i just bought a 91 camaro rs with a v6, i want to upgrade to a v8 but i dont have a huge amount of cash, i was hoping to buy a new stock or little better than stock v8 and hopefully mod it and make it faster, what do you guys think i should do i cant buy another car that has a v8 and i want to make my car faster without spending a fortune.

 

go for it its not that hard to do the hardest part of the swap will be the engine mounts and wiring ...im assuming your going to use a carb on the v8 if so your not gonna have that hard of a time with it .....
have fun and good luck

 

thanks.

 

Yeah i'd say go for it also Im just about done my swap. I got a GREAT deal on the motor and trans but heres what it cost me.


Engine/trans= $300 (tpi motor)

Mani = $50 from a friend (still owe you ed)

Dist = $20 from a friend of a friend

Motor mounts = $20

Carb= $100 from the guy next door

Plugs,wires,oil,cap, rotor,coil,y pipe,alt bracket and alt= $250

I sold the TPI stuff for $200.

Like he said the motor mounts are the hardest part , and we smashed the wiper motor while doing the swap.

 

yea, this whole car restoration will be good for me because i before this i didnt really know anything about cars and just these past couple of weeks have helped out, and i think this engine swap will be a really good learning experience for me, i have a friend who can help me with it though so its not like iam just putting it in with my limited knowledge, i appreciate any and all advice any one gives me because iam trying to learn as much as possible now.

 

you will need a new y pipe and this is a good time to get some headers and order the appropriate y pipe too.....

also you will need to bend the brake line out of the way a little on the crossmember when you swap the mounts so its not in the way when you install the new engine

 

also if you want to keep the stock fuel pump you'll need an adjustable fuel pressure regulator, it seems like everyone uses the mallory 4309. Its around $80 and seems to work pretty good.
good luck and post any questions you have.

 

oh yeah , the y pipe, mine was $80 from autozone.

 

or if you run a mechanical one you can remove the pump from the tank and just replace it with a piece of line in the tank and then remove the feed line from the drivers side and move it over to the passenger side its easy to do and the holes are already there for the clips to screw to then you wont have any extra hoses running across the engine compartment that arent needed

 

Here are the hoses the General is refering too.

A way around that is to run the hardlines down along the x-member to the other side and connect there.