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Overlooked this initially cos of the bad spelling. but interesting comparison nonetheless..

Sounds cool man.. first to the middle of NZ wins. Enjoying watching your build too.. makes me wish I had the motivation to pull my engine and purdy it up more. You never know. Yea I think the MSD is gonna set me back some, but I like the idea of minimal set up. Time to sell some of my holden V8 stuff I think. Don't need it any more lol

Cheers man. Don't wanna spend a lot tbh. The motor is a 350, so I just wanna do a couple of basic things to improve on it without getting too carried away (is that even possible?) & at the moment I'm pretty happy with it's performance. So manifold, dissy, & cam would be about as far as I'd like to go for now as I can see the benefits of these little changes. Gotta draw the somewhere I guess Ultimate goal is to get my hands on a 454 BB for it but can't see that happening for a couple of years at least (if at all), so the above mods should keep me happy in the meantime.

That's a cool vid. Cheers!

Thanks man. They do sound like a pretty good carb tbh, but I'll stick with the holley seeing as how I already have it. This whole manifold thing confuses me a little bit though. I like the Air Gap design of the Edelbrocks, allowing more air flow between the block & the manifold.. but is that overkill in my situation? The advertised range is 1500 - 6500 rpm. Or do I just stick with the performer manifold (idle - 5500 rpm).. or the Weiand Street warrior? (idle - 5500rpm) I'd rather get the Air gap manifold if there are no great issues to be concerned about. I've read also that if you check out the divider in the bottom 2 manifolds similar to the air gap one, that'll increase the rpm range.. worthwhile I wonder if I go for that style?

Not sure when the 305 came in. I'm assuming early eighties? Yea I'm happy the car has headers, but fuck me, I looked under the car this arvo & my oh my they're pretty flat across the bottom. I'll take a pic for amusement & measure the exhaust as well but they look to be 2.5 inch. If I knew they were that flat I woulda bought the new set I saw at Puke swap meet last weekend for $225. Damn! Thanks for the feedback guys on the carb too - to know I don't really need to change it is a good thing. Pretty sure it's a points dissy, so will keep an eye out for a HEI. Not cheap by the looks of it, but are they much of a muchness? Never thought of the cam either, so will look for something along those lines too. Better to buy new?.. Cheers mate!!

I have a question already for those of more knowledge than I with 350 chev powered vehicles. The car still has its original inlet manifold with a Holley 600 carb (1850-3) that's replaced the original Q-jet. I'm looking at getting a dual plane manifold for it sometime soon which I believe will improve hp a bit, & I'm keen on the Weiand Speed Warrior but I've read the Edelbrock Air Gap is better. Does it really matter? Also, will the current carb be good enough for the new manifold or should I upgrade slightly to the 650 Holley? And if I do need to upgrade, does it matter - vacuum or mechanical secondaries? The next thing to look at after this will be the distributor. Is there any benefit in changing from the one I already have? So many things to learn!

Thanks man. I chose this car because it's not your typical late 60's to early 70's muscle car that I could never afford anyway. At less than 20k it represents good value for money that I can have some fun with & improve upon with my own tastes of what I like. I like the '74 as well because the rear window is still the same as the 70-73 model, before they changed to the wrap around style from '75 onward which I don't like as much.

Project thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/52170-jeds-74-type-lt-camaro/

Engine bay shot.. As you can see, the rocker covers, air cleaner & alternator bracket are a lovely patina of pitted cheap chrome. Dislike the rocker covers especially though, so while I was wandering around the Puke swap meet last weekend I happened across these cool old Weiand one's. Unfortunately the seller would only sell them as a set with the "matching" air cleaner, but for just over a hundy I thought it was a good deal. Sanded the fins down to the alloy & cleaned them up a little bit then chucked them on. Nice improvement there I think

Well things have finally settled down a little bit for me to start a thread on my new old car. Selling my hatchback was a massive headache but so happy it went to someone in the end who reckons he'll have on the road in about a year (he's a panelbeater which helps I believe). I flew down to Christchurch a couple of weekends ago with the old man, & after having a good chat with the previous owner we jumped in & roared off. Been a while since I drove a LHD car, last time was about 15-20 years ago in my mates old '76 mustang, but it didn't take too long to get the hang of it. And dad piped up when he saw that I was starting to wander over the centerline too which helped. The trip was a blast. 4 hours sleep the night before & barely half an hour on the ferry made for an interesting drive toward the end - especially driving through the night in pouring rain with the windows leaking. Fun times. Took a coupla pics just round the corner from the previous owners place Took a couple of days, but the hatch got picked up & I was able to park the Camaro in it's new spot Discussion topics greatly welcomed here: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/52171-jeds-74-type-lt-camaro/

I'd love to attend this, but never gone before so all seems very daunting. Is there a specific day that's the best to attend? The old man is driving his GTO over and I was thinking of driving the dirty old camaro there as well.. is there always a place to park or is it just bedlam?

Kinda like the one in the foreground of this pic?

Hmm.. what would you be after for it?

Finally!! I'll just put this here as it's not really Project Thread worthy... Took 2 weeks to get here, & at $300NZ landed I can't complain.. Such a pity the xmas holidays are now over & I'm back to having what feels like zero free time

Thanks for the feedback man. Weighed it all up & decided to go for the DeVilbiss kit in the end because as you say, it comes with 2 guns & 3 tips which I thought would be more handy & the price was about the same. Wasn't sure about the side mounted cup on the W-71 either. They're probably much of a muchness at the end of the day anyway, but what the fuck would I know? Should turn up in the next coupla weeks then I can finally get back into the car. Yay

Cool man. Mine is in the system, canceled rego 2004 but don't have the plates, only the ID tags off the car. It all ties in but dunno if that's enough tbh

Sweet. So is this all that has to be done when you don't have any receipt of change of ownership from the last registered owner?

Too late to be any use to you now man, but years ago my old man had to replace the fuel pump in his 87 Corona Amon as this thing had done something like 500,000 k's plus, and I seem to recall there was an access panel under the back seat to get it out and save having to remove the tank. Now I'm only basing this on my hazy memory as this was done 15-20 years ago, but it'd be interesting to know if this is the case for your car too. So feel free to lift your back seat base and any possible sound deadening material and tell me if my memory is shit mate! Cheers..

Awesome man. It seems more appealing than getting one in from the states & as you say for the price & that it comes with 3 different tips makes it a winner. Cheers for the feedback mate. BTW Zed car is looking awesome. When do you reckon you'll be back onto the Landau? Read that thread the other day & it looked like a shit tonne of work done & yet to do but you were getting there.. love those coupes

Hey man, did you end up getting one of those iwata guns on TM?

Rust converter I use.. ignore the 1K etch though, got that & it was the wrong stuff to use so took it back & got some 2K epoxy eurethane

I've been told that stuff is fine to use as well

^^ I'm interested to know as well, as I'm deciding between that one & this one at a similar price landed here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Devilbiss-StartingLine-Spray-Gun-Kit-/190917195367 I know mjrstar picked up this DeVilbiss kit - feedback?