This summer I plan to buy an 1988-1992 Camaro.. All the ones I found have a 305.. Can I drop in a 350 and keep the rest stock? Or do I have to do modifications? If I choose to keep the 305 what can i do performance wise? Thank you very much

 

the 305's CAN be made quick. a member (sicksicksick) has a 305 in the 12s, but hehas stripped that thing to the bones i believe. if you want to go the easy and lesser-headache route you want to find a car with a 350 already in it. the swaps are possible, and reletively easy as far as motor swaps go, but thats a major job. if you go carbed 350 the swap is pretty straight foreward

 

A carbed 350 swap is the easiest way to go.
Yes if you swap the motor the rest can remain stock.
Everything off a 305 can be put on the 350.

 

maybe as far as accessories go. but the 305's and 350's have different intake manifolds.

 

Huh? Its all a SBC. Intakesshould bethe same, other than post 87 models IIRC

An engine swap in and of itsself is not that hard. Give yourself a full day to tear the motor down, another morning to pull it out, another afternoon to drop new engine into the bay and about 2 full days to carefully hook everything all back up, check and double check, and finally fire her up.

Please please please, make your life easier and buy a super long 3/8' extension to loosen/tighten the motor to bellhousing bolts. Those bastages took me about 2 hours to take out on my first swap.......took me 15 minutes with the long extension.....

 

305 is carb, 350 is tpi in the years he listed.

 

depends on what you want to do, if you want a drag car, then strip the entire car. all wires and everything, start with just a roller with nothing in it, and build it from there.

or if you want a street car with some zing to it, then take the 305 and junk it and slap in a 350, you will have some xtra wires left if its a throttle body engine, but a 350 in one of these is pretty potent, even a lower hp