Hows it goin everybody, ive lurked around this board for some years now, soaking up all the information i could, figured id finally post my project.. its a 1986 Chevrolet El Camino.. bought the car about 4 years ago.. put some 15x8 rallys on it, and drove it as is for about a year,
Eventually i came across a 20k mile ls1 out of a wrecked '02 SS. So i started purchasing things to make the swap easy and all at once. First thing i ordered was the g body swap kit from BRP..
Then the Holley LS swap pan..
Fuel Pump, Regulator, and braided line and -AN fitting
ordered the headers through BRP as well, Hedman Husler, went with the shorty's because they were alot cheaper at the time...
Everything ready to swap, i actually sold the stock harness, and purchased one from speartech along with an unlocked cpu..

 

So after everything sat around for about a year, i finally started tearing it apart...front clip off
Old 305 out
Started cleaning the frame with a wire wheel..
Pulled it out to pressure wash everything

 

Started painting..
Aaannnddd finally droppin motor in..

 

I love El Caminos, that's what my next swap will be if I can find a clean one at a reasonable price. Looking forward to the build. What transmission are you running?

 

Its still mated to the 4l60e..i strongly considered running a 6 speed, but the transmission was still with the motor, and i would have had to find pedals and linkage, on top of another transmission, so i ran with what i had..

 

Swapped a 99 ls1/ t56 into my 83 back in 2002' before you had all this engine swap stuff available. Gradually been updating a few things, such as making my own intake & headers right now. Pics in photobucket link.

Your 02' should have the ls6 intake & possibly even ls6 heads, so that's a nice plus for you. Definitely a project worth doing.

 

the next question, how much you want for it. hahah clean car man! id love to have a elco for my daily,

 

to be honest, i havent got to drive it like that so i couldnt see myslef parting ways with it yet, but daily driver IS the plan...
stripped it down to bare metal to begin body work this weekend, got rid of the trim i had originally planned on keeping, also decided to use roll pan/ smoothie bumper instead of original bumpers, so those should be ordered soon...