Fbody trans am swap to 6.0 HELP
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Fbody trans am swap to 6.0 HELP Have and ls1 in my car and it spun a bearing I have a 2003 6.0 with 127k on it I can buy for 700 bucks it runs and doesn't tick or anything. Will this just bolt into my car?? or will I need to buy parts for it to go together also is it and lq4 or lq9? PLEASE SOMEONE THAT KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT HELP
It's pretty straight forward. You'll need to reuse your front accessories & WP, oil pan (invest in a new pickup at the least) and intake manifold. You'll also need to drill & tap a bolt hole on the driver side for the alternator bracket and you'll have 1 bolt that isn't used there. As I recall everything else should be fine. You may also want to replace the knock sensors and harness while you have the intake manifold off.
You'll likely need to pull a head to see if the pistons are flat tops or dished to tell if it's an LQ4 or LQ9.
You'll likely need to pull a head to see if the pistons are flat tops or dished to tell if it's an LQ4 or LQ9.
The bell housing will work. The early year 6.0's had the longer crank snout, then gm decided it was cheaper to build the engine with the regular length snout and use a spacer between the crank / flexplate instead. It's still a gen III engine so everything will swap over.
01 up direct bolt in bell housing and everything is identical
You will need to reuse your intake, front accessories, coilpacks and brackets and oil pan. flywheel, clutch
If you old engine grenaded oil pan needs to be cleaned super well and if it puked valve parts piston fragments etc It is good idea to replace the intake cause it can puke debris into the intake that will damage your new engine.
You will need to reuse your intake, front accessories, coilpacks and brackets and oil pan. flywheel, clutch
If you old engine grenaded oil pan needs to be cleaned super well and if it puked valve parts piston fragments etc It is good idea to replace the intake cause it can puke debris into the intake that will damage your new engine.
