness, ecm etc etc...?
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From: Lincolnton, NC
Car: 88 IROC
Engine: 97 5.7 Vortec LT4 hotcam
Transmission: 700 r4
Axle/Gears: 3.73
Re: tpi to carb is it worth it
Are you going with a stock rebuild? if you are, then you dont have to swap anything. A stock 350 will run just fine with the 305 tbi. I bought a 90RS with the 305 tbi a few years back. Motor had been run without oil. I had a 350 block that I rebuilt, reused the 305 heads, rv cam, 305 tbi unit. Car ran great. Was not a powerhouse, it wasnt built for that purpose, but it ran better then a stock 305 and it was a good driving car.
Re: tpi to carb is it worth it
I made a mistake my camaro is TBI . I bought the car not running these people tried to fix it themselves so the distributor wasnt bolted in and countless things were lose so I got under it to see where an oil leak was coming from and I seen #1 and#3 cylinders connecting rod shot out of the oil pan. I wanted a bigger moter anyways. I am thinking abot a 350,383/or if it would fit a 427 or a 454
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