Is it possible to make a 96 LS1 Lumina?
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Staging Lane
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Is it possible to make a 96 LS1 Lumina? Well, would it be possible to get an LS1 into a 96 4-cylinder Lumina? Im about to acquire a 96 Lumina that has only 30k miles from my grandparents and its just a thought right now. 
Any ideas on how to make it work if at all possible? Thanx Guys!
Any ideas on how to make it work if at all possible? Thanx Guys! There are a few guys out there that are putting LS1's in the older lumina/monte carlo body. The most cost efficent way is to keep it front wheel drive. I dont have much info on them but you could go to mymonte.com and the owner of the board has quite a bit of info on what is needed. On the other hand, i would want to make it rear wheel drive, but that would require alot of sheet metal work underneath and even more money.
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Possible? Yes. GM made one. Well, it was V8, RWD at least. I don't know if it was an LS1 or an LT1. It was a metallic lime green with fat tires under the rear. I thought it was pretty sweet. Didn't care much for the lime green, though.
I have a 97 Lumina that I would love to do that to. But it runs too well to chop up right now. You would have to find a complete rear end to work with the Lumina body structure. You'd also have to enlarge the "hump" in the center of the car to accomodate the driveshaft. If you have any metal working skills, I don't think it would be too difficult. However, having such low mileage on it, I'd keep it as a daily and buy something else to 'play' with.
BTW, keep an eye on the coolant in that car. I had to rebuild the top half of my 97 (same 3.1) because the Dexcool became contaminated (dunno how, we never opened the motor) and blocked one of the coolant passages in the head. The pressure blew a hole in the head to lower manifold gasket and leaked water into the lifter valley. It showed up as water in the oil, but the car ran fine. I tore it down to the pistons since it had 103k miles on it already. Put another 30k on it since and it gets better gas mileage than before to boot. End tangent.
I have a 97 Lumina that I would love to do that to. But it runs too well to chop up right now. You would have to find a complete rear end to work with the Lumina body structure. You'd also have to enlarge the "hump" in the center of the car to accomodate the driveshaft. If you have any metal working skills, I don't think it would be too difficult. However, having such low mileage on it, I'd keep it as a daily and buy something else to 'play' with.
BTW, keep an eye on the coolant in that car. I had to rebuild the top half of my 97 (same 3.1) because the Dexcool became contaminated (dunno how, we never opened the motor) and blocked one of the coolant passages in the head. The pressure blew a hole in the head to lower manifold gasket and leaked water into the lifter valley. It showed up as water in the oil, but the car ran fine. I tore it down to the pistons since it had 103k miles on it already. Put another 30k on it since and it gets better gas mileage than before to boot. End tangent.
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The car you guys are refering to was built by Jon Moss, not GM. It was a ' 95 Monte Carlo. The floor pan is from a '95 f-body. Using the rear end, suspension, and other miscellaneous pieces they built the "pro street monte carlo". Bad ****** *** is all I can say about that. Though I will agree with BigE about the color of the car. it was packing 275 up front and 335 meats in the back with the fenders widened in the rear.
I actually ran across the article the other day on google. http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/42647/
The car used a 406 with a LT1 intake. With the car using almost complete f-body parts using a f-boyd LS1 would fit like a glove but just remember to use the 98+ crossmember. As well if I was going to do this myself, and belive me I have thought that through. I would use a 98+ f-body to use the larger brakes but thats just if ya had the money. hope this information helps.
I actually ran across the article the other day on google. http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/42647/
The car used a 406 with a LT1 intake. With the car using almost complete f-body parts using a f-boyd LS1 would fit like a glove but just remember to use the 98+ crossmember. As well if I was going to do this myself, and belive me I have thought that through. I would use a 98+ f-body to use the larger brakes but thats just if ya had the money. hope this information helps.
You would need to access some V8, transverse mounted stuff. Valvegod@aol.com at one point had some of this gm prototype stuff lying around.
