1984 Camaro z28 help?

Question

i am looking to buy this '84 camaro, but could use some help since i am car illiterate.. any help would be appreciated!

it has a 350

a cam w/lifters edelbrock perfomer cam

engines rebuilt

has chrome parts looks nice

accel dist. (what's this?)

accel plugs and wires all mechanical (what's this?)

iroc daytona hood (fiberglass).

700r4 trany, fuly rebuilt, with racing parts in it,

automatic,

close gear ratios in it,

aluminum drive shaft,

3.23 posi rear got it from 1988ws6, (what's this?)

new rims on it,

intior is very clean,

flowmaster muffler.

it also has shorty headers in it.

would this be worth buying?

how much horsepower would this car have?

Answer 1

This is NOT ther car to buy if you don't have a clue about cars. Your going to need to be under the hood all the time just keeping it in tune. If you don't even know what a spark plug is, just walk away from this car and forget about it.

Answer 2

It depends on how much the owner is asking. That ws6 is the Pontiac Firebird performance package (very nice car by the way). Accel is a performance parts company-well respected. The distributor and plug wires are quality parts. Horsepower is only available to find out with a dynomometer machine, and it's relatively cheap if someone near you has one. What is relevant if it doesn't run good, and eats spark plugs for lunch, you will hate the car.  The owner has dumped alot of $$ into this car, and you really can't put a value on the car without looking at it in person. It's a gas muncher but if you like it and the price is good for you, buy it........but know horsepower and performance parts cost money to fix. That 3.23 really should be upgraded to a 3.73 or 3.83 to take advantage of the power. Trans has racing parts??? It will shift hard from 1st to 2nd and so forth. Does it need to pass emissions in your area??? If so, get a state and emissons done as a prerequisite for purchase.

david

Answer 3

well the accel distributor and wires and plugs are junk,in my past experience with these parts i found that the MSD ignition system is the best very simple to hook up and will give you more performance than the other brands,i picked up 2 sec.in 1/4 mile just by adding the MSD ignition 6A to my 80 buick regal.had a 350 chevy in it ,and the rearend gears if you went that way should have bought a 12 bolt from moser engineering,a 3.23 is not that great with the trans and after market parts on engine should have went with a 4.10  or 3.73, dont know how much hp engine has need more info like heads and cam specs,if heads are after market aluminum or stock 350 cast iron,if alum what make,but with out this info would be guessing around 275 hp,and not much more...