This just showed up on CL. looks like a clone of Scott’s 82 Pace car. 4 speed LG4

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/c...558320680.html

 

Those things just don't look right without white lettered tires, IMO. You don't see many hard top pace cars! I'd love to own that one....especially with the 4 speed!

 

I actually over looked the fact it was a hard top. Your right, never see to many of these cars in hardtop.

I think this would make a great car if it had a really good “Chazman” level detail done on it.

 

Looks like rear drum brakes too. I thought all pace cars were loaded, apparently not.

 

Fun Facts
The 82 pace cars were equipped with a few different option possibility's, although GM did not keep records of which options were put on what number of cars .. there were both T-top and Hardtop versions.
The manual cars were equipped with T-10 4 speed transmissions and the autos were TH-250, 3 speed automatics (Metric trans)
The engine options were either a carb'd 305 HO (L-69) or the Crossfire Dual TBI 305...
The rear axle ratios varied with trans options and were available with a 4 wheel disc set up or drums.
Other than the silver and blue paint option the car had special seats and trim panels but was otherwise just a standard Z28,
which meant around a 15-16 sec 1/4 mile time depending on options.

 

LG4 or CFI only.

 

That's what I thought although an L69 would have been the ****!

L69's first year was 83.

 

At least with the LG4 there is room to grow... The CFI only leaves one with the choice of bearing the cfi cross, or ripping it all out. A 400hp could masquerade as a LG4/L69 without much more evidence than an aircleaner change.

 

Does it look like drivers side 500 doordecal may be crooked?

 

A couple more pics

 

 

Bearing the cfi cross I says.

 

The above door decal is crooked. It's also missing the B pillar winged decal.

I need to plead ignorance here and say that I don't know what EBL is. Can I drastically improve the LG4 if I research this option? Or, am I still better pulling the LG4 and putting in a 350/383/LS? PM with suggestions to keep this thread clean. I don't know what I'll be doing yet, but I need to learn from someone.

 

Drew and I would both agree that the LG4 needs to go in a bag under the workbench.

The EBL is a fuel injection ECM and software developed by our very own RBob here on TGO. Check out www.Dynamicefi.com. It can be ordered to control TBI, TPI and with an add-on component could also be used to control CFI as well.

My vision for your car (lol) is to run cross fire injection. But the stock CFI ECM is really slow and difficult to deal with. So with the EBL, you can use modern datalogging and tuning methods to control an older style EFI setup like CFI. This would allow you to use a CFI setup on a larger higher performance engine, yielding a factory correct look, yet still generating modern performance. I think CFI is really unique and would jump at the chance to use it on this car. Also cool is the fact that it was never offered with a manual trans, and your car is a factory stick car. I get a kick out of factory appearing combinations that the factory "should" have made, and this would be one of them.

Admittedly, CFI this is the most difficult path however. It would be exponentially easier to buy a new ZZ6 crate engine, paint it blue, put an L69 air cleaner on it and call it a day.

An LS swap would be the hardest and most expensive path of all. On a clean example like yours, I like reversible changes, and I think it's cool to keep the original spirit of the car and not try to make it something it's not. A healthy small block with a carb or CFI will bolt right in, look factory correct, and still deliver great performance on par with modern muscle cars.

 

This car is down to $7,200 seems like a decent price for a rust free pace car

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/c...592386458.html

 

Make that $6900.00.

 

That looks reasonable.

 

Very reasonable. Ive always wanted another one. Had one 20yrs ago and it probably wasn't in as good of shape as this car. I like it

 

The car is Las Vegas. I agree very reasonable at $6,900. I wish I had the space for it. I always really wanted one of these pace cars.

 

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/c...599700186.html

$6500

Original cruise stalk?
I know 82-83 are not interchangeable with 84-up.

 

Original cruise stalk?

Looks just like my 82 with cruise and no intermittent wipers.

 

Not with chrome it's not.