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Old May 12, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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I have a 93 typhoon that im thinkin of swapping a ls1/ls6 in. First question would be will the ls1 mate to the trans? I believe its a 700r4. Just wondering if its going to be more of a PITA than just rebuilding the 6cyl.
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Old May 12, 2010 | 04:20 PM
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...rbo-build.html

everybody is gonna tell ya to search, but you should check out this guys swaps... he's done more than one sy/ty conversion iirc.
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Old May 12, 2010 | 05:07 PM
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appreciate it. reason i asked about the 700r4 is that mines been rebuilt by goerge blake and darn near bullit proof. btw thanks for the link.

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i just finished up building a ls6 typhoon. yea you can use your 700r4 you just need a different flexplate. if you have any questions just pm me.
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that would be bas ***
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i just finished up building a ls6 typhoon. yea you can use your 700r4 you just need a different flexplate. if you have any questions just pm me.
yeah im lookin at an ls6 now , im just kinda worried about the mounting and fab of everything else that goes into it. be nice if it was just a drop in. lol

2001 Ls6 with a 2004 Z06 cam in it, 52k heads got new springs at 42k.
Complete, Oil pan, intake, fuel rails, injectors, tb, damper, crank pully everything except the harness.
$2500 or OBO..

Engine is in the car,
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