98z28jorge

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hey guys i was involved in an accident about 6 months ago and my z went to crap but the motor tranny harness pretty much everything is ok ecept the body so i just got me a 98 firebird v6 with a blown motor and want to have my ls1 back!!!! so this is what i need help in!!
donor car is 98 z28 a4
new car is 98 bird m5 v6
i know i have to change the following
motor
tranny
ecu
radiator
k member
steering rack
and engine harness
but i dont know which is the engine harness i i took of the ecu from the v6 and unpluged the three plugs that led into the car and also unpluged the 3 connectors on the passenger side wheel well now my question is can i just leave those three that are on the wheel well and will it plug in with my v8 engine harness and into the three plugs in the passenger side firewall??? or do i have to change it all oh and can i use my camaros cluster on the birds dash??? i really need help thankx in advance any info would be great!!

98z28jorge

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donor car


new car

the_merv

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Basically transplant all wiring from the V8 Car into the V6 car, and make sure you bolt into the Auto Shifter somehow..unless you want to make it a 6spd.

Ya it's going to be alot of work, but it will be done correctly if you swap everything out.

I plan on doing the same thing with my car, I'm swapping everything over to a new body, and I'm going through everything.

98z28jorge

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hey thanks for the info what do you mean bolt the auto??? can i use all of the camaros harness on the firebird i was told i could leave some of the v6 wiring sence they are both 98s but i dont know if that was true they told me i can leave the dash harness but so far thats all ive heard


come on guys i know its been discussed alot but i cant find the info about the wiring need help

i really need to know if i have to change the harness thats on the passenger sider shock tower that leads to the lights and to the two fuse boxes under the hood

the_merv

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I do know that there is very suttle differences in the V6 and V8 Wiring, but my concern will be with the BCM..there may be a difference.

Personally I would swap every bit of wiring.

As far as the Shifter..on the Manual Car there will be a hole, on the Auto Car the Shifter will be bolted down to a plate and the Linkage Cable will be going through the floor to the Tranny. You will need to secure the Shifter Assembly into the Manual Car if you want to keep it an auto.

98z28jorge

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but the problem is that the camaros wiring wont have the wiring for the head light motors???
btw what is the bcm

the_merv

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Oh ya I forgot about that..that part of the Harness will definately be different. I would get a Wiring Diagram and see what the differences are.

Here is a 1998 Diagram..it shows the differences in the V6 and V8 wiring..
http://www.lt1swap.com/ls1_wiring_ha...connectors.htm

BCM-Body Control Module.

I'm not sure if there is a difference with the V6 and V8 ones.

98z28jorge

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hey thanks for the diagrams