Two Questions 4 U-Yes, I said You!
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Two Questions 4 U-Yes, I said You!
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I just bought a1988 Camaro SC about 3 weeks ago, as a summer builder/project car. I was told that the guy that had it before swapped in a L98 out of a Trans-Am, but junked the TPI in favor of the TBI unit off from the original LO3. My first question is, what visual differences besides the fuel systems are there to tell a L98 and a LO3 apart? And second of all; sometimes my engine will start fine, but other times it will start then quit, or then start and idle at 200 rpm-on the brink of dieing. Lately it has been doing just fine, since I sprayed TBI cleaner in it, but if I floor it from idle, it bogs as though it's not getting enough fuel. I replaced the pressure regulator, but it didn't make much of a difference. Any ideas on either of these problems will greatly help out another Camaro fan.
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I just bought a1988 Camaro SC about 3 weeks ago, as a summer builder/project car. I was told that the guy that had it before swapped in a L98 out of a Trans-Am, but junked the TPI in favor of the TBI unit off from the original LO3. My first question is, what visual differences besides the fuel systems are there to tell a L98 and a LO3 apart? And second of all; sometimes my engine will start fine, but other times it will start then quit, or then start and idle at 200 rpm-on the brink of dieing. Lately it has been doing just fine, since I sprayed TBI cleaner in it, but if I floor it from idle, it bogs as though it's not getting enough fuel. I replaced the pressure regulator, but it didn't make much of a difference. Any ideas on either of these problems will greatly help out another Camaro fan. :hail: Raw Power
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The owner before me took the tpi system off and put the tbi on...I don't have it. Not even sure if this is an L98...it runs like a 350, a starved 350 but never the less a 350. I'm not sure if I have a L98 with a LO3's TBI system(very likely), or just a stuttering LO3.
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