Minnie549

i have a lt1 on my stand and I thinking about putting it into my 88 Monte ss. How much stuff would I have to change to make the swap, and would it be expensive todo. Everything on the Monte ss is stock. Thanks in advance for the help

96capricemgr

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I like the LT1 for cars that came with it. If you are going to the trouble of a high pressure fuel system and everything in an older car I would encourage you to jump right to the LS engines a 5.3l or 6.0l is dirt cheap and you can probably even sell the LT1 for enough to completely pay for a 5.3l.

Now if you had say NICE headers and such for the gen 1 motor those could get reused on an LT1 swap but since you said stock everything you are starting from scratch.

ahritchie

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^ Agreed, Big Block or LS all the way

Ocala93TA

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Iam putting a lt1 set up in a 77 bird go for it i hate when everyone just jumps to the ls swaps . Do some research iam sure some one out there has done it already

Minnie549

I have about 8k into the lt1 it put out 495 hp and 478 lbs tq in my 95 impala ss. It ran pretty good that's y I was thinking about putting it in my ss.

FAD2BLK93

Did you do any of the work on the impala yourself? Or did u have it put in? Because if u did the work yourself u know there are many differences...but with some research u should get there. I would say electrical and cooling would be 2 big things that come to mind.

96capricemgr

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Really?
Can you post more detail on that?
If you are already comfortable with the LT1 platform then that is something to be considered.

muddyjimmy

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It is a pretty easy swap and not much different than any other EFI swap. Bolt it, wire it up and enjoy.

ahritchie

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Lol...should have mentioned that in first post...I was thinking 260 hp beat down high mileage typical stock lt1 that sells for $400 on CL If you got that kinda money in it and it's making good power, why not swap it in?