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[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Better read my sticky on the parts you will need before you take your car apart. Remember, I did the exact same swap in my car. I would also check with your local inspection station and see what they will check for with regards to emissions equipment.

 

[3XBrownCutty]

good question....I'm going over to his house sometime in the next few days, so we'll go over everything.

Thats all I've been doing is looking over those parts lists :lol:

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

I think I have all the emissions stuff listed in the thread, but I may have missed some of it. IIRC, the only piece my car lacked was a 3 way cat as I used a 2 way instead, and did not have the AIR tube that runs to the cat.

 

[gs dewd]

good news gentelmen, My parents ok'd a 350 swap!!

My buddy has a TBI 350 out of his '86 chevy truck. He has the intake manifold and hei distributor for it, vortec heads, and a few other things. All it needs is a bearing kit, gaskets, valve seals, piston rings, and a mechanical fuel pump, and I need a 4 barrel carb. He offered to help me put it back together and get it in my car.

Was that a 87 or newer truck? 86's where carburated. Also if it is a fi motor I believe there wasn't a provision for a mech fuel pump on them. So you would have to run an elec. pump. And it would be a roller motor so that is a big plus. Have fun with the swap you'll love it.

 

[jrm81bu]

You're kinda right. 86 should have been a carb motor. It may or may not have a provision for a mechanical pump. And not all of them are roller motors. I'm really curious to see this motor. We need pics, lol.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

SOME EFI engines lack the provision for a mechanical pump, but not all. The easy way to see would be to take off the block off plate and see if there is a pushrod hole up there. If there is, you can install a standard Chevy fuel pump pushrod and fuel pump plate on it and be fine. If there is no plate over the hole then it doesn't have the hole.

 

[jrm81bu]

Even if there is a hole the cam may not have a lobe on it.

 

[Doober]

The cam I pulled out of my '88 TBI 350 had one IIRC. It also has all the machining/bosses are tapped for a roller cam too.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

IIRC, it is usually the later roller cam GEN I SBC's that did not have the provisions for the mechanical pump, not the early ones. I do know that starting with the MK V BBC's, they eliminated the provision in the block on those engines.

 

[3XBrownCutty]

Sorry guys, the engine is from an '87, no roller cam, one piece rear main seal. The engine is just on a stand, all there except top end he swapped over to his high compression engine in his truck. He has a ridge reamer to take off the lip just from use, he has a honer as well.

For the motor, I'm getting new valve springs, rod and main bearings, gasket set, piston rings, a mechanical fuel pump and pushrod, and a new cam something a little more healthier than the stock one (any spec. suggestions?). He has new lifters, HEI Dist., Vortec heads, manifold (it does fit the heads), a 4 barrel carb, and a 7 blade fan (I think thats the right #)

We're going to the summit store this weekend if I can get off work. Then at the beginning of next month we'll tear it apart and start puttin this thing together. 8)