1985 Z28 Camaro

spidergearsman · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:12 am Post subject:

the 305 can get cranked up - in h-k-m stock - with a manual trans they run good , set lots of records , but the 350 will be tons less money

I am torn between a 267 , a 305 , a flathead and a rotary
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tiresmoke · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:07 pm Post subject:

usually on the back left-side.....casting should read 5.0L

267's flat suck out loud....had a former buddy who had one in a '79 Monte Carlo(SpeedJunkee knows who this tool is.....he ended up buying the piece of shit).

His grandfather rebuilt a set of 305 heads for it, slapped'em on, swore up and down it added 75 hp...*hold on, it gets better*......kept trying to tell me he could smoke my base '84 Z28 and GT Mustangs.

With a single exhaust the size of a drinking straw(granted, it got ripped off on a railroad crossing when it was lowered, and the catalytic converter was prone to falling off at any moment...more hilarity), and the stock DuoJet. Swore up and down a Quadrajet would drown it...... Rolling Eyes

Dude got his ass handed to him by a Beretta Indy Pace Car one night....ridiculed him for a week(how'bout that fire-breather NOW, asshole?).
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tiresmoke · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:54 pm Post subject:

Well........shit.

My A/N fittings, filter, braided line and dual-fed carb line kit came in last Friday.......went to test-fit the braided fuel line assembly on the Holley, wouldn't screw into the primary bowl.

WTF...the damn thing's BENT?! Primary bowl fuel-line inlet is taco'ed...everything else is fine, but damn it all.....ready to get it on and sell the Edelbrock carb.....SJ did a bang-up job on the zinc chromate replating, too.

shitshitshitshitshit............ Evil or Very Mad

SJ now refers to my 7 year-old son as his "best salesman"...it was knocked off the shelf when he and his 18-year-old brother was holding B-ball practice in the back room at home.

Coulda strangled both of them at the time...but given the recent health scare we had with the youngest, I got over it just as quick.

New Holley quick-change primary fuel bowl should be in tomorrow(think it came up to around $55....coulda had 2 QuickFuel bowls for like $80-ish through the new speedshop SpeedJunkee works for, but just not crazy about the shiny finish)....then we'll hopefully try again this weekend to get all of this installed, post up some pics.
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kyhunter89 · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:04 pm Post subject:

post pics now dammit... in progress...
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tiresmoke · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject:

No pics yet guys, Haven't had the time to put the Holley and other goodies on the 315 just yet....... but the new-to-me 350 is now in my possession(they will be coming within the next couple of weeks).

It's a '96, a roller-cam engine from a truck(Vortec, if that makes a difference).....the heads are gone(the friend that GAVE the damn thing to me just wanted the heads), but I want aluminum anyways.

The guy he got it from claimed there was a slight knock, but not certain from where. I'll pull the pan and inspect, see what I have to work with.

Cylinder walls look good, no wear ridge orcarbon build-up...the pistons, while not shiny, are pretty clean...makes me think it's either a low-mileage engine or it enjoyed a (previous) life of good gas and good driving habits.

Not certain on how nasty I'm gonna build it just yet(pump-gas capabilities and will be driven on the street)....it WILL be carbureted for the foreseeable future, but not closing my mind to other options.............opinions/thoughts are welcome!
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bowtie6872 · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:10 am Post subject:

[quote="1fast72nova"]

1fast72nova · Rat Rod Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 871

no shit, and the ones that were REAL junkers we needed to resell to mexico on top of that Twisted Evil

but seriously, who writes these bills?? I saw the cars they turned in... "clunkers" ... better than 90% of the cars I buy... Rolling Eyes

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speedjunkee · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:43 pm Post subject:

We got some screwed up bills being passed. I went to a buddies junkyard and seen some of these cars. Made me think WTF!

But anyways back to the Camaro!
We put the back to holley spec, but added a notched float and jet extensions on the secondary, with a 4.5 power valve.

rebeldryver · Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:57 am Post subject:

speedjunkee · Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:37 pm Post subject:

I have those in stock, and you will get the BS discount!

$21.99

tiresmoke · Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:54 pm Post subject:

SJ took pics with his camera-phone, I'll have him add them to this thread...

Mounted the 350 on the stand, and did the autopsy.

The block, maincaps, roller lifter retainer plates, "spider", and cam-retainer plate/bolts are good.

The entire rotating assembly is TRASHED.

Pulled the water jacket plugs, rusty sludgy crap....hadn't been flushed. First sign of neglect.

Rotated the engine back over, pulled the oil drain plug(the engine hadn't been drained prior to being removed from the vehicle it came from)....got a quart and a half of nasty black oil.....had a slight metallic shine to it. Checked the magnetic tip on the drain plug...looked kinda furry. Hmm.....

Put the plug back in, roll it upside-down to pull the pan and dig in.

Zip the pan bolts off, light smack with a rubber mallet...pan comes off.

Large silvery flecks that used to be rod bearings sitting in the front of the pan ahead of the baffle, MASSIVE amounts of silver/gray "sludge" in the sump....shit's at least 3/8" thick, like someone dumped the contents of an Etch-A-Sketch into the pan.

Uh-oh, this can't be good.

Removed the oil pump, pull the gear cover to inspect the gears....Helen Keller could've seen the damage from the trash sucked through the sump.......gee, wonder what the rest of the engine looks like?

Well, I wanted to do a stroker build anyway....

Start rotating the crank, checking rodcaps to find a loose example explaining the "knock" report given when I picked it up.

#1 moves a bit, could jump rope with the play in #2.

I shit you not, there's at least 1/8"(conservatively) neatly machined off of the #1/#2 rod journal, particularly where the #2 rod rides....pics will show the difference(Wish I'd had my micrometer with me..will do a measurement next time I'm over at the shop).

Someone had neglected to check/fill oil levels, oil changes were not part of their routine.....spun the #2 rod bearing, wore down the crank.
Spun#1 as well, spun #2 and #4 main bearings too.

The amounts of crank/bearing "trash" sucked through the system and deposited in the pan are like nothing I've ever encountered...and I've built a lot of engines in my life(mostly Class 8 diesels, but you get my point).

It's a wonder it didn't window the block...a few more moments, and I suspect that would've been the case.
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