305 to 383 swap

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Sep 12, 2011 | 07:32 PM
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i recently replaced a 305 for a 383 in a 91 rs. i used the 305 heads, intake, distributer, and 350 injectors, it has a .495 lift cam. i had a custom chip made, but i am still having some issues. the car idles good til in gear, and it has a dead spot when acceleratoring til it warms up, the plugs are carbon fouled. any suggestions?
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Sep 12, 2011 | 08:31 PM
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Re: 305 to 383 swap
Quote: i recently replaced a 305 for a 383 in a 91 rs. i used the 305 heads, intake, distributer, and 350 injectors, it has a .495 lift cam. i had a custom chip made, but i am still having some issues. the car idles good til in gear, and it has a dead spot when acceleratoring til it warms up, the plugs are carbon fouled. any suggestions?
Sounds like a bad tune to me. Fouled plugs means it's pig rich. A dead spot can also be a result of parts of some of the cells in various tables being way off. My corvette did that... At certain conditions the car would stumble, and my scan tool revealed a momentary lean condition. Cranking the fuel pressure eliminated that issue, but obviously caused other problems.
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Sep 13, 2011 | 04:07 PM
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Re: 305 to 383 swap
thanks for the response, ive ordered an aldl cable and program to connect with my laptop, hopefully i can see the problem. if i up the fuel pressure to take care of the dead spot, i will still be running to rich, right. what do i do about that? thanks
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Sep 13, 2011 | 05:38 PM
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I assume you still have TBI on the engine, so if that's the case, I'll move this to that forum where you're more likely to get useful information.
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Sep 13, 2011 | 06:03 PM
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Re: 305 to 383 swap
ok sounds good to me, thanks
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Sep 13, 2011 | 06:11 PM
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Re: 305 to 383 swap
just let me know which one it is, thanks
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Sep 18, 2011 | 09:07 AM
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Re: 305 to 383 swap
your running a 383 with stock 305 heads??? rip those damn heads off and get some decent heads on it. your suffocating the engine lol
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Sep 18, 2011 | 04:35 PM
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Re: 305 to 383 swap
would a set of stock 350 heads be better? im on a tight budget
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