454 in 4th gen camaro

[sultan ksa]

hi to all i am new heare

i have recentlly been offerd a 1994 camaro Z28 less gear box and motor at 1000$
the car is in good shape no dent no accedints nice cleen interior
i am planning to purchis this car and do a littel project i want to install a GM 454 big block in it and a th 400 hase any one done this before ? are there any adapters that i need to buy ? is there a set of headers that are made for this convertion ?
any help well be mutch apretiated

thanx please feel free to E-mail me or gust post rite heare thanx

[MN6WS6]

Send an email to Brady, you can get his email from www.turbocharged.net . He currently has a 540 in his 4th gen, so I'm sure he can give you whatever pointers you need for putting a 454 in it.

[fastTa]

Re: 454 in 4th gen camaro

Originally posted by sultan ksa
hi to all i am new heare

i have recentlly been offerd a 1994 camaro Z28 less gear box and motor at 1000$
the car is in good shape no dent no accedints nice cleen interior
i am planning to purchis this car and do a littel project i want to install a GM 454 big block in it and a th 400 hase any one done this before ? are there any adapters that i need to buy ? is there a set of headers that are made for this convertion ?
any help well be mutch apretiated

thanx please feel free to E-mail me or gust post rite heare thanx

Have you looked into doing a big cube LS1?

[Injuneer]

If you "searched" as suggested on the CZ28.com Advnced Tech board, you found this link:

ZENA, the 454 big block Camaro

[Spades95formula]

wow,Zena is a beauty

[seannz28]

I like the idea...I never much liked the look of the 4th gens, or any electric fuel injection really, (no offence, I am more into older cars) But I am very particular to 454's and 350's good strong motors. The only draw back to the 454 is 1. you may have to modify your fender wells and others to make it fit, and 2. If it's gonna be a d/d, then you'd better have some extra gas money. I'd go with the 350. It is more practical in all senses, and if built right, you can make some monster power out of those. As for the ear box, there is a guy in southern cali (I forget his name, I'll get back to you on that), but anyway, he buys and rebuilds 6-speeds and he has them to fit chevy and Ford engines for REAL cheap. deffinetly a cool edition to your new love.

[sultan ksa]

reply to seannz28

i agree that 350's can make nice power but you have to run super hi compretion to the kinde of power that i am looking for
and dawn heare we only have like 92 octane raiting on our gas so i gess the big block is mutch beter choice for me
but if you can direct me to a 350or a small nlock that can preduce some north og 600BHP and run on 92octane i would be verry intrested and for around 4500$
thanx for the replys any way and cheers

[Detroit_Bird]

You could get a 383 stroker motor to do 450 N/A, and then throw a 150 shot of nitrous on her. It would be much more controllable, along with the additional cost savings of not having to extensively modify the car to make it fit. Almost definitely could build this for under $4500 if you're doing the work yourself.
Just my $0.02

[gimp19]

How much would it cost to build up and super or turbo charge and 350? I've also been looking at cost effective ways to make alot more HP. I know Nitrous is fairly cheap but to me its the stupidest thing, I hate it with a passion.

[fastTa]

Originally posted by gimp19
How much would it cost to build up and super or turbo charge and 350? I've also been looking at cost effective ways to make alot more HP. I know Nitrous is fairly cheap but to me its the stupidest thing, I hate it with a passion.

gimp, why do you not like nitrous?

[Kevin - Blown 95 TA]

Well from talking to Matt, he says Brady borrowed the 750 hp 540 which is going to end up in another 4th gen f-bod while he puts a Dart small block/big turbo combo into his Camaro. I think he ran a mid-high 9 first time out with the 540. That is faster than he did with the twin-turbo LT1. BTW, he has a 400 trans in there as well. Maybe Brady will pipe up and tell us the straight story. Hope I got my facts straight. Yeah, big blocks are killer in a 4th gen.

[gimp19]

Originally posted by fastTA
gimp, why do you not like nitrous?

I think of it kinda like steroids, here one minute and gone the next. Too me its just
fake power.