carberated on 3rd gen?

Ok guys Im am allmost done building my 406 motor and now all I need is a car for it. I was think of a 88' z28 or earlier. Now if I was to get one my motor is carberated, so would I do away with the tbi. If so how hard is it to hook up throttle linkage. Also will will I need to run a cowl hood for clearance all help would be appreciated.

You can fit a Performer RPM intake and a 750cfm Edelbrock under the stock hood. I should know, that's what I'm running. You'll need a coil-in-cap style HEI distributor....the wiring is pretty simple. Tie back any TBI wires you don't need and run power and tach signal wires to the distrib.

I swapped a carburated motor (with eddie intake and carb) into my firebird, and everything fit fine under the stock hood.

The linkage was a snap after I got the edelbrock adapter... needed an HEI distributor, and she ran fine.

The 400 should be fine as a friend of mine has one in his firebird, but you may have problems... a cowl hood's pretty cheap, and looks quite nice on the thirdgen camaro's anyways. :)


Good luck. Let us know how it turns out. :)

Once again using DUKE's car as an example:) He's running a Vic Jr. Edelbrock Intake with a Demon 750 carb and it fits under his stock RS hood. With an Inch of clearance I think he even said! He has a Drop base which is probably a 2.5" drop. Fits around the bowls nicely and everything. Goodluck.