LS1 corvette swap??? doable
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Launching!
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LS1 corvette swap??? doable So i plan on doing a LS1 swap in a 1993 Trans Am within a month or so. Anyways i wanted to know what kind of ls1 i can use, the one i want to use came out of a 1999 c5 corvette, is this possible, i know ill need a F-body LS1 Tranny so other then it being an LS1 dose it really matter if it came out of a vette. getting everything PCM included.
Exact same engine... you will need to change the balancer to an F-body one, and you will need LS1 f-body bracketry as C5's use a different drive belt system. You will also need an LS1 f-body oil pan and dipstick. You will also need to find a cable operated TB, and you will have to change the intake manifold as the C5 intake in 99 had no provision for the throttle cable bracket.
On The Tree
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If you plan on using the fuel injection (fuel rails, injectors, TB) from the corvette you will need the LS1 ECM (computer) and a wiring harness. I suggest you get a computer and harness the same year as your engine.
it would be easier to spend a little bit more money and get a complete ls1 pullout out of a f body, then trying to convert a whole bunch of stuff to make the vette motor work in the fbody.
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Launching!
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Damn, i knew it was diffrent, i just knew it was to good to be true, darn, o well. I think he wants $1200 with everything. My friend is a doing a GTM factory 5 LS1 kit car so he got a 99 vette for this. o well if it seems to much ill just go with a F-body pull out.
So what if i buy a new oil pan,balancer,LS6 intake,brackets. This looks like its gonna cost somewere around 2K with the LS1 and have it fit in my F-body nicely without problem's. All i need now is a new transmission and iam set. so iam looking at around 4K on top of 3k that the car cost me and then another 2k for the k-member and all the requierd parts so iam looking at a 8K for a LS1 conversion after i sell all the unsed part's.
Can yo u guys call it right, em i near on what the cost should be.
So what if i buy a new oil pan,balancer,LS6 intake,brackets. This looks like its gonna cost somewere around 2K with the LS1 and have it fit in my F-body nicely without problem's. All i need now is a new transmission and iam set. so iam looking at around 4K on top of 3k that the car cost me and then another 2k for the k-member and all the requierd parts so iam looking at a 8K for a LS1 conversion after i sell all the unsed part's.
Can yo u guys call it right, em i near on what the cost should be.
Last edited by losaltos6; Jul 22, 2007 at 05:27 PM.
