I recently acquired an 86 Z-28 with a 305 t.p.i., and a 700r4. My gripe is, why do people abuse stuff like this? What I'm talking about is, when I disassembled the engine it was in pitiful shape! The thing had so much baked on oil and sludge, one broken piston skirt, metal chips in the pick-up screen, and a lot of plastic chips off of the timing gear, it's a wonder it did'nt jump a tooth! Every passage in the throttle body was plugged, and a couple injectors plugged with carbon buildup. My first clue that it was screwed up, was when I cut the tail pipe off, and oil started dripping out!!! You know,it's a lot easier and cheaper to maintain a vehicle, than to run it till it quits, then try to fix it!

That's it....I feel better now.