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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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Car: 25th anniv. camaro
Engine: 305 tbi
Transmission: 700r4
LO3 to carb swap help

i know there is a thread somwhere,but i cant seem to find it.well anyways,i wanna change out my TBI'd 305 with a edelbrock intake of some sort,havnt came up with 1 yet,nor a carb,i need some input to what cfm carb i should get for her.its a open exhaust(but dont tell anybody) with a open element airfilter a aluminum radiator and a 160 t-stat.i was wondering what kind of work i would have to do to use with the fuel injected heads and what not.also what kind of power would i expect to see with a edelbrock RPM intake and a 500 cfm carb? any,or would it not be worth spending the money,i plan on using the intake on my 383 and the carb is a freeby from a friend. any help would be greatly appreciated,also,could you link the thread about the FI to carb swap here so we have somthing to go by?

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Anthony
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 07:51 PM
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Car: 1988 Pontiac trans am/gta
Engine: 350
Transmission: 700r4
Axle/Gears: 3.23's
Are you sure u want a carb?

You could just buy a intake and a TBI Adaptor plate and ud be

As far as the heads There is no Differance running FI or carb, Just i know Lo3's had pretty bad heads
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by fire350tpi
Are you sure u want a carb?

You could just buy a intake and a TBI Adaptor plate and ud be

As far as the heads There is no Differance running FI or carb, Just i know Lo3's had pretty bad heads
quite right,but the 383 isnt gonna have a computer,its getting to be bad weather around here and the s10 blazer is coming out.so ima need to work on the car.i wanna start eleminating the computer,unlesss......could i run the 78 4 bolt main 350 block with the FI stuff? i know i would lose a lot of power that way,but with some head work done and a 454 tbi couldnt i still have decent gas mileage with a good amount of power?the 350 is gonna be bored .30 over with a 3.750 crank (383). dont i have to like egg shape the intake center bolts or somthing like that?
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