so i traded my 2002 yamaha warrior quad for what i thought was an 86 firebird trans am it has; t tops a 305 electronic carb the front clip is an 83 to an 87 but its all mixed parts the fenders are vented? the ground effect are labeled 5.0 .i have 3 plug headlight motors and the car is 2 plug?and the car is titled as an 86?? can anyone help me figure out what year my car / parts are?

 

 

Well the car part of the equation is easy to figure out. Just look up the VIN on the car and it should match what the title says.

 

the main body is supposed to be blue firebird with a v-6. but under all the primer its maroon the front fenders and lights are from a black car the hood and hatch are from a silver car nd the 305 is the original the the car

 

If the car is an original V6 it's not a Trans Am because the 5.0L was the standard engine in the Trans AM. If the VIN on the title and body starts with 1G2FS then it's a base Firebird. If it starts with 1G2FW then it's a Trans AM.

As you know, you appear to have a car that has a mixture of many different parts.

 

its a base firebird with a 305 then or does someone know what on the vin would tell me the engine code? thanks for the help so far

 

8th digit of the vin will tell you what engine it is. post it up.

 

that would be an "s"

 

That is the 2.8L V6 LB8 engine.

 

ok well under the hood is either a 305 or 350 it has a 4 barrel q-jet carb how do i tell a 305 and 350 apart? and its an electric carb.

thanks

 

Only real way to tell an NOM 305 from an NOM 350 is going to be the casting number towards the back of the block. Going to be about impossible to read without taking the engine out of the car. You might try to see if you can read the suffix number off the stamp pad (assuming it hasn't been decked).

Electronic Quadrajets were factory equipment on pretty much all 81-87 V8 GM cars (but not trucks as they were subject to different emissions regulations and I don't think ever went electronic until they were replaced by TBI in 88 or so).

 

the vin on the door says 1G2FW21H1HN207072 and the doors match the rest of the body except the front clip so what do i have? can anyone help??

thanks

 

you have what the window vin tells you. its a lot easier to change doors than it is to change the vin tag under the windsheild. Chances are the car had the door replaced after an accident or rust issues destroyed it.

 

what reason would someone change the whole dash out for and not change a vin?

 

It's a federal crime to change the VIN. That's why! Can you say "felony"?

 

makes since then