Got a call Friday morning from the freight company that the engine/transmission had arrived. Went in the afternoon to pick it up, got it home and unloaded and unpacked. Only issue I see so far is the power steering pump pulley is busted, the cooler was packed in front of it and the whole thing wrapped in several layers of plastic wrap. It could have been bumped into and no evidence left. I'll contact the seller and see if he has a replacement, otherwise I'll just find one myself.

One more race in 2 weeks for the Camaro, then the project can begin. A lot of stuff to do, still need the swap install parts, and need to learn a lot (what are all those connectors for????).

 

Congrats on the new toy arriving!

I hope to do exactly what you are about to do to my '82 Berlinetta. I have a lot of learning to do on the swap, though.

 

Woot....if you need anything five7, pm and I'll try to help out with any questions.

 

Those PS pumps are plentiful, you can find a used (but good) one pretty cheap over on LS1tech.com. Congrats on the purchase. With the engine out of the car, and resting safely in the garage, we're all assuming you'll be swapping camshafts, and possibly heads. Have you decided which route your going to go yet....?

 

your having tooo much fun without mecongrats tho.

 

I'm planning on doing a compression check (was only told mileage and that it ran well, and was guaranteed), EGR and rear O2 deletes, G-Force ladder bar TA eliminators, and headers/dual exhaust. I've been watching LS6 intakes on eBay, haven't jumped yet. Right now I'm a little too overwhelmed to tackle much else. Figured I'd get it running and learn about the basics of the beast before I tried to get fancy.

Am I reading too much into the shifter **** logo?

 

I would have to see the base of the shifter to tell if it's a true Hurst shifter or not.

 

Ask, and ye shall receive. . .

Hope that's good enough. I couldn't see any markings on it.

Oh, forgot A.I.R. delete in the list of "doing's".

 

I think it is, they were part of the SS and WS6 package. Something like that.

 

I'm still jealous!!

 

It's out of a 2000 SS.

 

Yup, that would be a Hurst shifter, I have one in my T56 and love the crispness of it, people around here have tried the B&M Ripper, Pro 5.0, Hurst and they all love the Hurst.

 

I've played with it a little, feels crisp to me, but can't say a whole lot with it sitting on the floor in the garage. . .

Where's reverse?

 

I emailed the seller about the pulley. He said he normally doesn't leave the cooler there, and won't again. He's sending me a replacement pulley next week.

So far, he's lived up to everything he said. Helps explain how he built up his 100% positive, 1160 feed back score.

 

To the far right and forward.

 

It will be rough putting it in reverse without power to the reverse lockout solinoid but it will go in.

 

I wondered about that. What activates/deactivates the solenoid? Vehicle speed?

 

yes, when stopped mine allows rev. there is no other input to my pcm other than vss at least on the older ones

 

Where did you get the engine and how much if you dont mind me asking. Looking for a suitable engine for me to start my swap in my 92 rs.

 

eBay. 100% positive, 1160 feedback seller. $4k plus shipping (which was less than I expected). He's FedEx'd the replacement pulley. His eBay username includes "LS1".

 

looking good..

the PCM does it for you... and yea, it uses vehicle speed.. anything over 3mph or something like that, and its locked out.
really, when driving, you forget it does it for you since, you never accidently go into reverse, and its effortless to put it in reverse when you need it.

and yea, thats a hurst shifter.... they're nice.








if you take the PCM part of the harness, and roll it out to the passenger side, next to the motor, there should be 3 underhood connectors near by, 2 in car connectors (unless they cut them off) and a purple single wire connector.


thoes are the only connectors you need to touch on that whole harness. everything else is attached to something on the motor or transmission...