Well I just bought back my 1984 TA. The engine is junk, so I am going to build up a 350 or 400 I havent decided yet, and get this thing goin. I was needing to know what all the computer controlled on this car. I think it is just the carb, but I am not sure. I sold the car when I was 16 and I am 21 now and bought it back. But bascically I just want to make it run mid to low 13's. I have my Syclone to race if I want to go fast, this is just a car to toy around with. But say I just get a 350 and go with a 292H comp cam, new gm preformance vortec heads, eledbrock intake, long tubes, 3inch exhaust, and get a carb that could be plugged in to the computer would it run ok, or would I need to do somethin differnet.I was just thinking of ripping all the cpu **** out of there and going like that, but would i need new gauges and some other stuff? Let me know what you think.

James

 

Welcome,I think that the only major thing the computer controlls is the carb and I think the distrbutor . You would be fine with the setup you talked about just get a JET performence Q-Jet . They make a 750 Q-jet that I here is setup pretty nice , otherwise your gonna have to rip out the ecm , and change to a non computer controlled distributor , and I am not sure about the guages I dont think you have to change them but I am not sure .It would probably be easier just to use the JET Q-jet carb.

 

Ya it will probably be esier to go the jet route. Thanks

James

 

Well, the stock Qjet, if modified properly so that the AV opens all the way, can flow something like 780cfm i beleive.

I think it would be ok if you dumped the CC carb and dist. and all guages will still work.

 

that is what i was wondering if the gauges would still work, Thanks for the help

James