lt1 front end on an ls1 firebird?
lt1 front end on an ls1 firebird? What would be needed to make the swap? i hate the way the ls1 firebirds look, want to do something different. I figure a hood, fenders, bumper obviously but what about the headlights?
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to each there own... hey op...if its what you like do it. Since noone else has gave you a straight honest answer: what you need is is the two front fenders, bumper cover, headlight assymblys and motors, inner bumper support (the foam pieces basically) a hood, and depending on what air intake style you plan on running (if you plan on keeping your lid) youll need to moddify the hood opening on the ram air where the hood mats up with the air box. (took me a little bit of filing to get my ls1 lid to fit propperly when i installed it. Overall not a hard swap to do, should be mostly bolting and aligning. As stated above your best bet is to find an lt1 guy who wants to swap front ends in your area. Shouldnt be to hard to do as seen above since theres plenty of LT1 haters in the world. I should also add you may have to swap a few pieces of body wiring harness was well.
Heres a good comparison pic
Heres a good comparison pic
Last edited by maxplusten; Apr 17, 2011 at 07:09 AM.
lmao well i would trade but my hood is bent and my bumper is in the garage in two pieces, and im not saying that a ws6 ls1 doesnt look better than an lt1 firebird, but i dont have a ws6 and dont fell like spending 500 for a hood that doesnt fit right, and noone else thinks the ls1 firebird looks like **** without the ws6 hood?
-Buddy-
OP, I agree with you that without the WS6 hood the regular bird looks kinda funny. But you'd probably spend more money on the swap than just buying another hood.
