I guess this is as good a place as any for an introduction. In my experience with cars, i've always had a forum i could come to for reference and it helps seeing familiar people on them to get help from. I'm 18, i come from working on porsche's. I moved to Houston 6 months ago, and last month some ******* totaled my Mint Porsche 944 n/a. I scraped together 2500 bucks and bought this. The last American car i owned was a 80' K5 Blazer

I bought this trans am last week here in houston TX, the guy wanted 3000 bucks, i beat him down to 2500 and drove off with her. He told me it was a 305 but the guy before him swapped it to a 350 but he couldnt confirm that it was actually a 350. I Cant see the block numbers to verify either.

Shes, rough around the edges, but shes a very straight original car, shes just been neglected.

So far, this weekend i did a full service, cap, rotor, plugs, wires, all filters, pads, shoes, oil change, pcv valve, radiator flush, differential service done by trusty quickcar near my house since i dont have a garage. I also sprayed a **** load of white lithium grease over every single latch, swivel, handle, catch, and whatever else i could find. getting her daily driveable for my 70 miles each day commute.

Heres some pictures as she sits now, i spent 2 days cleaning her and shes still filthy.

 

first way to verify if its a 305 or 350 is the VIN. if the 8th digit is an F its a 305 TPI, if its a 8 its a 350 TPI, of course theres the hood sticker as well. other than that no way to tell unless you get the block #. nice find none the less. take care of her and bring here back to life. will be one of the best cars you can own, IMO.

 

I already pulled the vin, it came stock with a 305, so im going to have to eventually find the ****ing block numbers, shes a fun car none the less, doing to u joints next weekend, and purchasing a bunch of NOS interior peices, Josh

 

how old is the swap? looks pretty untouched under the hood from the pics.

 

i was thinking the same thing, but the 350 is pretty much a direct replacement for the 305 providing they are both the same induction which they were.....just a piece of advice, that car with the t-tops wasn't factory designed for a 350....they didn't design one until 88 or 89 so you may want to invest is some subframe connectors......however nice find

 

i have a factory 87 w/ a 350 TPI and t-tops. so how is it not factory designed?

 

By, "NOS" interior pieces do you mean New Old Stock (N.O.S.), as in, OEM like it should be, or Nitrous Oxide Systems (NoS) cheap-o walmart crappy seat, seatbelt, and steering wheel covers... because that would be

 

No dude, talking about new old stock, gm parts, whatever i can find,

however, i might get one of those really sweet racing wings for the back from autozone, i think i can bolt it onto the factory rear spoiler and get some really good hp gains

 

dont forget to add plenty of stickers from parts you dont have lol