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Old 02-22-2013, 04:28 PM
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I'm building a 4.8 to go in my 87 Camaro and would like to put a t56 behind it. I'm thinking of using a lt1 donor. Is there anything that won't work from the lt1 car behind the LS? will the LS flywheel work with the other lt1 stuff? Thanks!
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The LT1 t56 will not work with the LS with out replacing everything on the front of it. Just find LS parts.
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Will the pedals and all that work from the lt1 car?
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Yeah the pedals will work but the rest won't.
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Is it a good running LT1 swap? Reason i ask is if so run it! Should run with a 4.8 anyways.

Plus swapping into a previously swapped car can be troublesome. Its always easiest to start fresh imo
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The 87 has an old school 350/700r combo. I'm building a 4.8 for it and ran across a complete lt1 t56 swap so I thought it would be nice to have the 6 speed



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