i need help
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i need help getting redy to do motor/tranny swap. i have a 2000 model firebird v6 5spd car, and i would really like to go with an ls1 t56 setup, problem is, i am kind of new to this and dont really know how to go about it. there has got to be more than just buying a motor and tranny. anyway if you could help me out i would greatly appreciate it.
Unless you have some special attraction to that car, you would be WAY better off to sell it and look for an original LS1 Camaro or Firebird. This topic has come up before and just about everyone has agreed that is the best way. It will be cheaper and you will have everything that an LS1 car should have.
My $.02
Pat
My $.02
Pat
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There is a lot more than just buying a motor and tranny.........you have to install it too 
. If you are not very mechanically inclined swapping a LS1 into a 4th gen V6 probably isn`t the best way to become mechanically inclined.
If you have a donor car to pull everything from it can be a bolt in. But if you just buy an engine and trans you have to find,buy, or fabricate all the little brackets, nuts, bolts, wiring, emissions stuff etc. At that point swapping an LSx into an older car is actually easier since theres more room under the hood and the electronics on the car side are simpler.
Try a search, there are a bunch of lists of what you need. The more factory parts you have the more it will bolt together instead of requiring welders and fabrication. If you still wanna go for it speartech should have you covered for wiring, its not a plug in unless you start out by replacing a lot of the wiring with LS1 stuff.
. If you are not very mechanically inclined swapping a LS1 into a 4th gen V6 probably isn`t the best way to become mechanically inclined. If you have a donor car to pull everything from it can be a bolt in. But if you just buy an engine and trans you have to find,buy, or fabricate all the little brackets, nuts, bolts, wiring, emissions stuff etc. At that point swapping an LSx into an older car is actually easier since theres more room under the hood and the electronics on the car side are simpler.
Try a search, there are a bunch of lists of what you need. The more factory parts you have the more it will bolt together instead of requiring welders and fabrication. If you still wanna go for it speartech should have you covered for wiring, its not a plug in unless you start out by replacing a lot of the wiring with LS1 stuff.
Originally Posted by Stu Cool
Unless you have some special attraction to that car, you would be WAY better off to sell it and look for an original LS1 Camaro or Firebird. Pat
Like I tell my kids, dont fall in love, it's only sheet metal and plastic. EVERYTHING is for sale!
Chris
Originally Posted by Stu Cool
Unless you have some special attraction to that car, you would be WAY better off to sell it and look for an original LS1 Camaro or Firebird. This topic has come up before and just about everyone has agreed that is the best way. It will be cheaper and you will have everything that an LS1 car should have.
My $.02
Pat
My $.02
Pat
