[GH85Carrera]

The El Camino is far from a powerhouse. Base 350 with cast iron manifolds. It has lots of low end torque, but it gets breathless pretty soon under full throttle above 2,200 RPM. Leaving a stoplight it is great up to 45. If I floor it on dry pavement I can get a little tire spin, but mostly it just goes. No doubt a throttle body fuel injection system I cobbled together from the V6 setup is part of the issue. Back when I wanted to convert, the options were very limited, as no real commercial system on the market. So I found a guy that sells the V6 FI system, with a chip programmed for the stock 305. It starts and runs and never hesitates. It will start up instantly when it is zero or 110 with a hot engine or stone cold engine. It runs like car is supposed to, and is exponentially better than the HORRIBLE OEM Rochester carburetor it came with.

I have toyed with the idea of finding one of the modern programmable throttle body injection systems, and I am just too lazy to mess with fixing a problem that does not exist. Likely with a more modern system I can get more power, and better fuel economy, and it will pay for itself in 150,000 miles, maybe. But it ain't broke, so why fix it?

I could drop in a ton of power for not much money but that will happen right after I but the 30 inch wheels and monster thumping stereo. I will stick with my 15 inch wheels, and the two little 3.5 inch speakers in the dash.