SheldonZ28

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Hey Everyone,

Ive got a couple buildthreads on TGO & CCFBG, but dont have one on here, so what the hell, ill post one.

Im 17 years old, ive got a 1989 Camaro IROC-Z Thats my first car. After the car was featured in speedorama @ the toronto Automotive building in feburary, i figured id spice things up a bit and spend my savings on a LSx swap.

Bought a 2004 5.3L engine off my dad. Went through more trouble then you could beleive getting parts to fit, but ive ended up with the 5.3L engine, 2000 4L60e trans, & a sh!tload of f-body engine parts

That being said, heres some pictures of progress. Car is going to be finished next week whether it likes it or not, im gettin real close!





Bought F-body Acc, LS1 intake, corvette covers etc & mocked it up into the engine bay.



Car during new rear end & 99+ Tank install. Excuse my shop, it aint clean



painted engine bay



Fabricated some custom mounts @ school & tacked them into place



My mounts:



Went a different direction with my fueling. sold the vette covers & bought some billet fuel rails



This will be fun to fit



Bought an LS6 intake, wired the car, made an intake, and a whole load of other progress, heres how the engine looks in the car now:

SheldonZ28

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Another angle:



Decided that manifolds didnt fit the bill, neither did $800 SW headers, so i modified a set of Gen1 headers to fit, heres the parts:



First Header complete:



Stupid clearance dent



Painted and pretty:



Im currently finishing up my pedal, and 2nd header. Will post updates as i finish those.

Sheldon

V8Rumble

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Nice job man, it sure looks like you've had more time to work on your project than I have, & you've made good use of your time as well! I'm waiting until I can drop my engine into the car before I start work on my header project, but hopefully that won't be too long now... BTW (from what I could tell with mine), fitting that pedal might be a bit of an annoyance for ya...

Now (with your car being so close to being done), you can look forward to actually driving it the rest of the summer!

92camaroguy

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Looks like that it's going to be a blast to drive! I though about doing a 5.3 or a 6.0 in my camaro. But it seems like the LS1 will fit with less modding (if that makes any sence). What all did you reuse from the original 5.3 setup?

V8Rumble

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All of the engines you've mentioned above will be virtually identical as far as swapping one in goes. The biggest (& ONLY real) advantage to the LS1 is if you get one from an F-body - then you wouldn't need to swap the front accessories, oil pan & (possibly) intake. That would mean less work, but one of the other engines would likely cost less, & probably would not have been beaten on as hard as an F-body would've...

I think that you could make a good argument for any of them, just look for the best deal & lowest miles you can find...

SheldonZ28

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Ive re-used the 5.3L Long block, TB & Wiring setup.

F-body Acc
F-body crank pulley
F-body Intake
F-body oil pan
F-body Engine mounts
F-body coil packs
F-body fuel rails

Think thats it. I paid $1500 for my complete engine, not realizing how much id have to change. Wasnt as good as a deal as i thought it was, but only 5k km's on it, i cant complain

92camaroguy

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Thats why I wanted to go LS1 looks like alot to change. But you have a cool ride and it dose have low miles to boot.

flynbyu82

What sort of problems do you run into with the truck accessories in a 3rd gen?

92camaroguy

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IIRC the oil pan sits to low and the alt,intake.... sit about a couple inches high.You might make it work with a 3'' cowl hood would make to where it would work.(I think)