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Jason_Culbertson · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:35 am Post subject: 350 TPI swap ideas and Q's

so i want a 383 for my T/A but i was thinking something a little more of a sleeper. so im thinking about a 350 tpi, how much could i get a rebuilt/ good used one for? or how much for the swap all together? Confused

thanks

aaron_sK · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:58 am Post subject:

Find me a good cheap LQ series for the IROC and you can have a true L98 with less than 90K on it. Very Happy

Realisticly though, there's a limit to anything that you can do with TPI. It simply will not make good power at high RPM's.

cameron7710 · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:11 am Post subject:

Jason_Culbertson · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:46 am Post subject:

so i got a 305 w/4bbl i like it but the tpi looks a lot better to me and there are more parts for 350's then 305's

Twilightoptics · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:51 am Post subject:

What do you mean there are more parts for 350s than 305s?

They take the same parts except for the crank/rods/pistons....

Jason_Culbertson · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:05 am Post subject:

ur kidding me Embarassed

well i still want one

91RSVert · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:55 am Post subject:

I agree on the upper rpm thing. TPI's just wont spin the rpms. But then how often do you run a motor there?

If your currently carb, it will take alot of cash to make it FI.. ALOT more parts then if you were already FI.

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:38 am Post subject:

your money is better spent on a better cam, intake, headers and possibly carburator, and maybe steeper gears, rather than try to convert to TPI.

aaron_sK · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:30 am Post subject:

DBL_TKE · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:32 am Post subject:

91RSVert · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject:

91RSVert · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:25 am Post subject:

yep, agree. I think my max is at 3800-4000?

Plus with all the hills, idiot drivers, you just dont have roam to spin it up that far.

aaron_sK · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:32 am Post subject:

I spin it that far just to piss off idiot drivers, since I have no real muffler to speak of. Laughing

Twilightoptics · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject:

If you want the look of TPI, get it. If you want monster torque without effort, get it. If you wanna go fast, get something else.