1979 Camaro Berlinetta manifold question

1979 camaro berlinetta

I have a manifold from my old 1979 Trans-am its a pontiac performer with carburetor, and i was wondering if it would be able to fit the chevy engine.

its came off a pontiac 403
and im wanting to put it in a chevy 305 ..

The answer is no….
First of all the 403 (which I also have in my 79 T/A), is an Oldsmobile small block that even Olds doesn’t “recognize” as one of their own.

The Olds engine has a wider intake valley….(the heads are farther apart). Chevy blocks are much narrower.

Be careful on selecting an aftermarket manifold for the 305….the ports are much smaller than the 350….good luck!

1967 camaro

I have a 1967 RS/SS Camaro I have had since I was 17 years old. I did a fair share of beating the crap out of it when I was a kid, and for the most part, it has been a dust collector in my garage for the better part of 15 years. Mechanically, I have had everything rebuilt and its solid. The body is where I am stuck. With 4 kids, my budget is limited, and while I would love to strip it down to the frame and work my way up, its just not in the cards. Looking at the parts available, I am considering purchasing reproduction parts for the front end as opposed to having the fenders repaired. Both were beat pretty well, and one has a fair quantity of rust. Same with the SS hood.

So I am looking for advise from those of you who have been there. Should I avoid the rep. at all costs and deal with whatever they have to do to fix the fenders or are they a viable alternative?

Couple of different schools of thought here. First, check out goodmark or rickscamaro.com for some pricing ideas. The thing to think about is   the work you will have to put into them, aftermarket panels come with etch primer on them, this must be sanded off in order to paint them… and they often times come with fitment issues, the molds are older and sometimes there is some shaving here and messaging there to get them to fit.