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5.0L to 5.7 1500 engine

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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 10:32 AM
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Car: 1990 Iroc-z Camaro
Engine: 5.7L
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5.0L to 5.7 1500 engine

So my iroc camaro is a 5.0 liter so I decided I want to swap it out for a 350 and got an engine out of a chevy 1500 1993 the engine came from I think its called rhinoengines but it has aless than 100 miles on it im gonna carberate it as well so any hints or tips/suggestions anyone can throw at me and what would be a good carb for high performance right now the engine is stock the camaro still needs the 5.0 pulled from it will the stock auto tranny be good?
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 10:49 AM
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Car: 00 SSEi / 94 C4
Engine: 231 / 383
Transmission: 4T65E / ZF 6sp
Axle/Gears: 2.93 / Dana 44 3:45
Re: 5.0L to 5.7 1500 engine

The trans will be fine..the 93 5.7 from a 1500 has 210HP
The 90 5.0 TPI had 220
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 10:52 AM
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Re: 5.0L to 5.7 1500 engine

Why go backwards and loose serious mileage
Install a HSR or similar
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 11:08 AM
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Re: 5.0L to 5.7 1500 engine

Originally Posted by 88gta3508
The trans will be fine..the 93 5.7 from a 1500 has 210HP
The 90 5.0 TPI had 220
+1 to this.

Nothing wrong with using the truck motor, but you're going to lose power unless you switch out the heads/cam. You also lose the roller cam you had and you're stuck with a flat tappet cam unless you spend a decent amount of money converting it over.
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 01:58 PM
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Car: 1990 Iroc-z Camaro
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Re: 5.0L to 5.7 1500 engine

I was worried more about the torque with the rear end rather than the horsepower and the 5.0 had 260k miles on it so I think a 10hp loss is worth the time I get to keep a new engine
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