Dan Juday

My goals are like your's Jonzer. The tpi will make a great engine for your needs.The tough part is finding a good 350 that is not beat up and ready for a rebuild. I looked for months and finally gave up when I found a well cared for low mileage 305. The 305's didn't give up that much power to the 350 in tpi trim. As far a first time swap it's a good candidate. Easier to wire than a LT1, I just finished one of those. Compared to an LT1 the tpi is very cost effective. Just make sure you get the whole harness including the VATS box. I love FI, fires everytime you turn the key and tunes itself. If you get a '90-'92 it's a speed density system and doesn't require intake plumbing for a MAF sensor. You can just mount a K&N filter to the throttle body like on my car. People will argue that mass air is a better system and GM went back to that in '93 with the LT1 but the highest hp tpi's stock were speed density. You will have to find a tranny from another car. The 350's were all auto's and most of the 305 tpi's were too. No big deal there, not a lot of tranny electrical integration like the LT1. Just leave the P/N wire open and you will be fine. I'd recammend the jtr book, helped me. Also Cartech has a tpi swappers guild that explaines how things work and were and what they are. Author is John Baechtel. And absolutely you will need the Helm manual. Tpi is not the motor if you want to drag race or pump it up down the road. Hipo parts are speedy for the net results. But as a solid fast reliable FI motor that looks real cool you can't go wrong.

Here's one.

And here he is, the man and his machine!

Here is a pic of a twin turbo carbed SBC Z car from the MSA show this year. See the big box? That's where you have to hide the carb. Fun time tuning, huh? BTW he used no waste gates, doesn't need them he said. Only spools up to about 12psi.

Maybe this guy is ok. He may not have actually weighted them and is just guessing. I haven't looked at the auction. But if he is willing to let you come pick them up what's the problem? I wouldn't get in his face about it. Mike Knell (JTR) refuses to do anything but ship, even if you live in Livermore. O.k., some people have been allowed to come by, but when I asked it was an unequivical "NO". He's tired of answering questions and dealing with fools. You can't blame him, look at the way this place has gotten. Other people just don't want to tell strangers where thay live. They have a family/kids. The internet is the new haven for dangerous people. People e-mail me and want to come see my car. I don't know them, never met them. Sometimes they don't even tell me their real name, just some online name somewhere. I don't even respond. If you can't tell me who you are, were you live, and a little about yourself, then I'm not going to take a risk with my families safety. Go get the rotors Juan, and don't get worked up.

See Ross http://www.modern-motorsports.com/catalog/default.php

Read on Doug, it does!

Mine came out of a '84 Corvette. I don't know if it was an auto or a stick but it slid right into the '91 f-body T5.

Scott, why not just ask me? I bought mine from John Washington of Reaction Research. http://www.reactionresearch.com/automotive.html

Is Dave say'n you're old? He's right though. The cop want's to see your face and your hands when he looks at you. If he can't he gets nervious and is more likely to tag you. My truck has dark tint on the back seat and shell windows and lightly tinted side glass. Never been bothered.

Sorry, I don't know where you can get one. My car had one when I bought it. It bolted to the rear suspension crossmember. I know of another one that comes with new rear upright pieces that have provisions to mount the bar to. You might they Eric at Zparts. I know he had one of the latter types for sale a while back.

There's no problem. His Photoshop program is stuck in mirror.

I have never known anyone who told me that their wheel adapter failed. I have never had anybody tell me anything about their wheel adapters. I'm not sure if anybody I've known has used wheel adapters except maybe one person and he has never commented to me about them. I've never used wheel adapters. That being said, You can accomplish what you want without using adapters. Ross sells redrilled five lug rear stub axles and there is a later Z five lug front hub that is a bolt on for the S30. Sorry I can't remember right now what year that is, but Ross can help you there too. There are other, more objective, reasons for not using adapters beyond annecdotal evidence of lost wheels. Anytime you add a bolt-on part between the bearing and the wheel you add tolerance error to the wheel balance and run-true. Granted, you may never notice any differance in handling or ride quality, but it is there none the less. You can find Ross's site here: http://www.modern-motorsports.com/catalog/default.php

I'd sure like to be able to read that. Anybody else notice the front suspension mods?

Just for reference, the LT1 Tomahawk has a .50 overdrive with a 3.54 rear end and tall 305/50/15 rear tires. All that adds up to 1400 rpms at 65 mph in sixth gear. With the revs that low even with glasspack sidepipes and no top the car is quiet enough to have a cell phone conversation in a normal voice while cruising down the freeway. Very cool, like a high priced luxury convertible. A bonus we were not counting on. The cool part of the LT1 is that if you want to accellerate from 65 to 90 there is still plenty of torque even just off idle. No need to down shift, just lower your right foot and 90 comes up very quickly.

Ok, here are a couple of pics of the Ron Tyler adapter. Hard to get a good angle on it wedged down there, sorry. Let me explain what you are looking at. In the first pic you can see the 1/8"NPT to -3AN fitting screwed to the R.T. adapter and then the -3 hose screwed to that. On the other end is the GM roll pin hose. It is covered in a piece of fuel line because the steel braid shield rubs against a brake line. Abraiding through would be bad. Sorry that it tends to confuse things in the picture. In the second pic you can see the holes for the roll pin. You get this part by e-mailing Ron Tyler and he will make it for you, ... for money. His e-mail address is rontyler@earthlink.net Tim, my T5 slave is from a '91 and the T56 slave is from a '95. Both are composite. I'm with Mike though, If it still has brake fluid in it it should be fine. There is a steel tube inside that the plunger rides in. The only thing I would be concerned about is if any moisture got in there and caused rust on the inside of the tube. Take it apart and check.

You know, I've got a T5 car and a T56 car in my garage right now. I never really looked to see if the slaves were interchangeable. I did the JTR mod on the T5. I'd never do it on the T56 slave, too little material left to be safe. If I were doing the T5 today I'd use Rons adapter on that too, just a better way to go. You don't have to worry about anything braking and if you have to replace the slave in the future it's a stock part that bolts in. You will need a GM hose to go from the slave to the adapter. We used the one that came with the engine/tranny and then added another 12" -3AN hose to get the rest of the way to the master. Here's Rons e-mail address rontyler@earthlink.net I'll see if I can get a pic of the part tonight and post it here.

I wouldn't use a T5 from a V6. It's not built for the torque of V8. Could have problems mixing and matching clutch parts as well. I believe the spline count on the input shafts are different from V6 to V8. Spend a few bucks and get a T56. You won't be sorry. I've done swaps with both the T5 and the T56 and the six shooter is the way to go.

Tim why not but an adapter from Ron Tyler like I did? One side is GM roll pin and the other is 1/8" NPT. Worked great and at $30 was cheap.

Some things you don't normally find on a C4: Carbarators Live axel Custom sheetmetal intake manifold!?!?! Just a few items I noted among the hundreds of other "things you don't normally find on a C4".

Thanks for the process pics, Terry. Wow, you did it the hard way, very nice.

$650 sounds like a great deal. How many miles? '95 is the best year, as already stated, because it is OBDI but also because it has the upgraded opti-spark. I paid $2700 for the '95 f-body LT1/T56 combo I dropped in Steve Cameron's Tomahawk just a few months ago. That was the best deal we could find at the time. I have to disagree with you Sup Dog. All six of those gears are very usable. What do you want, wicked torque off the line that can send a fresh set of Goodyears up in smoke, or 1400rpms at 65mph for econobox milage? You can have both and everything in between with smooth shifts and no fear of breakage. Yes, it weighs about 75 lbs. more than a T5. Having driven both in a V8 Zcar I'd have the six shooter even if it weighed 150 lbs. more. JMHO

How do you know you've blown a head gasket? When you find Bordeaux in the antifreeze.

Well Terry, you're going to think I'm nuts, especially since I agree with you about how important the original headlight design is in the Z car look. It was important to me that my car retained the "sugar scoops". But..., I liked the shark eyes. (Shrug) I think because you have taken the design so far from the original that it just seemed natural to have unique lights as well. Also, and don't take this as a slight, I don't see a Z car when I look at your car. I see a an aggressive custom sports car/racer. Something a step or two above a Z. The big lights look good too. Hey, who doesn't like a pretty girl with big eyes? I have to ask, Did you use the stock headlight buckets to make a mold for the new look or is it cut from scratch? Sure seems like you got a lot of work done in a short period of time. Using the stock buckets as a guide would make the symetry-izing (there's probably a real word for this idea) go quicker.

Forrest you are right on the money. Companies should know in the long run it is good business to make cars that can be serviced at a reasonable price. You can buy an older 944 cheap, but $900 to have a water pump replaced gives Porsche a bad rep. But either way that's their decision. Think about that the next time the government comes knocking on your door.