1990 Chevrolet Caprice Estate

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  1. jwdtenn

    jwdtenn Well-Known Member

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    One lousy stinkin' photo is all he can muster? Give me a break.

    He says this: "We will entertain all reasonable offers!" Great. I offer you a camera.
     
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    101Volts Well-Known Member

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    It has more information than some other ads I've seen.

    Per the ad:

    "1990 Chevy Caprice odometer: 127177 paint color : white size : full-size type : wagon drive : rwd fuel : gas transmission : automatic title status : clean cylinders : 8 cylinders
    condition: fair


    1990 Chevy Caprice station wagon. 8 passenger. Rear wheel drive. V-8 engine. Rare find with under 130,000 miles. We will entertain all reasonable offers! Email, call or text.
     
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    Somebody refresh my memory. Did they carry the 307 all the way through '90 in the wagons or did they switch to the 305?
     
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    I'm not sure anyone has put a handle on that one. I do know there were differences, depending on which plant it came from and/or whether it was designated a 'California' vehicle.

    Just looked up a brochure. My source didn't have a 1990, but the '89 Caprice brochure showed only that they got '5-liter' V8's - the sedan got a fuel-injected version, while the wagons got 4-barrel carbs. One could have been the Chevy 305 and the other an Olds 307, Who knows..........

    http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/chevy/89caprice/bilder/6.jpg
     
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    A bit related; Could a fuel-injected engine from a Sedan be swapped in to a Wagon?
     
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    Don't see why not, but this would have been the old throttle-body fuel injection, so its advantages are not that great. You would have to do some wiring harness work on it, among other things.... Probably a bit of a chore to get all the dash gauges and warning lights to work properly, etc.
     
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    LV2 engine code is the Olds 307 unfortunately.

    101Volts, you can swap an L03 (305) from a sedan, but I don't see much value in that. If you're going to do a full engine swap (Olds to Chevy) then you might as well put in a 350 or 400. If it had a 305 stock I might entertain some Vortec heads and a better form of fuel injection.
     
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    Thanks.

    ... (the message was too short so I wrote this.)
     

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