LS into a 94 caprice wagon?
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LS into a 94 caprice wagon?
hey everybody, i might be able to get my hands on a 94 caprice wagon for fairly cheap and i was thinking of dropping my LQ4 into it. right now its a lt1 car.
is there a company that makes motor mounts and headers for a conversion like this? what about wiring, i have the harness and computer from a 99 TA but what would i need to do to make the gauges work?
if headers arent an option what manifolds would work?
thanks for any help, Mark
is there a company that makes motor mounts and headers for a conversion like this? what about wiring, i have the harness and computer from a 99 TA but what would i need to do to make the gauges work?
if headers arent an option what manifolds would work?
thanks for any help, Mark
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well idk much about impalas but my buddy put a ls2 into a 96 impala ss i think they are the same car. he had all his wiring harness made by speartech hope they are a sponsor or there goes another infraction....neway hope that helps.
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You should be able to use carshopinc mounts or any mount like it. I have TD's on my 79. Pretty much the same thing you have. Keep the mounts off the LT1 block, and they bolt up to the swap plate. You are going to need to change from OBD1 to OBD2 if you are swapping that engine anyway. OBD1 is the engine computer software.
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im just lost on what will need to be swapped to obdII, as it will have an ls1 computer anyway, which is obd II. what will i need to change for the rest? can someone pm me a link to Street and performance's site, i think i found it but it says that they havent finished the swap yet, i must be on an old version of the site or something.
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when you get a harness made it will have and obdII port you will just not use any of your factory computer or obdI stuff its pretty easy to make your own mounts if you have a little fab skills and weld
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im just lost on what will need to be swapped to obdII, as it will have an ls1 computer anyway, which is obd II. what will i need to change for the rest?
can someone pm me a link to Street and performance's site, i think i found it but it says that they havent finished the swap yet, i must be on an old version of the site or something.
can someone pm me a link to Street and performance's site, i think i found it but it says that they havent finished the swap yet, i must be on an old version of the site or something.
I don't know about Street & Performance's site. I spent a month there one night.....I couldn't find what I was looking for at all.
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alright thats what i figured, for some reason i thought there was more to it from everyone saying i need to convert lol.
gauges seem like the only though part, but ive delt with it before so its no big deal, is a custom harness fromlike speartech already made to work with my gauges?
gauges seem like the only though part, but ive delt with it before so its no big deal, is a custom harness fromlike speartech already made to work with my gauges?
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A custom harness from speartech is made to work with the MINIMUM gauges. I think just speedo, tach, and the OBDII port are included in the harness. John is a great guy, very helpful and informative. You have to wire your own oil pressure and coolant temp sensors. Its actually pretty damn easy. I wired my harness to run through the factory fuse box. I still have a few wires to take out of the speartech fuse block, but otherwise it works fine. If i had the choice of doing it again, I'd do my own harness. Its Uber-simple once you look at the schematics for a while. I just did one for a buddy or mine about 2 weeks ago...and it actually worked lol.
Loweredd- Nice to see you here, I remember you from the impalassforum. I'm on there with the same screen name. I think everyone is converting to LSx lol. I may get into a LS-powered FC RX7 sometime soon. Or I may do another Impala...who knows.
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Loweredd- Nice to see you here, I remember you from the impalassforum. I'm on there with the same screen name. I think everyone is converting to LSx lol. I may get into a LS-powered FC RX7 sometime soon. Or I may do another Impala...who knows.
BTW Read the sig lol.
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