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The best TPI and easiest to find that will woprk with 85 and older heads are Z28/Iroc in 85, and Vettes up to 91 or whenever they switched to the LT1. Use a 350 version to, the 305 had smaller intake ports. Any stock TPI will have low flowing intake runners so you will run out of steam at around 4,500. You will need the complete wiring harness and computer from the donor car, probably have to lengthen wires due to longer distances than a Vette or F body, unless you can get a Painless wiring kit made for trucks or with longer wiring to cut to length. You can get used TPI's fairly cheap since they are no longer the best injection set up and there are much better systems out there that will outperform a TPI. Don't know prices since I never wanted to mess with it anyway. Unless you have mass air you can't use a high lift cam, actually cant use a cam much bigger than stock unles you have a computer tuner make a chip for your engines specs, can be expensive to. Check Summit or Jegs for the aftermarket set ups like Accel, Edelbrock, and Holley has. Accel even has a full TPI style set up if you want the look of TPI. The good ones are from $2000 to $3000 though. Check into the Chevy made ramjet systems from Scoggin Dickey or Pace, they are the ones used on the ramjet crate engines. You may have to use newer style heads though(86 up). If you want to go full out racing get a Hilborn system, lol. Oh yeah, you will need to get a distributor from the donor car also. Its computer controlled and has no mechanical or vacumm advance. If you can do an intake swap and are good with wiring, its not that bad. Make sure all the sensors work good and the wiring is in great shape. If you have an automatic you will need an automatic trans version and if you have a stick you will need a manual trans version. You may get a check engine light if you dont use the trans that was in the car you took it out of since it controlled torque convertor clutch lockup. If you use your auto trans you will not be able to plug it in obviously and the light will come on. If you don't plan on high rpms then a stock TPI will be ok. It sounds like you are wanting to get some power though with the high lift cam, so make sure you don't overcam the stock TPI runners and stay close to the stock TPI cam specs. You will like the cold weather use though if you will drive it in the winter. TPI or any other fuel injection system does well at cold start up.