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Old 08-05-2004, 12:22 AM
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a friend of mine is under the impression that the lt1 and 1st gen 305 have tons in common, and infact share the same mounting brackets. is this true?

(btw we are talking about putting a lt1 into a85 monte carlo ss, he thinks it'll slide right in?)
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Originally Posted by LSONE
a friend of mine is under the impression that the lt1 and 1st gen 305 have tons in common, and infact share the same mounting brackets. is this true?

(btw we are talking about putting a lt1 into a85 monte carlo ss, he thinks it'll slide right in?)
You can throw a LT1 intake on a 305/350 for instance. I also beleive the mounts are the same as LT1 swaps are pretty popular.
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On a head/intake swap:
I don't think putting the intake on a regular SBC will work because it doesn't have coolant passages. Heads won't work period.

On a complete swap: The motor mounts are different I beleive (at least for trucks they are) but the swap is popular so custom mounts shouldn't be hard to find.
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Originally Posted by Kurt D
On a head/intake swap:
I don't think putting the intake on a regular SBC will work because it doesn't have coolant passages. Heads won't work period.
You might be right... I've heard of guys running the LT4 intake a I think... maybe not.
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LT1 will bolt up in place of a SBC.

But a SBC will not go where a LT1 once was.

They don't share the same mounting brackets, but the LT1 has both sets of holes in it.
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the lt1 has reverse flow heads/intake and cannot swap on a normal sbc. but yeah the lt1 can be swapped in place, not sure if the mounts are the same.
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as far as motor swaps go this is one of the easyer ones.
the hardest part is the wireing(why i hate efi)



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