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Old 01-17-2008, 11:46 PM
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^ i checked out the faqs, on some other forum someone said that no one ever swapped a 1st gen 350 into a 3rd gen camaro. i know everything will bolt up nicley as far as motor mounts, ps and other things, but i was told that everything woudl have to be rewired. i dont believe that for a second though
All pre 87 350's ARE THE SAME! Then the only differences from 87 and up were center bolt valve covers, and one piece rear main seal, then as you get into the newer crap, that is completely different. Everything you need to know is in that FAQ.
and the 86 year is like the b@stard child.old style heads with one piece rear hahaha
 
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Old 01-18-2008, 11:35 AM
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All pre 87 350's ARE THE SAME! Then the only differences from 87 and up were center bolt valve covers, and one piece rear main seal, then as you get into the newer crap, that is completely different. Everything you need to know is in that FAQ.
they're all the same? huh, didnt know that. another question i have is pretaining to the distributor. the distributor for the engien has a plug with 3 wires and the one off the car and the v6 has 4 wires (im guessing ones for the tach). im just trying to figure out how to wire it up. and for some odd reason the chiltons guide says that the distributor wires from the v6 go into the fuel injectors. that cant be right so can anybody let me know as to what color goes where
 
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Old 01-18-2008, 02:24 PM
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Honestly I cannot really tell you. In the chiltons you are looking at the wiring schematics, correct? so long as you know how to read them you should be able to figure it out.
 
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Old 01-18-2008, 06:28 PM
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yeah my brother was looking at it wrong. we have all the wrires for the distributor figured out. now we just need to figure out what the wires on the mallory distributor are for
 
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Old 01-18-2008, 09:21 PM
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You did do something about the in tank fuel pump, correct?
 
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Old 01-19-2008, 07:32 AM
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what do u mean? its being removed since were using one off the block if that what u mean
 
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Old 01-19-2008, 08:29 PM
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Yeah, so you did remove it? Just making sure because the mechanical pump would not be able to pull very efficiently through it.
 
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Old 01-19-2008, 09:30 PM
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it hasnt been removed yet but were getting to it, if i could figure out how to id post pics of the progress
 
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Old 01-19-2008, 09:52 PM
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Use an image hosting site such as photo bucket, it is free and works great, just upload your pics onto your free account, then when you post just click the little square that is yellow with a mountain then paste the url into the box.
 
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Hey W.C., another option for the fuel pump is to keep the electric one in the tank, as long as it's working, and put a fuel pressure regulator under the hood, before the carb. The regulator will step the pressure down so the carb can handle it. Or, maybeyou're looking forward to ripping the back end out of the car to remove the pump?
 


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