if i get a older third gen camaro/firebird with a carb setup can i take out the intake thingy that holds the carb and replace it with a intake thingy that holds 2 carbs and then put 2, 600cfm carbs on? if so how do you do this? and what are the HP increas?
i cant find any info so im asking the third gen pros.
thanks

 

If you haven't been so yet, welcome to the board.

There are a couple of problems with this concept: 1) carburetion isn't your power problem, and 2) your carb is controlled by a computer, and it's the only type out there that is - nothing available to put two of them on there, either.

To expound a little:

The carb your engine has on it right now is as big as the ones GM put on engines 33% bigger than yours. You've got plenty of carb. What you need is better exhaust (headers, bigger and higher-flow rest of the system), better cam, better heads, better ignition coil and control module, and, depending upon which model of engine you actually have, a better air cleaner (tell us what year your car is, and the 8th character of your VIN). Putting two 600 cfm carbs on your engine right now would slow it down.

My signature contains all of the modifications I made right along the lines of what I said in #2. That's where the power is made. The carb is the same one (tuned for the modifications) as you've got.

 

i havent got a camaro yet but im looking for one (saving money)
and i just want to know what i can do befor i get a camaro/firebird.
i want a 5 speed and 305's are the onley way to get 5 speeds.
so what is better swaping engines or beef up a 305?
thanks for the reply

 

Oh, boy, do you really want to start that war?

There are those that hate 305's so much that they'll say go with a 350 just out of general principles. But, if you have a 5-speed manual car, that T5 is truly your "weakest link", barely able to stand up to the 305, and putting in a 350 only takes you closer to the edge of the cliff. Some have made their T5 hold up to a 350 very well, though. Whatever you do, you don't want to make it so the engine has to be rev'd way up to get it going - that'll shock the poor T5 to death for sure.

If budget is any concern at all, and the 305 is basically in sound shape, building the 305 makes sense, especially if it is an '85 or later model because they have higher compression, or if it is an HO version.

I would think that my engine would like having a 5-speed behind it. For the really high power engines, though, you'll want a better tranny, and now you're talking the big bucks.

 

thanks i think (now knowing what you told me) i will probley get a 350 now. thank you for the info