After a couple of hours of pushing and shoving, we finally got the LT1 into my friends car.
Looks nice sitting in there too.

 

sweet *** man, lookin great, and good idea to jack up the rear end so its easier to get the engine in. i might have to save that one for the next engine drop.

 

That tip about raising the rear end was from a few members here.
We put the engine and tranny in at the same time, which wasn't as hard as some people said it would be.
Tranny tailshaft never even came close to the ground.
Hardest part was getting the engine mounts to go into the motor mounts.

 

Now its in, darn thing feels like an xmas present I have to wire up and plumb to start... sort of like a big RC car At least it doesn't need to be unwrapped..

 

Please keep us Posted on these swaps-the red intake engine will be in (your car) right?? Interested in the wiring, computer part , power steering hoses, etc. Good Work.

 

Ya, the red one is going into my car.
I am opting for manual steering.

Today we will put my engine and tranny into the car and then I'll start wiring up Julians' LT1 and then mine. His is much easier since he has a custom harness and mine is a Caprice one that I need to modify.
I can't wait to hear the rumble from both cars. His car won't stand a chance against mine.

 

Looks great.

 

nice work Zepher

 

Very nice! How much can you get a custom harness for?

 

looking good.:hail:

 

the harness came with the engine package from speartech.. I believe on its own they charge like 500 for it.. with the engine package I just told them what I was running and they custom programmed the pcm and gave me leads for the autometer gauges etc..

 

Looking good!

 

Lookin real good, I can't wait to see it all finished. Thats a nice ride

 

Hey J's T/A how do I contact speartech. If you don't mind how much was the engine and tranny total? Are you happy w/ what you got. I am looking for an lt1 but I want the t-56.

 

Another picture for the Zepher album. Seriously, you guys seem to be having way too much fun over there. LT-1s look pretty nice.

 

the way to contact speartech is speartech.com.. there is no phone number you need to email John.. He is pretty good at replying within a day..

 

looks good, should be a nice setup

 

We got mine installed today. Looks really nice.
I was too lazy to take pictures, but will tomorrow.

 

J's T/A If you don't mind how much was the engine and tranny total? Are you happy w/ what you got.

 

So should I bring my 82 up there and you guys can help Joe and I when we get ready for the drop in! You will be an expert by then!

So what Hp are you looking at at the wheels? We were planning for 400 on my 82. Then Joe found an article in one of his mags the other day. Seems they did a very similar 383 LT1 set up to the one we are putting in the 82. Their cam is barely bigger then mine. They actually got 500+ on motor and 700+ with a 150 shot of nitrous. It was NX, so it was more like 180...they cool thing was the crank was nothing special...so I should really be putting down the hp when mine's done. We never thought I could be hitting the 500 mark. I can't wait!

 

I am hoping for 350+ at the wheels on mine on motor and around 500 or so on the gas. J's motor should put down 290 or so.

Dropping the motor in is easy, it's just the wiring that is the hard part.

 

Where do you get so much money for all the mods you do to your car? You a drug dealer or something???

 

Most of my mods are hand-me downs.
If I were a drug dealer, my car would be hooked up and running 2 years ago with all the bling bling that normal drug dealers flaunt.

 

Well tell me where to stand so those kind of hand-me-downs land in my hands

 

Well, according to Einstien, 2 objects (or people) can't occupy the same space at the same time, so I guess you are SOL.

 

My motor is a series of trades and hand me downs too. We are finally at the got to buy some stuff stage! Fun, fun...

Well on the hp #s I stated above...Joe said that was a carbed motor and the LT1 intake will be a bit more restrictive, so maybe not 500, but I should be b/w that and 450. Still thats close to 4x what my 87s motor makes! I'm gonna have to be careful the first time I get on it. I'm not going to know what to do with that power!

 

Sweet
I'm thinking about putting a lt1 into my Targa camaro if it work's out properly. Can an lt4 be droped in as well?

 

Yes, they are the same as the Vette LT1, 4bolt mains with LT4 intake and heads.

 

Sweet, didn't they have just a little more hp than the lt1's as well. Was it 15 or 20. But anyways that's good to know when the time comes for an engine to be put into my project.

 

wheres ur pics Zepher? id like to see ur car up and running again.

 

I haven't taken any yet. I'll take some tomorrow when I pull the car out of the garage. Right now there are no hood bolts so it's kinda hard to lift the hood and take a picture at the same time.

 

ahh!! very true

 

bump for more pics

 

hey what do i have to get if i want to put a ls1 or lt1 into my 84z l69ho 5spd i am also gonna get a t56 with this conversion what about my speedo and drive shaft. thanks
could use all ur help
pm if u would like.

 

Driveshafts are the same, so no change there.
Aftermarket speedo makes it easier.
LT1 bolts right in, T56 requires new crossmember.
LS1 requires special mounts.
PCM's will need to have VATS removed from the programming.

 

LT4 has 30 more hp, bump for the pics!!!

Dave

 

I'll put the cluster in tomorrow and take a bunch of pictures of the tranny cooler and all the other neat stuff that was put onto the car. It was 80 degrees and sunny yesterday, today was 50 and windy and now it's raining. I hate this Virginia weather.

 

Hey! A hot-rodder and a physicist all rolled into one :hail:

I'm still jealous

Want to adopt me into the family, so I can at least get in line???

 

zepher, how about you hand me down some of those parts, and throw them in david's trans am before i have it picked up?

 

I still need to snap shots of my engine. Been to lazy.
All the left over parts are for LT1 motors, so, since you can't use them, I'll just save them.

 

where can I pick up a pair of those valve covers. nice job by the way. kinda looks like my driveway most of the time.

 

They are GM units. About $140 or so for the pair and $20 for the oil cap, $15 for the bolts and studs.

 

looks like a corvette lt1, right?

 

Yep it will look like a vette LT1, I have the fuel rail covers for it too but those won't go on until it has run for a bit and any fuel leak demons are exorcised..

It did start though.. 'bout jumped out of my shorts! I thought with all the wiring and the like it wouldn't fire up right away but it did.. with an open y-pipe.. Unfortunately the fuel connections at the filter leak so I had to order up a dedicated 6an filter for the braided lines.. won't be here till tuesday..

The gauge cluster went in today though.. when I was wiring up the flexalites Zepher was hooking in the harness.. More pics will be coming as soon as I get over there tomorrow.

Thanks for the support!

 

Thats sweet man, i was hoping to do that swap with the 6-speed.

 

J - That is an awesome looking T/A!!! Good work and good luck with it, i know you'll enjoy that LT-1.

Later,

Dave

 

Heres a couple of pics with the cooling system installed..

 

at night almost plumbed..

 

Looks excellent. I don't know if you got this far, but it may be better to put the battery on the drivers side(mine was originally on the passenger side) and now I have to figure out how I'm going ot hook up the MAF and an air filter. I still have the battery on the passenger side but I think it's going to have to be moved if I can't figure anything out.

 

Yep I am that far.. I decided to use a ram air hood and solve that problem with the airbox modded to hook up the reprogrammed LS6 maf I have sitting on the shelf.. thanks though! It will have a hack and slice job with the elbow upsidedown until the hood arrives..