i may be picking up a 305 from an 89 iroc after the first of the year. i'm not sure if it is an L03 or an LB9, but i'll look at it either way. i'm seriously thinking about getting the 305, as it is running, and the 350 i currently have needs a complete rebuild, something which i don't have the money for right now. any LB9 related parts could be switched over to the 350 later on, as i might consider running the 350 on f.i. if so equipped on this 305 engine.

i want to get my car on the road, and the 305 sounds like the quickest option. any suggestions? and please don't tell me to just save up and build the 350, my monetary flow isn't well enough to dump 2k into an engine right now.

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Robert

1984 Camaro SC. getting a Trans Am front suspension, and a 350 that will proabbly scatter the v6 t-5 currently in the car!

 

You say "no motor" in the topic: What engine did your car last have in it? Can we assume a V6 because of the tranny comment in your sig?

You are basically going to have to "convert" your car to the '89 system, no matter what you have now. Get everything attached to or affecting the engine from that '89 - harnesses, fuel lines, fuel pump (just get the entire tank), relays, sensors, accessory brackets, exhaust, fuzzy dice...

The list is longer if you currently have/had a V6.

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the previous owner swapped a 350 in place of the original v6, and i didn't want to keep the engine (too big of a cam, heads didn't flow enough air)

i'm speculating that i could use the 89 305 with a mechanical fuel pump, and other accessories. i'm not planning on running fuel injection at this time, so i'd just put a carb on the 89 305, and run it until i saved enough to build the 350 i currently have sitting in the garage.

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Robert

1984 Camaro SC. getting a Trans Am front suspension, and a 350 that will proabbly scatter the v6 t-5 currently in the car!

 

In that case, and if done properly, the install you propose should be fairly easy.

If the electric fuel pump is still in the tank, you might want to either go ahead and use it or remove it.

Also, V6 and FI bring the fuel line up the driver's side frame rail in the engine compartment, the mechanical pump is on the passenger side of the engine (the factory routed the line from left to right side over the tranny tunnel). I routed it over on the front of the crossmember using a self-bent 3/8" steel brake line connected on each end by short rubber tubing.