I might be getting a 350 this weekend. It is an IROC motor that was originally a TBI setup. The guy took the TBI off and put on a 2 barrel. He told me it works with the carb but really needs a 4 barrel. That isn't a problem because I have tons of them sitting around. My question is, is that setup going to be unnatural and run funny? I have never dealt with TBI's, just carbs. Is there anything I should know first? Thanks!

Steve

 

Well the IROC never received the TBI 350, so either hes lying to you, or you misinterpreted as a former 'TPI' engine. If it is in fact orignally a TBI engine, first thing I would do is scrap the heads.

 

Hmmmm... I'll have to check into that. Thanks!

Steve

 

sounds fishy.....
my horror story....
.....i went to look at a beater car for a neighbor a month ago
owner told me it was a 88 IROC with an original 350 that he converted to carb. he wanted ($500 for it)
car was a total wreck....new doors, (new to it) no pass window, 82-84 nose. But anyway he opened up the hood (RS hood with a hand made scoop rivitted on) looked inside and i almost crapped my paints. i couldn't tell what he put in there, it MIGHT have been a 350...but it looked like a older 350...all beat up and spray painted yellow. what threw me off was that the alternator was in the wrong spot!!!!
the GFX looked new to the car like the nose. interior was trashed. there was a Z-28 decal on the dash (not Z-28/IROC-Z)
it was auto with the round shifter.
anyway i ran the VIN and the only thing the owner was telling the truth about was that it was an 88 camaro.
VIN came back to a V6 i'm guessing SC.
....anyway moral to the story is if at first glance it sounds too stupid to be true (your 350 TBI) then it is not.
biker
oh buy the way we never called the guy back