Hello all!

The name's Jim. I'm new to the F-Body scene, but not to Chevy cars. My last car was an '88 Caprice 9C1.

Anyway... I think you can see on the side that I have an '87 IROC with the 305. The motor is the downside... the upside is that I get to row my own gears!!

Anyway, I'm here to learn what I can about my car (I'm not too familiar with the TPI motors at all) and to chill out.
If anyone near Portsmouth, NH/Kittery, ME ever wants to meet up, I'm game!

 

Welcome to the site!

- Justin

 

Welcome as well.
Sounds like my luck too, always seem to find those 305 cars for sale, even when they claim its a 350..
But, on the bright side, you can always fix the 305 issue with an engine hoist.

 

I don't think it's bad luck at all... I specifically wanted the 5M, so I knew I had to get the 305. Where I'm not super familiar with F-Bodies, I am familiar enough to know that GM never backed a 350 with a 5M.

And the plans call for the 305 fix to be in the form of a 383. Yeah, that means the 5M has got to go, but a 6M should swap in nicely. This was the idea all along; I wanted teh 5M to minimize the amount of fabricating that would need to be done to convert a 4A to a 6M.

 

welcome! im down near boston. maybe ya can head down some time in the spring when the show season starts up again.

 

Yup mine is gettin' the 350 (early 70's block) transplant this winter!