so i lost my job recently because of selfish manager im 22 im am going back to school to get my ase cert. so on that note i need my car running good for school 305 burns a lil oil but nothing bad im going too have 1500 bucks to play with the carb sucks i want 300 to 350 hp what should i do. i dont wanna here get a ls motor im not going to have that kinda cash im going to school and need it for school. thier is a pic below picked her up running for a 1000 bucks

thanks guys

 

Honest opinion is find a Honda or Toyota with some miles till you get out of school. Not every repair on a car can be done in one evening and your going to tear your hair out rushing through fixing it up.

There are three things people want thier cars to be: fast, reliable, and cheap - but truth is you can only have two.

 

plugs, wires, cap, rotor, new fluids, radiator flush. Then hit the pieces that need attention. Cheap shocks and struts can run $100+. A rebuilt front end can run $300, if you need strut mounts (and you probably do). ; Rebuild the carb for around $30-50, what's wrong with it anyway?

 

the choke and secondarys do not work

 

Fix them?

 

tried to but im just getting a new intake and carb

 

and a new distributor and means of locking the converter? all of it's computer controlled and won't work without the whole.

Why not fix what you have? You won't gain any power or mileage swapping that stuff out. It will only lighten your wallet.

 

well the person before me hacked up a bunch of wires under the hood and the lifters are ticking so i was thinking of putting vortec heads on edlbrock intake and carb hei dist, headers and exaust because its cut of after cat and maybe a cam! i wanna get the motor done before school i start in the spring i still have time to do it.

 

You've already spent $1000 with exhaust, carb, intake, dist, torque converter lockup, TV geomtery corrector, etc.

And you better check local emissions laws - you cannot just slap an aftermarket carb on in most states/locals.

You'll never see 300hp out of a 305 - it's just not time/cash/trouble justified.

Get the 305 to run well, spend the remainder on school. After you get a job, and more cash saved, then you can do a 350 swap or LSx.

 

some hooker 2055's and a 3" catback made a NIGHT AND DAY difference on my buddies 85 LG4.

I'd leave the factory induction system in place, and fix up the suspension so you can enjoy driving it.

if you just have to have vortec heads, they (now) make a spreadbore RPM intake for vortecs.

I wish I'd kept my CCC setup years ago. My buddy, who I tried to talk him out of, now wishes the same.

Don't do it!

 

can i put a diffrent intake and keep the quadrajet on!

 

Yes. It just needs to accept a spreadbore carburetor.