THEBRAD

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this will probably get moved, but has anyone taken out the the ls1 and replaced it with say a 1976 350? im might be getting anouther t/a and was going to sell the motor trans computer and wiring harness to my buddy and wanted to know if any put old school lumpy carbed motor into a 1998 or newer camaro firebird

andrew69_04

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why????????

IHeartTurbo

classic gary

Why? because now he's got a lump of a body layin' around doin' nothing. DO IT! old school SBC are still getting cheaper and cheaper to build, they make decent HP, and it should not be hard to put it in the car. Hell, the bellhousing patterns are the same so ANY GM tranny will work. You've allready got the fuel lines, a good radiator, headers from a third Gen Camaro might fit. DO IT !!

Schwanke Engines

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Hummm, So you don't like power and reliability? Well, I guess to each his own. It would be eye catching, thats for sure. I think there is some sort of man law against that?

LS1_PNYTAMR

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i agree do it... my dad has a badass 383 he built for no reason im thinking about swapping into a lt1 car that would be badass... i mean honestly at a certain point none of these motors have stock parts anyways to call them ls1's or lt1's.... not like your putting a ford cobra motor in it lol

LS1_PNYTAMR

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news flash, you can make just as much power with a sbc as a ls1........ with a carb as fuel injectors.....

Schwanke Engines

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$ for $ you can't do it. Not reliably. If you had to get all the parts together to make two 550 HP engines, LS engines are cheaper hands down.

classic gary

maybe he's like me and has a bunch of old school small block stuff layin' around. sounds to me like a good idea, use up the car that's doin' nothing and some sbc parts doin' nothing. a match made in chevyland.

IHeartTurbo

According to the first post, he hasn't sold the LS1 yet.

Rodder

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1) Yes, this is the wrong forum.
2) Yes, many people have done that

Here's the right forum: https://ls1tech.com/forums/small-block-big-block-chevy-specific-92/

See the "BBC/SBC conversion how to" sticky.

Juicy J

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Are you seriously considering this?

DCx

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oh for sure. i took this out of my 69 camaro and now it just sits in the garage.

Mooosman

That distributor is going to be really fun to get to!

Nick

THEBRAD

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yeah a couple of u guys hit it right on the head, i bought a 98 for 1500 bucks and sold all motor tranny pute and harness for 4gs(hopefully) and i have a sweet looking car that goes no where lol. i have a crap load of of the older gen small block part so it only makes since to me. and actually it is way cheaper to build a 500 hp old scool motor than an ls1. im sticky a single turbo 355 in my 91 camaro and i started with a block bought all new internals cam heads intake carb everything and have less than 5000 in it(not including turbo stuff), u cant build an ls1 from the ground up for that price. and yes while the ls1 is incredibly reliable i drove carb cars from the time i was 16 till i was 21(im only 22) and they started right up every morning, living in ohio where we get 0 degree weather and snow thats pretty good i think. thanks for the link and everybodies opinion

THEBRAD

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and i think it would be sweet to see one of the best looking f bodies ever made sittin there shakin like its got the palsy sounded all bad *** smellin like gas and oil and look like it does, but thats just me

Mike454SS

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Why bother with 3rd gen parts...the 4th gen's came with LT1's...those are "gen 2's" but they're the same as gen 1's for headers...and you KNOW they'll fit the car. 1993-1997 dude.

NHRAMAN

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Rodder

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what do you mean, there's tons of 67-68 f-bodies like that already.

socal

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think LT CAR your just reverting it back a few years but yes hands down $ per hp ls is cheaper and the car will never pass emissions