What would I need to do to make this swap work? I've got the tranny covered (actually the v6's dying tranny is causing the swap in the first place), and I know about the front coil springs and headers.. but what else would definitly need to get swapped out? And I'm talking anything beyond the engine. Alternator? A/C compressor? Radiator? header Y pipe? Swapping from 700R4 to THM-350, will trans crossmember work? Anything in the front suspension beyond the coil springs? Fuel pump system changes? I know it's alot of questions, but I want this to go smoothly...

 

Alternator, A/C hoses, water pump and fan, smog pump, radiator as well as hoses & tranny cooler lines, exhaust from heads to rear bumper, trans cross member (unless you have a 9-inch tail shaft TH350), front sway bar, fuel pressure regulator (3-port type to retain the return line), fuel lines from driver's to passenger side of engine, wiring and switches for fuel pump, engine mounts (do these while changing the springs - much easier to get to the mount bolt nuts inside the cross member), brake line on front cross member, distributor, air cleaner, tach, misc. wiring, throttle cable, tranny kick-down cable, cruise control (you'll be going from electronic to mechanical govenor if you're eliminating the ECM and you want to keep the cruise), brackets for alternator, AC, smog pump & PS, starter, flex plate. ECM and all sensors if maintaining emissions and computer.

My front frame was also missing some braces that the V8 car had. Unless you have an electronic speedo, the speedometer cable will probably hook up (at least there's one piece of good news).

Since I say this to everyone else who asks, you'd probably be better off getting a factory V8 car and selling your current car, even in it's reduced condition. There has to be something pretty special about the V6 car you have to make it worth while going through this process. And, "smooth" is probably not a word that would be associated with a first-timer going through this, regardless of preparation (I have done several engine swaps in the past 30 years, including putting the BBC into my '57, and this Camaro project was by far the most difficult).

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82 Berlinetta, orig V-6 car, now w/86 LG4/TH700R. 2.73 unlimited slip. Cat-back from '91 GTA, Accel HEI SuperCoil. AMSOIL syn lubes bumper-to-bumper. Daily driver, work-in-progress (LB9 w/ZZ3 cam, TBD heads, exhaust, paint, etc.).
57 Bel Air, my 1st car. 0.030 over 396, Weiand Action+, Edelbrock 1901 Q-Jet, Jacobs Omnipack, 1-3/4" headers, TH400 w/TCI Sat Night Special conv & shift kit, 3.08 10-bolt, AMSOIL syn lubes bumper-to-bumper. Best 15.1 @ 5800' Bandimere. Daily driver while Camaro was being put together.

[This message has been edited by five7kid (edited January 08, 2001).]