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Old Mar 27, 2017 | 07:23 PM
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Just wanted to share some pictures of my swap, was a 10.40 LT car, been wanting to do this swap for along time. Clearly way behond my budget thanks to my awesome ******* friends!







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Clean looking car.
How do you plan on running the air intake?
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Honestly haven't given it much thought. I'm open to ideas
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Looks like an awesome start. Just finished my LT to Ls swap myself.
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That is a clean TA! What sheen of black is your engine bay?
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That is a clean TA! What sheen of black is your engine bay?
Thanks 18 plus years and 55k miles with this car.
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Nothing fancy just a rustolum pewter rattle can.
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Originally Posted by Chased
Honestly haven't given it much thought. I'm open to ideas
I was just curious, because I'm think about doing an LS swap, but I just don't know..... I like my LT1.

I have a whole 2000 Z28 donor car and I'm think about swapping everything over. Dash and all...

Anyways, if I was in your shoes I would use a 90° elbow and use the LT1 K&N Cold Air Intake. It will work perfectly. I know that's a LT1 pictured below, but it will work them same.



You can also go with the LS1 K&N Cold Air Intake.
http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/eng...t1-fourth-gen/



If I do the swap I might have to go with something like this below, because of the LS1's huge ugly ABS and due to the huge *** fuse boxes. I'm considering an ABS delete and I wonder if I even need to swap the fuse boxes?? I'll ask in my own thread.



With your Ram Air hood you could also fit a LS1 lid if you pull back the radiator. This will have the best gains and now that I think about it I would probably go this route.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-m...mair-hood.html

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The 1998+ v6 lower air box lid is the same for the v8 LS1 cars. Just get the lower from the junkyard and buy an air lid.
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Originally Posted by 383z
I was just curious, because I'm think about doing an LS swap, but I just don't know..... I like my LT1.

I have a whole 2000 Z28 donor car and I'm think about swapping everything over. Dash and all...

Anyways, if I was in your shoes I would use a 90° elbow and use the LT1 K&N Cold Air Intake. It will work perfectly. I know that's a LT1 pictured below, but it will work them same.



You can also go with the LS1 K&N Cold Air Intake.
http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/eng...t1-fourth-gen/



If I do the swap I might have to go with something like this below, because of the LS1's huge ugly ABS and due to the huge *** fuse boxes. I'm considering an ABS delete and I wonder if I even need to swap the fuse boxes?? I'll ask in my own thread.



With your Ram Air hood you could also fit a LS1 lid if you pull back the radiator. This will have the best gains and now that I think about it I would probably go this route.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-m...mair-hood.html

I do have my SLP intake from my LT I can always use, but I'd rather try something different and utilize the ram air hood for once
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