just fired 350 up
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just fired 350 up
it happened. i knew it would. went out to my car to start it up and drive to work and it wouldnt start 
the tired beat down oil burner was done. i had been planning to replace it with a 350 since i got it and a couple of weeks ago was offered a complete 350 carb to pan for 150 bucks. since the car died the driveway thats where i did the work. gravel, unlevel driveway, it sucked, lol. i started the night the 305 died and got the engine disconected from everything and ready to pull out the next day before i went to work. next day i went to the tool rental store and rented an engine hoist and went and got the 350 from the guy i was buying it off of. i only had 4 hours before the hoist had to be back so pulling the 305 went hastily. the front end was on ramps from the night before and we hooked up to the engine and yanked it out along with the tranny. i had friends helping so one was moving wires the other was waiting with a bucket to catch the tranny fliud i slide the tranny off the driveshaft, lol. i know thats not the way to do it but i was stretched on time and level ground so i did the least amount of jacking as possible. only spilled less than a quart about anyway. then we had to push the car down off the ramps we set under the front wheels so the tailhousing of the tranny would clear the front of the car since the hoist would lift the engine no further in the air. all i had was the chain and not the cool engine balancer or that probably wouldnt have been such a pain. i still had to stand on the main cross-member in the engine compartment and lift the back of the tranny to clear the nose of the car. with the 305 out i had put the engine in the dirt floor lean-too the landlord calls a garage. i went back the next day, saturday, when the rental store closed for the weekend at 5 to get the engine hoist till monday morning for the price of 4 hours 
. with the engine hanging from the hoist i put a new oil pump gasket and timing gasket on and cleaned the engine up a bit. the engine came out of a late 70's truck but im not sure if that was its original home or not. it came with an older weiland intake, single plane, short straight runners, it doesn't say what kind of weiland but i found a picture of one just like mine in a 1999 Summit catalog, theres a summit intake combo, comes with carb, intake, aircleaner and gaskets, im guessing that it doesnt have a special name. the engine came with a carb but it was grungy looking and the guy i bought the motor from said it needed rebuilding. i had a 750 vacuum secondary that i bought at a swap meet for 50 bucks so i used that. it was missing a little arm that connects from the primary butterflies to the secondaries, by looking at the other carb i figured that it was there to keep the vacuum secondaries from opening up unless the primaries were at WOT. i dont know a whole lot about carbs so any input on that would be appriciated. then hooking up my crossfire throttle cable was easy but the thing is way to long, but it works. it is long since it had to wrap around the front of the intake and go down the center of it to pull the throttle on boththrottle bodies. then i went to hook up the tranny kickdown, thats something i have no clue what to do about, its about 4-5 inches too short and even if it was long enough i dont think it could be hooked to the carb. it has one of those plastic hooks that looks like it would hook to a stud. input on how to make that work would be appretiated also. the i got the distributor that i bought at a swap meet put in the engine, that went pretty smooth. now the 350 came with a mechanical fuel pump that i planned to use, i figured that since my 305 wasnt getting fuel to the throttle bodies that the in-tank pump had quit. i got the engine all hooked up and it gets plenty of gas using the mechanical pump with the old electric one in the tank. now either i can draw though that electric pump in the tank or that pump is still working. anyone know if its possible to draw though an elctric pump? and if not, will i still get too much fuel pressure to the carb with a mechanical pump on the engine also. i plan to remove that thing either way but i was just curious. and getting that pump out! man that is gonna suck, its the last thing i have to do and i have read how it comes out, lol. this gravel drive sucks for jacking cars up in the air, not to mention high enough to damn near drop the rear-end, but thats the plan for tomorrow. after that i have to chop up that crossfire hood to clear the aircleaner. i hope they aren't rare and worth money, lol, right now the hood barely closes with the air cleaner stud removed from the carb, air horn goes right up in the ducting of that funtioning cold air flap system. then i have to do something about that exhaust, the y-pipe thats on the car might work with a 45 degree elbow and the header collectors and a few U clamps until i can afford to get a y-pipe built, i bought the headers which i think are the hooker headers at a swap meet for 50 bucks, 3" collector with no O2 fittings, i did fire the car today to see if it would and it did, had the neighbors all down the block coming outside to see what all the noise was about, lol, the thing definity has a cam in is and sounds pretty cool at 4000 rpm with open headers. well more on this tomorrow.
the tired beat down oil burner was done. i had been planning to replace it with a 350 since i got it and a couple of weeks ago was offered a complete 350 carb to pan for 150 bucks. since the car died the driveway thats where i did the work. gravel, unlevel driveway, it sucked, lol. i started the night the 305 died and got the engine disconected from everything and ready to pull out the next day before i went to work. next day i went to the tool rental store and rented an engine hoist and went and got the 350 from the guy i was buying it off of. i only had 4 hours before the hoist had to be back so pulling the 305 went hastily. the front end was on ramps from the night before and we hooked up to the engine and yanked it out along with the tranny. i had friends helping so one was moving wires the other was waiting with a bucket to catch the tranny fliud i slide the tranny off the driveshaft, lol. i know thats not the way to do it but i was stretched on time and level ground so i did the least amount of jacking as possible. only spilled less than a quart about anyway. then we had to push the car down off the ramps we set under the front wheels so the tailhousing of the tranny would clear the front of the car since the hoist would lift the engine no further in the air. all i had was the chain and not the cool engine balancer or that probably wouldnt have been such a pain. i still had to stand on the main cross-member in the engine compartment and lift the back of the tranny to clear the nose of the car. with the 305 out i had put the engine in the dirt floor lean-too the landlord calls a garage. i went back the next day, saturday, when the rental store closed for the weekend at 5 to get the engine hoist till monday morning for the price of 4 hours . with the engine hanging from the hoist i put a new oil pump gasket and timing gasket on and cleaned the engine up a bit. the engine came out of a late 70's truck but im not sure if that was its original home or not. it came with an older weiland intake, single plane, short straight runners, it doesn't say what kind of weiland but i found a picture of one just like mine in a 1999 Summit catalog, theres a summit intake combo, comes with carb, intake, aircleaner and gaskets, im guessing that it doesnt have a special name. the engine came with a carb but it was grungy looking and the guy i bought the motor from said it needed rebuilding. i had a 750 vacuum secondary that i bought at a swap meet for 50 bucks so i used that. it was missing a little arm that connects from the primary butterflies to the secondaries, by looking at the other carb i figured that it was there to keep the vacuum secondaries from opening up unless the primaries were at WOT. i dont know a whole lot about carbs so any input on that would be appriciated. then hooking up my crossfire throttle cable was easy but the thing is way to long, but it works. it is long since it had to wrap around the front of the intake and go down the center of it to pull the throttle on boththrottle bodies. then i went to hook up the tranny kickdown, thats something i have no clue what to do about, its about 4-5 inches too short and even if it was long enough i dont think it could be hooked to the carb. it has one of those plastic hooks that looks like it would hook to a stud. input on how to make that work would be appretiated also. the i got the distributor that i bought at a swap meet put in the engine, that went pretty smooth. now the 350 came with a mechanical fuel pump that i planned to use, i figured that since my 305 wasnt getting fuel to the throttle bodies that the in-tank pump had quit. i got the engine all hooked up and it gets plenty of gas using the mechanical pump with the old electric one in the tank. now either i can draw though that electric pump in the tank or that pump is still working. anyone know if its possible to draw though an elctric pump? and if not, will i still get too much fuel pressure to the carb with a mechanical pump on the engine also. i plan to remove that thing either way but i was just curious. and getting that pump out! man that is gonna suck, its the last thing i have to do and i have read how it comes out, lol. this gravel drive sucks for jacking cars up in the air, not to mention high enough to damn near drop the rear-end, but thats the plan for tomorrow. after that i have to chop up that crossfire hood to clear the aircleaner. i hope they aren't rare and worth money, lol, right now the hood barely closes with the air cleaner stud removed from the carb, air horn goes right up in the ducting of that funtioning cold air flap system. then i have to do something about that exhaust, the y-pipe thats on the car might work with a 45 degree elbow and the header collectors and a few U clamps until i can afford to get a y-pipe built, i bought the headers which i think are the hooker headers at a swap meet for 50 bucks, 3" collector with no O2 fittings, i did fire the car today to see if it would and it did, had the neighbors all down the block coming outside to see what all the noise was about, lol, the thing definity has a cam in is and sounds pretty cool at 4000 rpm with open headers. well more on this tomorrow. 
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LOL! yeah me too! with my luck i figured the thing would sieze up or something on me. thanks 
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former 305 crossfire fuel injection
350 cubes
hooker headers
750 vac secondary
700r4 with shift kit
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former 305 crossfire fuel injection
350 cubes
hooker headers
750 vac secondary
700r4 with shift kit
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ohh yeah! another big problem i got is the power steering pump bracket. i can't use the one from the 305 because it used studs mounted in the header bolt holes. if anyone knows what kind of vehicle to look in for a bracket that would work i would much appriciate it!
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former 305 crossfire fuel injection
350 cubes
hooker headers
750 vac secondary
700r4 with shift kit
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former 305 crossfire fuel injection
350 cubes
hooker headers
750 vac secondary
700r4 with shift kit
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Car: '82 Z28
Engine: 350
Transmission: TH400 4,000 stall
Axle/Gears: Currie 9", 4.56 gears
If it's the fiberglass style hood, save it if you can. I guess they're pretty rare to find in good shape or in junkyards. I'm in the process of doing a 350 swap now. Just picked up an engine last week and am going to start building it up soon My little 305 will have to do for a little longer hehe.
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'82 Z28
LG4 305 .030 over, performer intake, holley street avenger 670, xe 256 cam, tes headers, 3 inch single exhaust, spintech muffler, 14 x 3 inch drop base k&n.
My little 305 will have to do for a little longer hehe.------------------
'82 Z28
LG4 305 .030 over, performer intake, holley street avenger 670, xe 256 cam, tes headers, 3 inch single exhaust, spintech muffler, 14 x 3 inch drop base k&n.
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yeah i tried to put that bracket in place but the U-shaped slot wont fit over the #1 header tube, if i had a grinder of some sort then i might get it to work. thanks
as for the hood, its that platic type they used on the 82-83's. i heard somewhere that the crossfire ones weren't very desirable because of the limited hood clearance they have because of that cold-air flap system they have. but i am going to head to the junkyard and see if i can get a hood for cheap to chop up anyway just in case. thanks
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former 305 crossfire fuel injection
350 cubes
hooker headers
750 vac secondary
700r4 with shift kit
[This message has been edited by 83CrossfireBomb (edited July 29, 2001).]
as for the hood, its that platic type they used on the 82-83's. i heard somewhere that the crossfire ones weren't very desirable because of the limited hood clearance they have because of that cold-air flap system they have. but i am going to head to the junkyard and see if i can get a hood for cheap to chop up anyway just in case. thanks
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former 305 crossfire fuel injection
350 cubes
hooker headers
750 vac secondary
700r4 with shift kit
[This message has been edited by 83CrossfireBomb (edited July 29, 2001).]
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