I have a 95 trans am engine that i'm switching to carb (650 CFM)... can I expect hp loss or gain. Also can I use a manual fuel pump with the lt1 block?

 

Power should be about the same, low end tourque, drivability, and gas millage will be worse. There is no place to mount a fuel pump on an LT!

 

what are you going to do about the ignition?

 

I assumed he was using an intake with provision for a distributor in the back.

 

useing a HEI distributor, it's going in a 82 Olds Cutlass

 

It really depends on how well you set the engine up and have it tuned properly. If everything is in good working order, you shouldn't loose any power doing the conversion.

 

If going carb you are missing a BIG part of the advantages of using an LT1. If you have not purchased yet consider starting with a gen 1 motor should be cheaper and will have a wider selection of carbed intake to choose from.

 

I have a doner car http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90...icture0301.jpg

 

If it was a good runner I'd install the engine with FI.

 

agreed

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the K5 was TBI originally, was carbed when I bought it, now its EFI with a LT1 from a 94 Z28

 

If you're going to run the LT1, go with the EFI and factory PCM. That is what an LT is all about “EFI.” If you don't want all the LT1 high-tech "bells and whistles" you should find a 1st Gen small block engine. The carb and HEI would just be down-grading the LT to basically a 1st Gen engine.

Was anyone killed in the donor car? That wreck looks really bad!

WD

 

The driver was in ICU for 2 weeks and the passenger walk away with just a scraped up arm.