From:
mahoy78spyder_REMOVE_992920_THIS_@yahoo.com
Welcome to the club, MM! To answer a few of your
questions....
1. Fuel pump - if this 350 of yours is much above
stock (especially if you want to race it), you'll want
to run a decent aftermarket electric fuel pump. Many
here in the club run an aftermarket pump in
conjunction w/ their stock pump and sock in the tank. You can
get one at practically any parts store - I haven't
seen one advertised here in the club unless I missed
it.
2. Starter - If you run the stock V8 Monza starter,
be sure and shield it from the heat. From what I've
read in the posts, about 90% of the V8 HBody owners
out there have suffered from heat soak. Wrap it w/ a
good header wrap insulator, or construct a good metal
shield, or better yet, wire up a remote solenoid away
from all the heat. You can still get V8 Monza starters
at the auto stores - just specify "automatic" or
"stick" when getting one.
3. Radiator - this one
is a HOT topic! *smile* If you check this club
regularly, you'll see tons of posts on overheating problems,
so I'll keep this one short for fear of "over
informing" you. A 3-core minimum is needed - you can get a
stock V8 Monza rad, or buy some aftermarket ones that
are the same dimensions. My preference is Griffin
aluminum rads. But there are a few in this club who have
used 3 core rads out of Cutlass's, and even Honda's
just fine. There are lots that will work. Battling
overheating is not just a radiator solution though - it's the
whole package of radiator, fan, shroud, thermostat,
electric fans, air dam, air vents, etc. etc. that combat
this common problem sufficiently.
4. 5 lug
conversion - a few choices here. If you want to keep the
stock spindles, you can get ready-made Monza/Vega 5 lug
rotors from Dave's Vega Village. Or, you could just take
a new set of Monza rotors to a local machine shop
and they'll redrill them for you (only cost me $60
for the pair, but then you have the cost of new
rotors too) Or, you can switch to an S10 spindle and
rotor combo (probably the best way to go).
Well,
that's probably enough for now... If you want specifics
on anything I've briefly mentioned here, just post
your question. You've got the best brain-trust of
HBody owners out there to help you!...
Ken
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