RIP 305

[BigAls87Z28]

Went to start it today......CLACK CLACK CLACK!

[nj85z28]

RIP

[baddest434]

time to step up to a 434 :lol:

sorry about your bad news

[SamhainZ28]

pfft, i say good riddance. now its time to step it up lol

[chrisfrom nj]

that sucks

[Ispooledurmom]

get a 4th gen

[91chevywt]

Get a corvette engine :shrug:

[BonzoHansen]

Chevy has some well priced crate motors.

[BigAls87Z28]

Just the worst ****ing day from hell. I had to get out of work early but friday has so much going on that its damn near impossible. I had to rush to get out of work so I could get cleaned up for dinner with the gfs parents. I ended up hang up on one of my accounts because I am already late and I had to drive the car to my fathers. Tomorrow I have to do a starter on the caprice.

[maroman88]

my 305 wont die.... ive been waiting patiently

[Firebird67dude]

Get a vette engine out of a 4th gen.

[LTb1ow]

This is the 87?

so, you have a shot engine, shot tranny, annnnd shot rear end.


Can you say 4th gen time?

:)

[baddest434]

This is the 87?

so, you have a shot engine, shot tranny, annnnd shot rear end.


Can you say 4th gen time?

:)

but............he has nice fat tires :lol:

[thunder]

my 305 wont die.... ive been waiting patiently

i actually laughed.im not really sure why

[Featherburner]

Chevy has some well priced crate motors.I'll give you a good deal on a low mileage ZZ3 crate engine. :wink:

[bandit88]

i got a lolo3 ;)

[BonzoHansen]

I'll give you a good deal on a low mileage ZZ3 crate engine. :wink:

Do it!

[cdacda13]

You can take mine. Just come up, pull it, and take it.

[12secondv6]

Sorry to hear that.... you should buy my 96 trans am

[PolarBear]

LS376/515 swap :)

[BigAls87Z28]

Ahahaha...yeah well we will see what happens from here on in.
I really hoped it was just another loose rocker, but when I popped the vavle covers off, and all the rockers were sitting pretty.....it was bad news bears.

[heavy_chevy29]

time to step up to a 434 :lol:

sorry about your bad news

couldnt have said it any better myself lol

[BonzoHansen]

How about a deal on a 502?

[HeadlessNorseman]

i have a 350 l05 for 200 bucks! should fit. Sucks to hear though, i hate breaking stuff.

[BigAls87Z28]

I tech. have a 350 in waiting...but that means stripping it out of the Caprice!!
Il let you know Joe.

[LTb1ow]

OK, well set up a weekend and let us know.. I am good at taking stuff apart... :)

[JL8Jeff]

Get a real motor, put a 307 in it! :lol:

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[BigAls87Z28]

w00t w00t 307!! The bastard child of the 302...

[HeadlessNorseman]

I tech. have a 350 in waiting...but that means stripping it out of the Caprice!!
Il let you know Joe.

having 2 350s is better than one!

[JL8Jeff]

w00t w00t 307!! The bastard child of the 302...

Ha, you wish! Try the bastard child of the 283! :nod:

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[GP99GT]

terminator motor

[KirkEvil]

Count down to 5th gen?

[sweetbmxrider]

but............he has nice fat tires :lol:

that are for a 4th gen :lol:


sucks al

[ib4200]

lt1 time

[91chevywt]

I vote 5th gen

[Savage_Messiah]

knowing that he WILL NOT get rid of this car for good reasons.....


I've got a 3800 sitting up here.... DO IT

[Miles]

Just the worst ****ing day from hell. I had to get out of work early but friday has so much going on that its damn near impossible. I had to rush to get out of work so I could get cleaned up for dinner with the gfs parents. I ended up hang up on one of my accounts because I am already late and I had to drive the car to my fathers. Tomorrow I have to do a starter on the caprice.

how's the caprice doing as the daily?

[Knipps]

knowing that he WILL NOT get rid of this car for good reasons.....


I've got a 3800 sitting up here.... DO IT
That's still an upgrade over the 305 :lol:

[transmaro93]

damn AL just read this thread... sucks man... but hey... good can always come out of bad... but deffinitly upgrade it... get your daily running good and start your project.... you know your not going to sell the car... so leave the 305 behind where it belongs and start a more powerful build for your car... you need a trans and rear either way... so just do it all.. may take longer and yes speaking from experience it sucks not having your toy to drive around... but i believe in the end it will be more amazing then had you taken the low road out.... do a zz4 or zz383 crate with the fuel injection kit on it.. boom... real nice street machine... get a beefier 700r4 or if you want to really beef it a th400 and a decently rebuilt 10 bolt bam... then when thats all done... repaint her.... BAM got a nice show quality driver that you can race and be happy with the results.... i mean thats basically waht im doin in a sense... but lt1 version... so get to it!

[HeadlessNorseman]

damn AL just read this thread... sucks man... but hey... good can always come out of bad... but deffinitly upgrade it... get your daily running good and start your project.... you know your not going to sell the car... so leave the 305 behind where it belongs and start a more powerful build for your car... you need a trans and rear either way... so just do it all.. may take longer and yes speaking from experience it sucks not having your toy to drive around... but i believe in the end it will be more amazing then had you taken the low road out.... do a zz4 or zz383 crate with the fuel injection kit on it.. boom... real nice street machine... get a beefier 700r4 or if you want to really beef it a th400 and a decently rebuilt 10 bolt bam... then when thats all done... repaint her.... BAM got a nice show quality driver that you can race and be happy with the results.... i mean thats basically waht im doin in a sense... but lt1 version... so get to it!

Well if he swaps to a 350, his heads and stock tpi setup will make pretty decent power along with a bunch mroe torque too. Sucky part is you need 350 injectors, and a tune again. and might as well put something like an lt4 hot cam or comparable aftermarket cam in while its out. So even taking the cheap road out will be a nice step up

[LTb1ow]

Hooooooooooooooot camzzzzzzzz

[BigAls87Z28]

I have a set of L98 injectors.

[LTb1ow]

LOLZ

[NastyEllEssWon]

put an ls1 in it :mrgreen:

[Lt1_8U]

that sucks man, sorry to hear that al. but i would def agree with tim, i would just get a 4th gen TA vette engine:nod:

[BigAls87Z28]

And f it up? Nah thanks, Ill stick to Gen I...

[GP99GT]

2jz

[BigAls87Z28]

how's the caprice doing as the daily?

Ehh, I like the car, but I dont like the car. Out of all the DD's Ive owned, Ive loved this the least. Im putting a starter in it today. Thats actually how it all started.
I was going to work in the caprice when I realized i left my wallet at the house. So I did a quick 180*, and drove back to the house. I ususally keep it running to keep the AC on, but I rememberd I had locked the house before I left, so I had to take my keys.
I get back in the car...no start. I had to be at work in 15 mins, and no start. I try again...no start. Now when I first got this car, it did this to me. The connections were always loose, so I always had to pop the hood and jiggle the battery cables. It would start after that. Kind of embarasing.
So I did that, jiggled...no start. No click, no chug chug chug, nothing. Just dead.
So I called my father to pick me up from my house to go back to his house to pick up the 87 so i could get to work. On my way there, I hear the tell tail clank clank noise. It first sounded like a belt squeel and a bad tensioner, but I realized...I have V belts. I figured Id check it out at lunch. I forgot about it when I got in my car to go to lunch, and when I turned it on, it went CLANK CLANK CLANK CLANK!! I popped the hood, and the noise was pretty loud. I went home to pop the valve covers, hoping it was maybe some more rockers that broke, but that wasnt the case. Both sides looked good.
So...yeah. The 7 grand RPM runs in 2nd gear down the track on Sunday at nats probably set the wheels in motion.
Kinda pissed though. I really wanted to get this car into teh 13's before I started toying with the idea of a new engine. I figured with a 2800+ stall converter, I could have reached that. But with the trans and rear being spotty on Sunday, and now this....it looks like 14.2 will be the best for this combo.

[Teds89IROC]

sorry to hear Al, but only better things can come from this 8-)

[BigAls87Z28]

Yeah well...ive been losing my mind this past weekend.
I was talking to some salespeople at some dealers via GMI, and they were talking about G8 GT's for 24k, and then I could get another 2 grand or so from CARS/CFC, brining the total to possibly 22k. That would be amazing.

[HeadlessNorseman]

Yeah well...ive been losing my mind this past weekend.
I was talking to some salespeople at some dealers via GMI, and they were talking about G8 GT's for 24k, and then I could get another 2 grand or so from CARS/CFC, brining the total to possibly 22k. That would be amazing.

payments are never cheaper than car parts ;) i learned that the hard way twice. Unless you really really like the car thats different. i would def go for a g8 if i had the means. does that qualifty for CFC as far as the mileage goes?

[BigAls87Z28]

Id have to look into it, but thanks to the Caprice's piss poor gas milage, I might just luck out.
Ive even tossed the idea around of a Malibu 2LT/LTZ 4cyl. The MPG gap could put me in the 4500 range, putting me under 20k for a brand new car...

[Tru2Chevy]

So, the 305 still runs, right (just not well)?

I say swap the 305 shortblock into the caprice, then trade it in for C4C. It's a bit of work, but you get rid of the broken engine, keep the running 350, and get a new car cheap :)

- Justin

[BigAls87Z28]

Thats what Ive been thinking about, non stop. They are gunna kill the damn thing anyway, right?
Problem is...I would want to keep the heads and cam, but Im sure I could just swap the two out. Maybe get a set of L03 heads, plop them on, and be done.
Also, Id like to grab the spindles off the front so I can do a 1LE swap for teh 72...
My caprice is a rolling parts car...it really is.
Im looking into a G8 GT or a Malibu LTZ. Theya re all going for low 20's. Dont know if I can justify/swing another 10k for a Camaro though.
Unless I get a magical phone call that Ive been waiting for weeks comes through...

[LTb1ow]

Do it up Al.

I volunteer my services at ripping the hotprice apart provided there will be copious amounts of cold beer. :)

[HeadlessNorseman]

Do it up Al.

I volunteer my services at ripping the hotprice apart provided there will be copious amounts of cold beer. :)

yeah id help too ive gotten a small block swapped and running in a single day alone before. would be cake work with 2 or 3 people. And cant you just stick the 350 heads on the 305 and put all the tbi gear back on? just get 2 ebay gasket sets for 40 bucks and buy good head gaskets for the motor you want to keep. complicated plan it seems to be

[BigAls87Z28]

Bore is too small for most 350 heads.

[BonzoHansen]

GMPP - 330 HP crate.

[sweetbmxrider]

do something sweet. like hybridish

[LTb1ow]

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj16/prostreet69camaro/DSC09525.jpg

Didn't you want to get a new non cheese grater hood? :)

[BigAls87Z28]

No carbs, no overpriced engines.
Ill plan it out, we will see.

[Tru2Chevy]

No carbs? Oh boy.....

- Justin

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Or, if you keep it off the road, you could aspire to become a mod, or even an admin!

[HeadlessNorseman]

Bore is too small for most 350 heads.

it should still run. the stock tbi heads are 1.94/1.50s right? will clear a 305 bore. I put 2.02/1.60s on a .030 over 305 and had no interference(other than poor air flow)

[grandkodiak]

the engine bay of 3rd gens are made from limestone, iron rebar and rust deposits right? should be plenty of support and room for 3 or 4 of these:

http://www.folspeed.com/re1.jpg

[BigAls87Z28]

Looks like someone's still cranky from not eatting 4 times in 8 hrs today.

[HeadlessNorseman]

the engine bay of 3rd gens are made from limestone, iron rebar and rust deposits right? should be plenty of support and room for 3 or 4 of these:

http://www.folspeed.com/re1.jpg

haha....rotary camaro? just slap a 2jz in it while your at. or a b18c

[Knipps]

haha....rotary camaro? just slap a 2jz in it while your at. or a b18c
you asked for it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZqtJTlXON8

[HeadlessNorseman]

I knew ive seen it before....haha. Thats actually pulled off pretty nicely. The 2jz is like the only i6(which i think is one of the best motors to use in any car driven on the road) that can make some power and the supra is just a crappy platform to handle the power. So i wouldnt mind swapping it into a 3rd gen or a mustang. I guess its just me tho