3.8L V6 to LS1
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3.8L V6 to LS1 So i will start by saying that I do not own this car. It is my best friends car. He doesn't have access to internet so here i am... Any way he has a 1997 V6 camaro and it is slow. He went to ask the guy he bought it from for a paint job and the guy informed him of a camaro that got totaled. I believe the car that was totaled was a 98 with an ls1. I guess the guy was going over a viaduct and stopped to fast and WHAM! a semi hit him. so the rear end is absolutly totaled. For 300 dollars we can take what ever we want out of it other than the body itself. i was thinking just take everything out of the 98 one and put it into the 97. Since the rear end is messed up i don't think the fuel system on the 98 will be any good and i already know the tranny is toast. the owner says the drive shaft went into the transmission 
I have some experience with cars and i have three older brothers that are amazing with cars. so i was just curious if anyone has any thoughts on what we should do. if i can just take the ls1 and all of its goodies and put it into the car with just a new tranny and fuel system. I am open to any thoughts on the conversion and if you have any ideas please tell me!! i am open to mods. we were thinking new heads, headers/exhaust, intake, and cam. If you have anythoughts on the conversion please respond. i want to build a fast kar 
I have some experience with cars and i have three older brothers that are amazing with cars. so i was just curious if anyone has any thoughts on what we should do. if i can just take the ls1 and all of its goodies and put it into the car with just a new tranny and fuel system. I am open to any thoughts on the conversion and if you have any ideas please tell me!! i am open to mods. we were thinking new heads, headers/exhaust, intake, and cam. If you have anythoughts on the conversion please respond. i want to build a fast kar 
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From: Downers Grove, IL
For 300 that is a great deal, you will want to get as much as possible from the donor car, drop the whole engine and k-member assembly out of the bottom. If you do a search there are many threads about swapping a LS1 into a v6 car. Also check out the conversion car website sticky at the top of the page, magnus has a site where he outlined his 3800 to LS1 swap.
