Hello, I have an 1988 iroc z camaro with a 5.0 multi port. I need an engine swap and I was wondering if that intake would fit onto a long block crate engine that's a 5.7? Would it be cheaper to go up or stay the same??? Please help. Thank you

The engine is blowing blue smoke if your wondering.

 

Depends on the heads on the long block.

If they're 87-up, yes. 86-back, not quite; you'd have to elongate the center 2 intake bolt holes on each side.

Why not just fix the blue smoke problem and be done with it? (valve guide seals) Seems kinda a waste to swap a whole motor for that... using a battery of artillery to swat a mosquito.

 

There's 2 reasons. 1 I've never done that before and I don't want to screw up and have to swap anyways, and if I do swap I have an engine I can play with. 2 I don't have to worry about the engine anytime soon. Kinda like a long term investment.

 

Truthfully if you are worried about screwing up changing valve seals, then how are you going to swap an engine?

A lot more that can be screwed up when doing an engine swap.

Valve seals are under $30 and might take you the better part of a Saturday to do. If you screw up, no big deal right, you are planning to swap engine anyway. You are out 30 bucks and a saturday.

An engine swap is $1,000 to 3,000 or more and with a newbie maybe 2 or 3 weeks of work.

 

blue smoke is as good a reason as any to ditch a 305 and put a 350 in it's place...
yes, the intake will bolt up to the 350 and it will run. if it has older style heads, you will need to do a little die grinder work on the center 2 holes on each side of the intake. if you put a 96-99 vortec engine in it- which would be the best idea here- then you'd need to get a different intake base, which adds a few hundred dollars to the overall cost.