So tired of trying to find problem

[stylzsignature]

I have a 1986 Iroc, there was a 305 in it. I had a 350 put in to it and since that...when I first start the car I have all the power in the world, but after I drive for a moment especially if it is hot out side, the car drives like a neon, total loss of power. Also oil pressure drops to red zone. note: I have replaced the thermostat, radiator, water pump, spit fire plugs wires and rotor. please help me!

[ridge_runner]

well if your fuel pressure drops check your fuel pump or oil pick up, to do that you have to pull the oil pan

[ridge_runner]

damn i said fuel press. wtf, i mean oil pressure and oil pump

[DaMoNe6969]

I have found really low oil pressure to be common in all the camaro's Ive owned..
I think RidgeRunner may have been correct in his mistake.. Check your fuel pressure when the engine is hot.. Check your air filter.. It could be real dirty.. Paper filters tend to swell up in the heat..
Is it TPI? TBI? carb?

[DaMoNe6969]

Check your timing also...

[ridge_runner]

well his loss of fuel pressure wouldnt cause oil psi to drop

[DaMoNe6969]

Yeah I know, but low oil pressure is common in these engines.. It may not be related to his problem..

[ridge_runner]

yea thats true, at idle mine would drop down to around 10, and when i got going it would rise to around 40

[DaMoNe6969]

All my guages are canadian, so i never know what its at.. Damn metric system.. But I know in all the Camaro's ive owned, it wasnt unusual to see the OP needle in the low red..

[ridge_runner]

thats funny, i bet that looks different

[ridge_runner]

oo yea by the way, it proly is your fuel pump that happend to me at the track, i got half way down the track and had just shifted into second, and shifted into d right b4 the finish line, it was pathetic.... slowest time ive ever ran

[phantomz28]

Originally Posted by DaMoNe6969

I have found really low oil pressure to be common in all the camaro's Ive owned..
I think RidgeRunner may have been correct in his mistake.. Check your fuel pressure when the engine is hot.. Check your air filter.. It could be real dirty.. Paper filters tend to swell up in the heat..
Is it TPI? TBI? carb?

oh not at all normal oil pressure is around 60. if its running low then the sensor may be bad (my 84 my buds 89, my new 97 and my dads 2000 camaros all run around 60 and the pressure changes between 40-60 depending on rpm and temp out side

[4onFloor]

are we talking carb or EFI? if it's EFI did you change the prom?
like DaMoNe said check your timing, also check your egr.