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Old Jun 30, 2003 | 01:44 PM
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is their anyone out their that has did a ls1 swap in a 3rd gen camaro with a t56 that would like to sale or pssibly do a swap for me cuz i wont avhe much time and i would love to have one cuz 3rd gen camaro are my favorite camaros other than the 69ss. so can anyone help me out. by teling me the price and stuff. thanks

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Old Jul 10, 2003 | 09:41 PM
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Doesn't look like it, sorry.
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Old Jul 11, 2003 | 09:31 AM
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See that Speartech logo above? Click on it. Give them a call.

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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 04:21 PM
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mine is almost finished. I could give you helpful advise if you want to try this your self. I have seen some 82-92 f-body ls1 cars go from 7000-up even above 12000 when done super clean
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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 07:12 PM
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I may be selling mine, if i did i'd probably want around 10k for it. 1989 IROC, rust free, all new suspension (koni yellows, aftermarket suspension, etc). 10k miles on it since the swap.





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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 09:12 PM
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There's a guy on the Boston Craig's List that's been trying to sell one for months now... He's down to $4500 and still no takers....
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Old Jun 29, 2007 | 07:49 AM
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I may be selling mine, if i did i'd probably want around 10k for it. 1989 IROC, rust free, all new suspension (koni yellows, aftermarket suspension, etc). 10k miles on it since the swap.





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You're choking that motor with that tpi intake duct....

To the original poster, If you want to try it yourself, I would help as much as I could. I'm in the process of doing this swap myself.
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Old Jun 29, 2007 | 12:38 PM
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I'm in the same boat as 1987earthquake. I've been working on a swap into my third gen for months now, but because of limited funds, I'm currently stalled. If you try to undertake the swap yourself, there are plenty of people here and thirdgen.org who would be willing to help. Instead of shipping off the whole thing for a swap, you could just farm out parts of the swap such as wiring and whatever else you don't want to tackle yourself.
I don't mean to be negative here, but part of the fun of this hobby is doing things yourself. Seems to me that if you let someone else do the swap, your kinda defeating the purpose. But w/e, that's just how it is for me.
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Originally Posted by 9540x
I'm in the same boat as 1987earthquake. I've been working on a swap into my third gen for months now, but because of limited funds, I'm currently stalled. If you try to undertake the swap yourself, there are plenty of people here and thirdgen.org who would be willing to help. Instead of shipping off the whole thing for a swap, you could just farm out parts of the swap such as wiring and whatever else you don't want to tackle yourself.
I don't mean to be negative here, but part of the fun of this hobby is doing things yourself. Seems to me that if you let someone else do the swap, your kinda defeating the purpose. But w/e, that's just how it is for me.

I see your point, but it is a lot cheaper to buy a finished car than do one yourself. I'd love to do a 3rd gen LSx swap, but no way in hell would I start with a roach that needed paint and body work.(when's the last time you saw a 3rd gen that didn't need paint for a resonable sum?) I like turning wrenches but hate body and paint work.
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Old Jun 29, 2007 | 01:34 PM
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That is a great point. My kit car cost me 20K and I did mine cheaper than most. or more to complete and then later I found some on ebay and elsewhere for 14K

I do think mine is cooler than all the rest though and it is probably couse I worked on it.
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Old Jun 29, 2007 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 89 formula350
mine is almost finished. I could give you helpful advise if you want to try this your self....
You do realize that the OP wrote that four years ago, right....?
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I want to do this swap as well, a little at a time for as cheap as possible. But, I want a cheap, black, red, white, or dark blue M5 junker. Has to be an M5. Don't care at all about interior, because I'll tear it all out anyway. I don't care if it has faded paint, spots of primer and dings and small dents as long as it goes down the road without pulling even a hair. I want to use it as a "Dukes of Hazzard" fun car.

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You do realize that the OP wrote that four years ago, right....?
Holy crap. Talk about thread resurections...
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You do realize that the OP wrote that four years ago, right....?
Damn, i missed that myself

You're choking that motor with that tpi intake duct....
Yup, i dynoed it with and without the tpi setup - it was costing 17 rwhp & 13 rwtq. I've got new ducting now though
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Old Jun 29, 2007 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by QSPres
There's a guy on the Boston Craig's List that's been trying to sell one for months now... He's down to $4500 and still no takers....

omg another old thread... i've seen a couple of these come up, gotta be carefull when you search it doesn't pull up threads in any kind of cronological order.

do you have a link to that car?
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Old Jun 30, 2007 | 08:16 PM
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http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/car/360179794.html

If i had the dough, id scoop it up in seconds.
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ha missed that! guess your right the search does through old posts up top


for 4500 it should be gone even though you can see in the picture it was a lower end install job. maybe it is real bad in person?
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My guess is it's a real rust bucket.

Mines for sale for the right price.
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Old Jul 2, 2007 | 09:32 PM
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I'd buy it just for the parts...lol. It may be a rust bucket, but mine's not. Just needs a T56. Too bad it's a 98 PCM/engine, though.

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My guess is it's a real rust bucket.

Mines for sale for the right price.
My car and 5 grand?
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