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Old May 16, 2012 | 12:19 PM
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RS sleeper swap?

OK I'm sick of turning my wife's Z into a beast and yet here I am toodling about in a 305 TBI RS.

I'd like to do a motor swap for some more juice, but want to retain a stock appearance even with the hood up.

Considering an L31 350 w/ a dual plane carb intake, adapter for TBI, and a TBI off a truck 350. Anyone done that? With a creative intake mod that looks close to stock but breaths better, I'm guessing this would be a huge lift over the stock 305 both HP and torque wise? Anyone done this (or 350 w/ vortec heads and 'larger' TBI?)
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Old May 16, 2012 | 01:06 PM
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Re: RS sleeper swap?

Lots of guys do that with their old chevy trucks, they don't feel the 305 suffices and they have tbi so they just do a motor swap to 350 maybe even use a bigger throttle body and they get more power. But you also may have to change your gears in the back.

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Old May 16, 2012 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by MadCelt
Considering an L31 350 w/ a dual plane carb intake, adapter for TBI, and a TBI off a truck 350. Anyone done that? With a creative intake mod that looks close to stock but breaths better, I'm guessing this would be a huge lift over the stock 305 both HP and torque wise? Anyone done this (or 350 w/ vortec heads and 'larger' TBI?)
That's basically the "budget TBI 350" sticky subject on the TBI forum.
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