pitbull14218

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1981 Pontiac Trans Am



The car runs and drives great, so I plan to do a tune up in case its been a while since the last one. It has a 4.9L Pontiac V8 rated at I think around 155HP and 245tq lol not many jams, I don't know if any chevy parts are interchangeable so I only plan to remove the cats and install some mufflers to louden it up a bit maybe a carb. This engine is actually the same one they turbo, well at least the fact that it is a 4.9L I don't know if there are other differences.


So has anyone on here swapped LS's into these cars? what will I need, can someone post pics or thread info.

Thanks

BANDIDO79

Hey, I also have a 2nd gen, but my ride is a 79 Trans am with the shaker.. but i recently acquired a LQ9 thats gonna replace the sbc... im still debating if i wanna go carb or keep it fuel injected.. one thing is that i do want to keep the shaker shaking... one guy over in Transamcountry installed a ls2 in his 80 ta. he kept it fi and kept the shaker..

BANDIDO79

many have done the swap to 2nd gen camaros.. it should be the same do a search and youll find the build with pics.

Rick Speed

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Yeah it's not a bad swap at all. I'm doing it to my 79 TA

pitbull14218

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Is it cheaper to make the 6.0 carb'd rather than buying the extras to keep it fuel injected?

PokeyGTO

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Short answer.. Yes. But really depends on what parts you got with the LQ9 and what parts you have floating around the garage.