I just got by 82 Z28 running and driving yesterday after the motor and trans swap. I have been working on the 385 and TH350 for almost a year and it is finally in the car. I still have a few loose ends to tie up but I am very happy so far. I couldn't have done it with out all of you but I wanted to thank Five7Kid, Sofakingdom, Apeiron, and Sonix by name. Thank you all so much.

Here are the details of the new motor:

010 block bored .040 over
eagle crank and rods (cap screw)
speed pro 12cc dish pistons
comp cams xe284 cam (sounds pissed off as hell and still has vac brakes)
186 heads deshrouded, ported and polished by me allowing a 10.3:1 SCR
with a .015 gasket and the piston .025 in the hole
full roller rockers, screw in studs and guide plates
Edlebrock RPM manifold, port matched
Holley 750dp
MSD streetfire distributor and wires
Headman shorty headers and y-pipe
Mallory retrun regulator is used to preserve using the stock pump for now.


Trans is a TH350 with a TCI rebuild kit and a 3000 rpm stall that seems to stall higher than that for me since it is foot brakeing to 2800.


Pics will be forthcoming in the next few days.

 

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Glad to hear you got it running. Looking forward to the pics.