hello all!! I'm new here but not new to automobiles nor fabrication.
I have a 90 camaro rs, It's been in my family since 91. About 6 years ago my father took it into Sears for a quick oil change before going to a family reunion. When he left, it got about 3 miles down the road and it started smoking like a train so he went back to Sears and they drained 5 of the 10 quarts of oil back out of it.....good bye piston rings.
They refused to do anything about it so its been sitting for 6 years waiting for me to play with it.
I have huge plans for this thing starting with the motor.
I am swapping in a lm7 from a 2003 burban and 4l60e from a 95 impala ss.
Coil over suspension with tubular A arms
Shaved bay
Cage
2010 camaro tail lights
And boost!
if anyone has done this or is in the process, can anyone provide me with info(a very detailed drawing) of the mounts you are running? I want to make my own mounts.
My goal with this car is to buy the least possible.
If anyone can help me that would be amazing. ! I will post pics of the car ASAP.

 

Welcome aboard thirdgen.org.

Overfilling the crankcase did not wipe out the rings. It just pumped more oil into the combustion chamber. It would clean out fairly quickly if it was just driven. Might need to change the spark plugs due to oil fouling, but that's about it.

Now, LM7 is an LS-series swap. So, read the sticky. Pay particular attention to the link about starting with a truck engine.

The '95 4L60E isn't the best idea, as the Gen I/II crank-to-front-pump spacing is slightly different than Gen III. You either need a spacer for the flexplate, or a torque converter made for a Gen II transmission behind a Gen III engine.

Many people have done what you're talking about. Read the sticky and search the LTX and LSX engine swap subforum (where this is now). If you want to do boost, then check out the Power Adder forum (just don't plan on scrimping with that part).

I hope nobody has done Gen V tail lights in a 3rd gen, but that's probably been done, too. But, it wouldn't be detailed in the Engine Swap forum.

 

I already bought the spacer and the motor is bolted to the tranny. I have already made my stand alone harness and fuel lines. I just need the mounts.

 

mount part numbers/info can be found here:
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/ltx-...und-these.html

or you can look around at the 'tech forum, believe someone posted up measurements on that page

 

Alright well im back and have some of my pics on the computer to share. Here are a couple.
not a very good pic but this is the car when i first pulled it in the garage.
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old motor
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old motor gone
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mounts i made.
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new motor
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harness
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routing harness
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evap block off i made
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modifying pan
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FINISHEDPAN.jpg?t=1330311920
test fit mounts
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ENGINETESTFIT.jpg?t=1330311882

 

now for the good stuff
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it will all be finished in a couple days. i will be ready to take it out, finish weld it and clean and polish the welds and pipe.

 

You're going to have to find an LS1 intake and LS accessories, the truck setup wont work in the 3rd gen

 

They work fine

 

What are you going to be running for a hood? And nice welding by the way!

 

subbed!

 

I'm going to run a cowl hood I guess or just cut a hole.
Thanks, i weld all day. I have a small fab business.

 

Yes it will

 

My turbo mani is built to work with all the accessories and in the stock location in third gen

 

are you still gonna put in 5th gen tails? please dont they wont look right. also you used solid mounts basically and you are still using all the truck accesories?

 

I have seen the tail light conversion done and its sexxxy!!. Yes, I made solid mounts and I am keeping everything on the Motor as I received it except the fan.

 

got the manifold done and someone already bought it.. another one in the works though.
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finishedmani2.jpg?t=1331762743

 

Looks good I'd be interested in some pipes too. Why manifolds did you use on the motor?

 

Factory cast lm7

 

yeah fab me up some pipes too! lol

 

If you guys seriously want a manifold email me. Accordlxrj@AOL.com
I have 1 left that some one is supposed to be picking up this week. I have been making a couple at a time and if you want them I need to know how many sets of flanges to order.

 

Thanks for the offer bud, but I actually can't. I just paid $$$ for my dyno-tune and got my car finally up and running. But thanks anyways

But keep up the good work, I'll be following your progress and IF i ever turn to boost, I'll let you know

 

definitely subbing to this one. was going to try doing this, but spent the $$$ and just got the ls1 front accessories instead. and nice work on the pipes!

 

Im so keeping up with this. I might be interested in a set of manifolds and so on but want to wait to see the end look as im pretty picky as to the way I want to run it

 

GETTING NEW SUSPENSION AND MAKING CUSTOM A ARMS

 

What kind of coilovers are those?

 

The fronts are koni sports with sleeves and the rears are koni 8212's

 

email sent about piping and mounts im armyracerws6@yahoo.com

 

I LOVE that paper towel holder lol




Its lookin good.

 

Sub'd!

I'd like to see those tail lights, very curious.

Great work btw!

 

I emailed you about a week ago for a price on that piping and motor mounts and have yet to hear back from you

 

nice project.did you end it? i´m probably gonna do the same swap. did you take a lsx harnes or did you your own wiring?

 

I'm still working on it. I took a brake to finish my bobber project. I made my own harness

 

sounds good. it seems to be more work to put in a 5.3 truck engine instead of a lsx.or i maybe only looks that way?

 

I just don't have cash flow like most. It's in I'm just needing fuel lines and computer

 

You maybe missunderstood me. is it more work to put in a 5.3 truck engine instead of a (for example) ls1 engine? or is it the same?are you gonna keep the ac?

 

They are the same you just require oil pan mod with the 5.3. I'm not running a/c

 

what mods do the oilpan need? swap to a ls1 f-body oilpan?

 

Well I'm back at it. I decided to go with the ls1 intake manifold so that meant putting a ls1 water pump on and that meant switching everything over so I'm going to fbody relocation but I'm going to make all my own brackets. My goal with this build was to not buy anything except the motor and tranny and fabricate everything else unless it was impossible. Here are some pics.

 

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Brackets to make the Holley rails fit the ls1 intake with 5.3 injectors
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Stainless throttle cable bracket
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the start of a new set of turbo manifolds
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pic of mounts painted and installed
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look at what i did to my truck water pump on my build link in my sig. Its a lot cheaper to run the truck stuff.

 

looks clean. nice job on those mounts!

 

I'm not going for cheap. I wanted to replace the water pump before I put it together anyway and I'm making the alternator bracket so really the only extra expense is going to be the balancer. I'm not sure about ps yet cause I really want to put a pinto manual rack under it.