brandonppr

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I know its not LSX

Anything problems you may forsee in this swap?

Heres what I have so far:
LT1 and accesories
LT1 engine harness
LT1 PCM
Transmission A4
LT1 fuel pump
LT1 fuel lines
LT1 K member/steering rack
LT1 springs
LT1 gauge cluster
A4 pedals and throttle cable
raditator
rear end/driveshaft

Should the wiring harness just plug right up to the interior harness of the 3.8?
Will I need to do additional wiring?
Also the cooling fans look the same on both.

brandonppr

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Getting started on my project.
Plan is to pull out verts 3.8 and drop in SS's LT1
Change verts interior to graphite and black top
Change front clip to 98+
SS hood(maybe or maybe not)
Keep gfx and get a new front on for 98+
Keep RS wing
put on silver 01 SS wheels from my other car ( might choose a diffrent wheel)
Paint vert red.

Here are some pics to start:
Here is the car I'm keeping




Here is the donor car


Starting to strip donor




Fixing broke dash, It wasn't broke until I pulled it out. then It broke into about 5 pieces. The vert dash was already broke in about 50 pieces
I'm going to try and get it back together and cover it in material.

brandonppr

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I got a little work done. I get the dash patched up now. Just got to put some vinyl on it.



I got the front end pulled apart and cut out.

brandonppr

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I was cleaning it up a bit and couldn't resist taking the valve cover off to take a peak inside. I was told this engine has 8k miles on it. I don't know if this it true, but it looks pretty clean although someone could have changed the oil sooner because its pretty dirty.

brandonppr

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Got a little more stripping done. Just have the fuel tank and lines left to get out.

brandonppr

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www. tacreationsusa. com/3_4_3_8_v6_to_lt1.htm
I found this and it says wiring and everthing is the same from what I understand from it. So it should be plug and play at least I hope.

the_merv

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Yea the V6 and LT1's are pretty much identical..go on SHBox's site and check the Diagrams just to be sure.

brandonppr

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Got a little more work today. I got the red car out and the RS in.

brandonppr

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Got a little progress done today.

Now whats up with the red paint on the drivers side?











It even came with free hair rollers down in the convertible hole

brandonppr

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Here are some pics of the new top, wheels, and interior on.
I decided to leave it green, but am still going to have a 98+ front clip.






We pulled the old locked up 3.8L out today. Some pics came out blurry. I accidently turned off auto focus and didn't notice till it was too late.

brandonppr

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I got the engine bay stripped and painted. I cleaned up all the parts I pulled off. I got the wiring harness and a few parts back on.

brandonppr

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I got the engine pulled out of the corner and after having to clean trans fluid off the entire garage floor:o I got it set up and ready to work on cleaning it up.

Need4Camaro

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Nice swap. What caused the 3.8 to lock up?

brandonppr

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I bought it like that, but I'm guessing blown head gasket. The oil was nasty milkey white. I had sold the dipstick tube out of it and didn't think about it leaking out because I fiqured that the oil level was below the tube. The next morning my garage floor had a huge puddle under the car. It took forever to clean that nasty mess up. I guess the water added to it made the level rise.

brandonppr

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I started putting the engine back together today.

brandonppr

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Yeah, that site is a great help with all the references.

The donor car was a 96 and my car is a 96, so I had pretty much everything I needed. The only thing I missed was that the AC evaperator was different between the two cars. I have already gotten rid of the AC evaparator in the donor car. I decided to just go with an AC delete pulley for now. Maybe later after I get everything going, I will put the AC back on. Right now I want to focus on getting it back together and running.

brandonppr

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I got a little more work done today.