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Old Aug 26, 2004 | 07:00 PM
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theres one for sale here i was lookin at





is there anything quick and easy u can do to fix those cars (its in good shape)

but a 4barrel injection 350 only puts out 185 hp at that year..is there anything easy to do to make those cars haul *** like they should?
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Old Aug 26, 2004 | 07:22 PM
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Put a LS1 and a T56 in it.
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Old Aug 26, 2004 | 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Raptor33
theres one for sale here i was lookin at





is there anything quick and easy u can do to fix those cars (its in good shape)

but a 4barrel injection 350 only puts out 185 hp at that year..is there anything easy to do to make those cars haul *** like they should?
you may want to try posting this up in the camaro section .....or maby one of the mods will move it to the appropriate section....or if you want the answer "drop a ls1 in it" go up to the hybred section..
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Old Aug 26, 2004 | 07:33 PM
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i dont want the response dro any new engine in it


if i wanted a new engine..my friends father has a 427 in his basement he will practically give away



but he will give it to his son if his son buys an old shelby cobra kit car
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Old Aug 26, 2004 | 07:41 PM
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Well, outside of completely rebuilding the engine and modifing it that car it will be slow. That year is near the peak of the smog choking era.
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Old Aug 26, 2004 | 09:18 PM
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AFR heads, a good cam (not some off the wall parts store special), good intake a carb that's not too big.
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Old Aug 26, 2004 | 09:25 PM
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Yep, look at the GM Performance Parts catalog. A decent set of aluminum heads (Vortec), some Hooker longtubes, a nice mild cam, a 650 cfm carb, and it'll be a nice little runner.

I need to get mine back on the road. Been 2 years of being a dust bunny.

Mine ran 16's up in Amarillo @ 500ft DA (probably running lean on the carb, but I said screw that carb stuff and stuck an EFI TBI system on my car ). For comparisons, stock LT1s run high 14's/15.0's, LS1's run low 14's.
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Old Aug 26, 2004 | 09:32 PM
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Sounds like a fun project, good luck!
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The Vortec heads are over rated. Everyone thinks if they've got "Vortec", it's like they've got some magical engine. Really, they are just cheap, and that's the only thing going for them.

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