z28 model years

my friend is looking for a z28 third gen camaro.. he was lookin for irocs but they mostly came in autos but he wants the 350 tpi engine wat years does teh z28 come with the 350 tpi and does it come with manuals??

nah.. You wont find a TPI Z28 with a 5speed.. Its common to do a T56 6 speed swap though, so there is a lot of info available if he's interested in doing the switch.. The 350TPI was available from 86-92

so bascially if he wants teh 350 tpi in a manual, he has to do the t56 swap????

Yup. Unless he can find a car that has had the swap done to it already.

350 tpis came out in 87 and they were never offered with anything but automatic. I would get a 305 tpi manual car and drop a bigger engine into that.

the 350 tpi only had like 10-15 more hp anyway.

is it easier to drop the 350 in a car or the t56 and which one is cheaper???

Tranny vs. Another car and engine swap = Both expensive , IF you're on a tight budget don't bother , 15 Hp really isn't worth that much.

jus outa curiosity wat type of quarter mile times does the 305 tpi have in a stick??? n does it still have the aftermarket parts availble for it??

I believe they could run high 14s or low 15s and theres still lots of aftermarket parts available for the 305.

350 tpis came out in 87 and they were never offered with anything but automatic. I would get a 305 tpi manual car and drop a bigger engine into that.


there were 50 produced in 86 with a 350TPI.. And ive never done it, so im not speaking from experience, But as far as I know, the T5 speed tranny in the camaros will not hold up to a 350..

If it were me, Ide buy a 350TPI auto.. and drive it around til I accumulated all the parts and $$ to do a T56 swap..
5.7s are better for re-sale, easier to get power out of, and ive even gotten better fuel economy out of my 5.7 than the 305's..

there were 50 produced in 86 with a 350TPI.. And ive never done it, so im not speaking from experience, But as far as I know, the T5 speed tranny in the camaros will not hold up to a 350..

If it were me, Ide buy a 350TPI auto.. and drive it around til I accumulated all the parts and $$ to do a T56 swap..
5.7s are better for re-sale, easier to get power out of, and ive even gotten better fuel economy out of my 5.7 than the 305's..




Sure GM made 50 of them in 1986 but they were probably destroyed because no one has ever seen an 86 camaro with a 350 tpi motor and if someone had one it would be big news.

To answer your question. Doing a motor swap is way easier than making a auto into a stick. You have to tear apart the dash to mount a new pedal, ontop of removing the motor to get the tranny out (unless you have a lift in your garage). Just find a doner manual car that has a blown motor and or messed up tranny, get a crate motor and a good tranny, and boom. Power to go.

I did a auto - stick swap in my 1990 Subaru XT6 2.7 and it was a pain in the ass. Infact the biggest pain in the ass I have ever had to deal with in my life related to vehicles. Aside from fixing a friends 2.8 4x4 s-10 ( wanted me to replaces crank bearings withou taking the engine out -front anxle = In the way. - )

To answer your question. Doing a motor swap is way easier than making a auto into a stick. You have to tear apart the dash to mount a new pedal, ontop of removing the motor to get the tranny out (unless you have a lift in your garage). Just find a doner manual car that has a blown motor and or messed up tranny, get a crate motor and a good tranny, and boom. Power to go.

Since when do you haveto pull the motor out to drop a tranny??

There has been a lot of guys droppin' T56's into their 3rd Gens without too much complaint.. And there is a lot of info and conversion parts available to make it as hassle free as possible..

And even if he did buy a crate 350, or did an engine swap instead.. he still needs a manual tranny that will hold the power.. a T56.. so with or without a new engine or engine swap, if he Wants a 350, and wants a manual he'l havto do a T56 swap..