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Old 06-07-2012 | 11:33 AM
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Ok guy going to start doing the ls swap to my wife's 96 z28 and this will be a swap that both my wife and i both work on we bought a 96 z28 a year ago and have had a hell of a time with the car even staying running so we are done with the lt1 this is a a4 car and one thing i dont know about is can i use the lt1 a4 tranny in the swap? Ill post pic soon too
Old 06-07-2012 | 11:41 AM
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Yes you can use that Trans. You'll just either need a custom torque convertor or the adapter.
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Yes you can use that rans. You'll just either need a custom torque convertor or the adapter.
Who makes a adapter for the swap cuz its already has a 3600 stall in it
Old 06-19-2012 | 08:57 AM
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Going to finish pulling the motor and tranny out this weekend
Old 06-19-2012 | 04:09 PM
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Cool keep us updated on the project.
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Originally Posted by black and pink z28
Who makes a adapter for the swap cuz its already has a 3600 stall in it
LS1 Flexplate, Spacer on the back.

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Old 06-20-2012 | 01:21 AM
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so, no adapter?
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No adapter needed. Just the flexplate and hub spacer as Merv stated. It is just like bolting up a TH350 or TH400.

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how do you plan on wiring the car the front harness the the motor harness?
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Will i got the motor and tranny out this week end i kinda did it the hard way pull tranny out first and it fell on my hand cut it up kinda bad guess thats what happen with i try doing stuff by myself lol the pull motor out the top. I want to still be able to roll the car out side to do sum clearing ill post pic tonight
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Originally Posted by ROUDA
how do you plan on wiring the car the front harness the the motor harness?
I dont know yet
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Originally Posted by psiconversion
No adapter needed. Just the flexplate and hub spacer as Merv stated. It is just like bolting up a TH350 or TH400.

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Ok is like the tci flex plate?
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Well i just got a ls tranny today so im going to use it
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I'm wanting to do the same to my 97... More details please!!!
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Got sum more parts this weekend getting closer to being able to start doing the swap
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Originally Posted by black and pink z28
I dont know yet
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...o-lt1-car.html

Originally Posted by Shanle929
I'm wanting to do the same to my 97... More details please!!!
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...on-sticky.html
Old 07-03-2012 | 08:30 PM
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I printed your wiring Diagram of last night That should be a lotta help to me
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I pick up the motor for the car yesterday its a 5.3 out of a pick up now all i need is some little parts on the i can kick it in gear to try to have the car done for my wifes birthday


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