hi i need some help i had a 95 z28 that got hit by a person that ran through a stop light and totaled my car. i have found a 3rd gen for a good price that needs a trans and mine has 20 thousand on it sense rebuilt. the 3rd gen has a decent motor in it now but a bad trans and i figured i could put my trans in there till i could afford to rebuild my lt1. i have been told by a few people that i couldnt do it and i figured someone on this message board could help me. please help!!!

 

Nope - not without an expensive computer to control it.

1994+ cars had a 4L60E tranny - basically a 700R4, but all electronically controlled - your 1995 car has a seperate PCM for the tranny that controls shifting, lockup, etc. - and it connects to the ECM for information - there's no way of running the 4L60E tranny in a 3rd gen unless you drop ALOT of cash into an aftermarket computer to control it.

Part the 4th gen, and either 1) buy a 700R4 (especially if the car is a pre-1988), or 2) have the tranny rebuilt. Mid-year 1987 there were significant internal changes to the 700R4 making it stronger/better than pre-1987 trannies, thus I recommend a 1988 - 1993 tranny. You need a 700R4, or a 4L60 (with no E at the end) - the only year designated with a 4L60 (with no E) was 1993 (at least in F-bodies).

 

what motor is in it?

you could take your LT1, trans, and wiring and swap it over to the 3rd gen, and then sell the motor the 3rd gen has.

 

But yeah, you can swap over motor and tranny if you swap all components of wiring and computer systems.

 

and part out the 4th gen, that could help pay for the swap. the interior, the dash, the rear end could all get you some decent coin. then any body panels that are useable and after that scrap it for a couple more bucks.