i am tearing down a 7.4 1996 vortec to rebuild it into a 7.4 maybe bored .030 over but i was wondering if it was possible to convert it to carb an if so what are the steps an items needed to make it happen im going to put it into a 92 camaro an make it a prostreet car so leading to my other question what parts to i need to prepare the car for the swap an parts needed to complete the swap
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what parts will i need for the engine heads intake pistons timing chain cam lifters

 

Rebuild it like you want, bolt on the intake to match you rebuild, Install any sbc or bbc dist and install. Manifold pattern is the same and dist's will fit. Only bad(or good depending on cam) is the non adjustable valve train. It can be converted to adjustable. Several threads on swapping bbc into Camaro's. Not hard

 

what is dist?

 

Distributor

 

HEI


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A simple large cap HEI is a self contained distributor. All it needs is a good ignition power source to work.

Is the vortec a non adjustable valve train? I thought only the Gen V engine had non adjustable.

Other than switching from EFI to carb and using a non computer controlled distributor, dropping in a 7.4 Vortec is no different than dropping in any other BBC into a third gen. There's just a lot less sensors that you'll need without a computer.

 

yes i belive you are right i am going to tear it down to the core an rebuild it exactly like a older bbc i was just courious about whats the differance because i heard an have been researching an the oil or fuel pump is diffrent

 

The fuel pump should be different, the '96-'00 Vortec 7400 should need 38+ psi, where the '90-'95 was TBI, and that was like 12 psi. Before '90 should be carb, IIRC, and that should be 3-5 psi. The oil pump should be fully interchangeable from '65-'00, as I understand it.