That's a real nice offer Steve. It really is. It shows what kind of person you are. But I think we are going to try and keep this hood. It's a real GM hood, and I would hate to give it up right now. Tom may or may not have found a hat that might work, I think he's looking for conformation on that. One more thing I think we found out, is that my new Boyd Coddington wheel is bent. This is the replacement to the one that blew off. Less then 300 miles on it, and I noticed it on the dyno the other day. I was hoping it was the tire or axle. :mad:

Id love to go with EFI. Only problem, is that it's expensive. The cost of one starts at around 2k and up, plus putting it in would be even more. It would cure all of my carb issues though. and hat isses as well. I just can't afford it right now. I would do that in a second. What kind of deals on NOS if any? :unibrow:

Why not do the install yourself and pay someone to tune it?

I would if I knew how. I don't pretend to know about EFI stuff. Plus, I don't have a EFI system.

I would think that selling your current carb, intake and supercharger would more than cover buying an EFI set-up. I'm sure many here would help with the install.

Or, as suggested, the other option is to just go to a carb and intake for now and bank the $ from the sale of the supercharger. This way you have a car to have fun with and you can "de-stress" for a while.

This way you have a car to have fun with and you can "de-stress" for a while.[/QUOTE]

I agree 100% with this statement. Driving it (even without the WOW factor of all the cool parts) will put a smile on your face, as will the crowd that will gather everywhere you go with a car that looks like that. You could throw a Q-Jet on that thing and still have a nicer car that most people will ever even see.
I was (am) at a similar point with my race car (as JayR can attest to) the $$ I kept throwing at it, the parts failures, and the associatied stress made me want to give up. I even contemplated selling the car, but when I sat down to attach a price to it, I physically felt ill. The car is now parked, and I will work on my street car for a couple of years. Someday I will want to race again, and the car is waiting for me. It is still in need of repair, but the foundation is there. There is no way I could build another from scratch. Don't sell the car (unless you need to do it for the good of your family) because you have a good foundation, and starting over would be 10 times as hard. and at least 10 times as expensive.
Good Luck!
Tim

Well the only problem with this Steve is that the supercharger had to be machined to work. Pulleys where machined, and was matched for this block. Just to get it too fit had major issues that selling it might be a problem. A EFI system with this setup though might be the way to go. This carb is a nightmare to tune, and it's a pain to drive. Ill have it this weekend, and I will be taking it to this show this weekend http://carcrazypromotions.org/index.html if it makes it. I think the EFI would cure all of my drivability issues. A good intake tube would also help with intake temperatures, but making one is going to cost $$$. The hat is cheap and we are going to try that as well, but who knows how it's all going to work. I think a good EFI system would help with the timing and create a good intake for the supercharger, but again it's all money baby.

Carl's car show this weekend
 

MIke,

Chris here. I am glad to hear you plan to go to Carl's show this weekend in San Mateo. Carl is a good guy and puts on a great show. What's more, you will be able to begin to feel good about your car again as I am sure folks will be diggin your Camaro.

Like everyone else is saying....hang in there, it will work out.

Chris

Drive it out here and I will install the EFI for free, if you wanted you could also do a L98 setup from a third gen for real cheap for now then get a good efi setup later.

Hell, there you go.