Okay... here's the situation. I'm about to buy an 85 Camaro IROC-Z28. It's got a 305 and it's a five speed. The reason I'm getting this car is because it is so cheap (besides the fact that I am obsessed with third gen camaros). The guy says that the rod bearings are bad on it and that's why he's dumping it. I heard that it would be expensive as hell to take it to a shop and get this done, and I have alot of time to kill this summer, and some money to blow, so I want to do this myself. I have some friends that know about working on engines that can help me out but I was hoping that some of you guys can help me out here. Any tips, tricks, advice, or whatever you have to offer is welcome. Thanks in advance.

 

well since u gotta pull the 305 out anyway why not find a decent 350 n put it in?

 

well first be sure it's a rod bearing. I just bought a nice 84 buick for a daily driver for real cheap because the owner said it needed engine work. I asked him about it and he thought the lifters were bad because the engine made a *tick* noise consistant with rpm.

So i took it off his hands, thinking at worst i'd just throw a olds 350 in to replace the 307. I drove it around and it seemed to have plenty of power, no stumbles or anything you'd think it would have with a sticky lifter. about 10 minutes looking under the hood i noticed that one of the air lines was rusted out and cracked. I jury rigged a new line out of copper tubing and that fixed the problem, without spending a dime i might add.

So it goes to show you, just because they think it needs engine work dosnt mean it does. You might get lucky....

 

I definately plan to have the car looked at when I bring it home to make sure that it really is the rod bearings, just in case. Also, I thought about dropping in a 350, but I'm trying to keep this as cheap as possible, for now. I mean, if anyone knows where I can find a nice 350 and the computer, somewhere on the east coast or close to Virginia, then I would definately consider just doing that. I guess I should just wait until I can take a look at the car before I go looking for solutions... haha... Thanks guys.

 

Pull the motor, buy 350, screw the computer use a 4 barrel carb, HEI ignition, and other non computer crap.

 

or you could just keep the ccc, put in a 350, adjust the carb properly and make the same power as a non-ccc and get better gas milage.

 

Okay... I really hate to sound like a dunce here... but I'm not very well versed about engines... How would I go about doing this?