96 camaro LT1 and A4 into 96 Camaro 3.8 M5
#1
96 camaro LT1 and A4 into 96 Camaro 3.8 M5
I know its not LSX
Anything problems you may forsee in this swap?
Heres what I have so far:
LT1 and accesories
LT1 engine harness
LT1 PCM
Transmission A4
LT1 fuel pump
LT1 fuel lines
LT1 K member/steering rack
LT1 springs
LT1 gauge cluster
A4 pedals and throttle cable
raditator
rear end/driveshaft
Should the wiring harness just plug right up to the interior harness of the 3.8?
Will I need to do additional wiring?
Also the cooling fans look the same on both.
Anything problems you may forsee in this swap?
Heres what I have so far:
LT1 and accesories
LT1 engine harness
LT1 PCM
Transmission A4
LT1 fuel pump
LT1 fuel lines
LT1 K member/steering rack
LT1 springs
LT1 gauge cluster
A4 pedals and throttle cable
raditator
rear end/driveshaft
Should the wiring harness just plug right up to the interior harness of the 3.8?
Will I need to do additional wiring?
Also the cooling fans look the same on both.
#2
Getting started on my project.
Plan is to pull out verts 3.8 and drop in SS's LT1
Change verts interior to graphite and black top
Change front clip to 98+
SS hood(maybe or maybe not)
Keep gfx and get a new front on for 98+
Keep RS wing
put on silver 01 SS wheels from my other car ( might choose a diffrent wheel)
Paint vert red.
Here are some pics to start:
Here is the car I'm keeping
Here is the donor car
Starting to strip donor
Fixing broke dash, It wasn't broke until I pulled it out. then It broke into about 5 pieces. The vert dash was already broke in about 50 pieces
I'm going to try and get it back together and cover it in material.
Plan is to pull out verts 3.8 and drop in SS's LT1
Change verts interior to graphite and black top
Change front clip to 98+
SS hood(maybe or maybe not)
Keep gfx and get a new front on for 98+
Keep RS wing
put on silver 01 SS wheels from my other car ( might choose a diffrent wheel)
Paint vert red.
Here are some pics to start:
Here is the car I'm keeping
Here is the donor car
Starting to strip donor
Fixing broke dash, It wasn't broke until I pulled it out. then It broke into about 5 pieces. The vert dash was already broke in about 50 pieces
I'm going to try and get it back together and cover it in material.
#4
I was cleaning it up a bit and couldn't resist taking the valve cover off to take a peak inside. I was told this engine has 8k miles on it. I don't know if this it true, but it looks pretty clean although someone could have changed the oil sooner because its pretty dirty.
Last edited by brandonppr; 01-20-2012 at 01:25 AM.
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#10
Here are some pics of the new top, wheels, and interior on.
I decided to leave it green, but am still going to have a 98+ front clip.
We pulled the old locked up 3.8L out today. Some pics came out blurry. I accidently turned off auto focus and didn't notice till it was too late.
I decided to leave it green, but am still going to have a 98+ front clip.
We pulled the old locked up 3.8L out today. Some pics came out blurry. I accidently turned off auto focus and didn't notice till it was too late.
#14
I bought it like that, but I'm guessing blown head gasket. The oil was nasty milkey white. I had sold the dipstick tube out of it and didn't think about it leaking out because I fiqured that the oil level was below the tube. The next morning my garage floor had a huge puddle under the car. It took forever to clean that nasty mess up. I guess the water added to it made the level rise.
#16
The donor car was a 96 and my car is a 96, so I had pretty much everything I needed. The only thing I missed was that the AC evaperator was different between the two cars. I have already gotten rid of the AC evaparator in the donor car. I decided to just go with an AC delete pulley for now. Maybe later after I get everything going, I will put the AC back on. Right now I want to focus on getting it back together and running.