Hi im new to the forum i joined to hopefully get some good advice about my 88 sport coupe....still has its original 305 tbi engine....i came across a friend of a friend who has a 383 stroker engine in his garage and needs it gone so my question was will this bolt to my stock transmisson and motor mounts or will i need to make some major changes...the engine is a complete carb to oil pan engine also wondering how hard it is to change to a carb...im hoping this swap will work the only thing my camaro lacks is power any advice would be great thanx.....

 

It will all bolt right up, you'll need a fuel regulator and thats about it.

Your accessories will not bolt to his motor more then likely. The holes for the brackets are in different spots from year to year.

 

How long you trans and diff will last with the Hp of the 383 is of more concern.

 

well ill have to figure somthing out for the accessories i figured about the trans and rear what kind of trans is in my car and could i do anything to make it stronger or would i be better of finding a 350 trans???? my head gasked has been bad for like 2 years now the cars been decorating my driveway for a while so i pulled it in the garage and started taking the heads off and was thinking mabey i should just put a diff engine in do they sell brackets for the accessories or anything i can do to figure out what id need also was wondering

 

Need to see if the bolts holes on front of heads match those on old motor so old accessory drive will bolt up.
If not you may have to go to a earlier setup that works with the heads on the new engine

 

If you stick with the tbi set up, you'll get better fuel economy then with the carb. You will have to overcome some computer and fuel pressure issues though to feed the extra cubes.
Don't you have a 700R4 tranny? I have one behind my stroker (426HP 500TQ) and
have only replaced the governor springs and put in a corvette servo. Shifts solid.
has overdrive and is holding up well to my abuse.
I also have the stock 10 bolt posi under it. It's holding up but I haven't put a set of slicks under it and done an all out launch. I expect that will crater when I do...
I took pics during the swap. only had to modify the AC bracket to clear the bigger aluminum heads and tall valve covers, and one bolt hole on the alternator. shoot me a note and I'll send you the pics.