First, please stick to the question!

I don't want to swap in a newer 60^ and I already plan on a V8 swap down the road so no need to sway me on that either!

Motor was recently rebuilt and purrs. Curious to see what I can do with it before I pull it.


Background:

Have a bone stock 1983 2.8 with the carburetor of course.

Picking up one of the Edelbrock Torker II intakes (3785 base, 3789 top).

Installing the Edelbrock Performer-Plus Cam & Lifter Kit (3790).

Pairing with the Pacesetter header & y-pipe setup.

Looking into FWD aluminum heads... different thread though.

What I need to know:

With those parts installed, what's left till I am ECU-free?

What can I do about ignition, isn't that computer controlled on this motor?

And what 4bbl carb is a good match for this setup?

I know there are still old school V6 guys on the forum! Dust off that keyboard!

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/edl-3790
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/edl-3789
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/edl-3785

 

i will need a holley 390cfm 4 bbl carb and a vacum advance distributor,

forget the edelbrock cam its overpriced and barley better then stock, call up delta and get the 260 or 272 grind if u have a manual

the aluminum heads will not work with the edelbrock intake.

heres what i would do if u go with the edelbrock intake
port the iron heads , use the 260/272 delta cam , get the mechanical secondary holley 390 cfm carb and build an ultra budget turbo setup with either the cheap ebay 100$ t3/t4 hybrid , or the slightly more gt35 ,

once u have the carb/intake etc cost will be very minimal ( much less then an efi engine) to add the turbo to

if u or a friend can weld ur looking at about 300-400 to turbo it and pick up another 100hp

 

Get a dizzy for a Canda s10-s15 they were just carb much longer then the US.

 

I love threads like this... ZERO direction and jumbled thoughts, and usually zero outcome in the end.

If you're already planning on a V8 swap, forget working on the V6, just do the V8 swap. Any time/money spent on the V6 will only delay the V8 swap.

AFAIK, your car is already carburetted with no ECM, unless it's a cali-emissions equipped version.

S-10s in Canada and the US changed from carb to EFI in the same year, 1986.

 

carb is still electronic on that thing though isnt it six

 

I believe they are only Feedback if they are Cali-emissions. S-10 for sure is that way, if that's what you're asking about.

 

ive only ever worked on one carbed 2.8 in an fbody and i remember it as having a few conectors/sensors on the carb itself, i wanna say idle?? mixture control and something else was done by the ecm. its been a long time since ive had a carbed 2.8 infront of me

 

Weren't all the pre-'84 2.8s notorious for breaking crankshafts? Something about oiling issues?
AFAIK, all carbureted 2.8s in the U.S. came with computer controlled 2-barrel carbs. I never saw one that wasn't, except one swapped Holley 2V on a poorly fabbed adapter. But it did run ok.

 

Yes, the pre-1985.5 2.8 were small journal.

That would be interesting if all US cars were feedback carb. Canadian cars definitely were not all this way. I have seen a couple, but most of the ones I saw were non-feedback type.

 

Bumping this. Yes, all US cars had the e2se carb; computer controlled.

All you need is the S10 distributor.

Finally getting around to this build. Think I'm skipping the cam, but will still install the Eddy intake & a 4bbl as I found them on the cheap. Headers would be nice, but unless I find them used I won't bother.

Reason for toying with the V6 is 1) I already have it 2) The 383 isn't done yet, taking my time as it's a budget build 3) This motor's been rebuilt and it runs great!

If I was picking up a catalog and ordering these parts... yeah, that wouldn't make any sense.

Should have progress pics in a few weeks. Can't wait to clean up that engine bay!