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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 09:33 AM
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i have a 94 trans am lt1 350
my friend owns a 2000 Firebird V6
he is buying my engine from me and wants to put it in his car.
will the k member off of the 94 trans am fit it anyway on the 2000 firebird?
some things need to be altered i presume, if not where can i get one to work with this swap?
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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 09:35 AM
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The k-member will bolt right up. I would recomend going ahead and getting an aftermarket one, but both are interchangable. Only difference is the motor mounts.
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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 10:51 AM
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yeah eventually we will do that but we are lookin to jus put in right now an upgrade that later. so because the mounts on my k member already have the engine mounted to it i can just drop k member with engine an bolt it straight to the 2000 firebird?
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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 11:21 AM
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yeah eventually we will do that but we are lookin to jus put in right now an upgrade that later. so because the mounts on my k member already have the engine mounted to it i can just drop k member with engine an bolt it straight to the 2000 firebird?
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The 6 bolts that hold the k-member to the car are the exact same location on both.

I used to work for a place that made aftermarket k-members. The 93-97 and 98-02 both used the same jig to build, you just put a different motor mount jig on them.
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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 12:10 PM
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awesome thank you for the info that definetly settles the decision on doin it
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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 94Project
awesome thank you for the info that definetly settles the decision on doin it
Glad i could help
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