Hello everyone,

I am a 19 year old college student and recently bought a 1989 camaro RS with the v6 engine for $700. Body is in great condition and it runs, it was a steal! Only problem is I want a muscle car, not a v6. My uncle has agreed to restore the car for me, but I was just wondering how hard the swap is to a 350 engine? How much of the suspension system has to be completely swapped out? Any useful information will help...this is my first camaro and I want it to be nice when I'm done.

 

Welcome aboard thirdgen.org.

First, read this (note the title): https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/engi...swap-read.html

If you still need an answer, let us know.

 

That was very helpful, thank you. In your opinion, would it be worth it to put all that work into my $700 dollar v6 camaro or just sell it and buy a v8 model even if the motor is no good? The camaro I have now is in good condition with a nice body but everything mechanical needs to be changed for the most part. I was planning on doing a full restoration.

 

It's probably worth it. 5 years ago I wouldn't have said that, but nice V8 cars for a reasonable price are becoming harder to find. Nice V6 cars are easier to find because they don't tend to have been beat on, and less expensive because they have a V6.

FWIW, to me, "restore" means to "return to original factory condition". Putting a V8 in a V6 car pretty much negates that. Not sure what word or term I'd use to replace it; "fix up" doesn't seem to quite make it. "Trick out" - yuck! But, whatever. . .

 

So I picked up an engine from a c6 Vette to swap into my 92 Camaro it's a v6 right now and was wondering what all I need to make the swap done by June

 

You shouldn't hijack people's threads. But sounds like a sweet lsx swap which there's a section of the forum dedicated to already.