How hard is it or am i crazy
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How hard is it or am i crazy Ive found a 2000 v6 firebird roller. Currently i own a 96z28 camaro but the body and interior isnt as nice as the firebird. So am i thinking wrong that i could just swap my lt1 and engine harness to that car and be up driving. Id also swap my posi rearend too. Is there anything im over looking. I know kmembers are different but id build the suspension before engine swap
since you have a donor car (z28) it wouldnt be as hard as if you didnt, but i would recommend looking into the wiring differences (body harness and such) a due to the fact that you are going from a lt based car to an ls based car
Matter of opinion, mine is.. If you have alot invested in your current setup but the car is aging hard or you have wrecked and totaled it, then the newer donor swap would be a good project and worth it.. You would basically strip and swap everything between the two sell off any parts from the donor and the old car that you don't need then cash in the rest for scrap including the body. Good winter project imo
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Aftermarket oil and water gauges are better , speedo and odometer are your concerns... I would have to say use a lt1 year matching firebird cluster..
Last edited by defaultexistence; Sep 27, 2011 at 11:20 AM.
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If you really want to do it, there is a lot of work here. Assuming you know what to do for all the mechanicals, the electric is where it's going to get tricky.
- you'll need all the wiring from your lt1 car and you'll have to replace it on the firebird. Some may disagree with me here, but I say take all the wiring out and all harnesses and put those in the firebird. that means you'll be stripping both cars and interiors out to get all the wiring, but this will be the easiest from a plug/play perspective.
- if you do the above, that means you'll have your lt1 dash harness that you will have to repin for a 93-97 trans am (easy) and then get a gauge cluster from a 93-97 lt1 of your choice and plug it in.
This is work and a lot of it, but if you do it this way, you'll basically be taking all your lt1 stuff and putting it in a new chassis.
If you try to keep wiring from the firebird, that's where it's going to get complicated and you'll have to move a lot of wiring around, may not get it right and ultimately give up.
my .02
- you'll need all the wiring from your lt1 car and you'll have to replace it on the firebird. Some may disagree with me here, but I say take all the wiring out and all harnesses and put those in the firebird. that means you'll be stripping both cars and interiors out to get all the wiring, but this will be the easiest from a plug/play perspective.
- if you do the above, that means you'll have your lt1 dash harness that you will have to repin for a 93-97 trans am (easy) and then get a gauge cluster from a 93-97 lt1 of your choice and plug it in.
This is work and a lot of it, but if you do it this way, you'll basically be taking all your lt1 stuff and putting it in a new chassis.
If you try to keep wiring from the firebird, that's where it's going to get complicated and you'll have to move a lot of wiring around, may not get it right and ultimately give up.
my .02
