Got started today pulling stuff out of the engine bay. Tomorrow the 6 banger and tranny come out, then start prepping the engine bay for some paint. Then the new Heart will get transplanted.

 

Whats that back there?

 

Ahhhhh. Many pics. will be taken of the progress. And I'm sure I will need some help from time to time.

 

awesome, good luck with the swap!!

 

What are you gonna be doing about the wiring? Thats always the funnest part.

 

I'm not 100% sure just yet. I've been checking out Speartech. They have a deal where you can send in the old harness then they re-work it, but I'll probably just be tackling it myself. I already have the V6 harness out, which I wont use any of it. I also found that a rodent was hanging out in the car and eating a few wires every now and then, luckily none in the interior though, and actually none that I will be using.

I see you got a LS1 also. What are you doing for a check engine light, ALDL port and so on? If you dont mind.

 

I looked into Speartech a lot also, talked to them about what they can do for me any everything, and it seems like a good deal. At this point tho, I really could use the 450 elsewhere you know? I'll be tackling this one on my own also. Hopefully with the help of a friend of mine who has done an LT1 swap.

About the the light and port. I have an LS1 matching under the dash harness from the same car and I am gonna use that. That way I can have a friend with LS1 Edit, I am gonna drop the $250 on a VIN licsence on my comp for him to tune it for me. So he can edit allt hat crap we dont need for the light to stay off. I am doin a 4th gen dash too, so I with have the gauge cluster and all that.

 

Yeah $450 come on, then $750 for a new one...nah. That would get the nice N20 set-up.

I'll probably be going to the J-Yard to hunt down some under dash wiring bits, do a little splicing and soldering and voila. I wont be going as far to swap the 4th gen dash (not yet anyways), so good luck with that.

I'm trying to keep this swap basic, but I keep adding things that I probably dont need, but I think they will be worth it.

 

Heres a pic. from today. The car is almost totaly gutted.

 

LOL I do the same thing, by adding stuff I really dont need. But I still think it will be cool.

As far as J-yards go. I cant find a single on in WI that has an LS1 F-body... Not one. Thats no **** either.