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Thinking of a 4-cyl to V-8 swap!

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Old Mar 22, 2003 | 02:23 PM
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Thinking of a 4-cyl to V-8 swap!

Thinking about having this done professionally as I don't really have the time or resources. I have a 83 Z28 parts car with a "nothing special" 305 Edel performer intake/Edel 550 carb. Was wanting to transfer complete drivetrain (amongst many other parts) from 83 over to my 84 SC. Am I looking at quite a bit of $$$ to pay someone else to do? Or should not mess with this?

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Old Mar 23, 2003 | 06:58 AM
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Your best bet would be to buy a 350 car and forget your idea . Money, parts and engine would be out of site on this, and also the labor for someone do it.
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Old Mar 24, 2003 | 09:32 AM
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It wouldn't be too bad if you were doing the work yourself, but having a mechanic swap the whole drivetrain will be very exspensive. Like said above you'd just about be better off buying a 350 car.
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