ideas for my 86camaro

[89IROC&RS]

ok, well if its a carbed engine, then you dont have to worry about computers and whatnot. if its TBI, you dont need any electronics frmo the new engine from the junkyard. all the electronics, and sensors, and computers from the original engine should bolt right up. best way to do this, would be to build up as much of the first engine as you can, then place it next to the old engine, and swap over everything from the old engine to the new one, and plug it back into the car.

[Chevyracincamaro]

sounds like a good system...

[mike123]

can you guest esimate what kinda gas millage it would be with lets say i rebuild the motor not bore it out so 350 with the comp cam , vortec heads that are ported and polished with the flat pistons headers and exhaust? not sure about the carb yet

[89IROC&RS]

oh geeze, um... gas mileage, lol, hp is so much easier to guess than that but id say, if you run around a 9.6:1, with the vortec heads, cam, and a 750 carb, you could expect around 12-17mpg, but i really have no idea, carbed engines really arent my focus, and i dont really have alot of experience with the vortec heads on carbed engines, those heads are really efficient, so they might boost mileage a bit, but i dont want to give you a higher number and possibly lead you on. dont wanna say you got a shot at 20mpg, then you put it together and get like 9mpg lol, youd come back on and bash me and id loose my rep, then id cry and it just wouldnt be good but yeah, mileage is a hard one cuz it depends on so many variables. type of driving, if you commute or just do saturday afternoon top down drivin, if your a lead foot like me, what kinda gas you use, what the air is like, how the carb is jetted, everything. but i feel that 12-17mpg is a good guess, maybe, and i stress maybe a bit more because the design of the vortec heads are so efficient at making more power from a given ammount of fuel. but i honestly dont know.

[mike123]

well right now with my 305 and me useing plus (which is 2.35$) and driving it slow usuallly keepin it under 2000 rpms i get HORRIBLE fucking gas millage i mean ill drive 4 miles and ill see a good dent in my gas tank , its really hurtin me right now

[89IROC&RS]

sounds like there is something very wrong there. id try and diagnose the problem on that one. sounds like its running too rich.

[mike123]

it is , its runing wayy too rich my dad thinks its the timing ,hes gota pick up his timing light tomorrow but theres no timing marker on the flywheel or i couldnt find it

[89IROC&RS]

eh, more likely is the metering rods in the carb, or the jets. timing will make it run like crap, but not really rich. unless the timing is so far off that its not burning the mix. oh and i think you mean the harmonic balancer, on the front of the engine, rather than the flywheel on the back. the timing mark is going to be a notch in the harmonic balancer like a groove all the way across it. you might want to put some white out in the groove to make it stand out better. id set it at around 10 degrees advanced.