thanks to anyone that reads and can give some good info,my camaro has a 2.8 v.6 and going to swap to a 305 ,now i was told that my trans will hook right up its a 700.r ,but what i need to know what do i have to change ,the new 305 is a blueprint engine with carb want to get rid of all that computer crap ,but could someone put toghter a list of all that has to be change ,and what is the best way to go with parts ,iam looking at putting up to 15.000.00 into this car need to start somewhere and this is the best to start ,got the best people here thanks for the input

 

Right above you on this page if you looked
V6 to V8 Swap - READ BEFORE POSTING NEW!
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/engi...swap-read.html

Everything you need to know about carb swap here
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/carb...um-please.html

 

If that trans was behind the 2.8 it will have the 60 degree bellhousing pattern and won't bolt to the 90 degree pattern of the 305.

 

If you have that kind of cash - I dont care how well the 305 is "blueprinted" - do a 350 if going through the trouble of a swap! The difference is night and day! Better yet, if that $15k is drivetrain budget alone, do a LSx swap, and carb that if you like. But swapping a V8 is all the same - might as well swap in the cubes, because no blueprinting will replace them.

And as mentioned - the V6 tranny will NOT bolt up to any V8 - sorry.

 

15k could build a nice ltx/lsx/ BBC swap with a 4l80 or t56 . The 305 was a decent stock motor but dude you could grab a stock replacement vette BBC for around 2k, or grab a bone yard vortec 6.0. If you spend 15 k on a 305 you will be kicking yourself later, I have 7k into my BBC, and I would like to see a non boosted 15k 305 keep up. I'm sure I'm not alone in saying when you build for power you should have at least a 4 inch bore block

 

I could be wrong but I believe the v6 trans uses the BOP bolt pattern, so a caddy motor like a north star or a 4.9, or Buick/old/Pontiac v8s should fit. Again could be wrong but I know caddy motors are popular swaps in fieros

 

v6 trans does not use the BOP bolt pattern. Naf and Camaronewbie had it correct, his trans will not bolt up to a v-8.

the buick/olds/pontiac v-8 had a bolt pattern similar to the chevy v-8 but it was never offered in a 700r4.

IIRC, all the caddy's with northstar and fiero's were front wheel drive which is a different ballgame. easier to find a rear wheel drive v-8 to swap in then mess with one of those.