Car is sold.

Yeah, dual cats, OBDII does change things. But if you wanted to make a nice stock looking sleeper... I think the right combo could put down some nice power even with manifolds. I believe in you! lol

What's wrong with a 97? Best year of the LT1's man!

**Car is sold**


Finally giving in, just too many projects and this one keeps getting pushed down the list. Also for sale on FB Marketplace and locally on Craigslist.

Located outside of...

ITS ALIVE!!!

Damn that feels good.

Wrapped up a few things last night. As I mentioned, 5 year old gas, so I jumped the primer connection to get about a gallon or so of the old stuff out -...

Getting close to trying to fire... hoses done, ghetto heater core bypass in, driveshaft installed, new fuel filter installed. Hooked the battery up temporarily to try and pump some of the old fuel...

New radiator + hoses in.
https://i.imgur.com/Z0KVUgL.jpg?1

Getting close, hoping to try and get her to fire this weekend.
https://i.imgur.com/wccqKM6.jpg?1

The gantry crane I built two years...

Productive weekend with an extra set of hands to help.

Got the motor and trans installed. Playing a fun game of 'find the bolt' to put everything together.

Now that I've got it in,...

Got the clutch installed and transmission mated to the block last night... no installation tool handy so just time, time, more time, and some wiggling to get it all bolted together. Since I'm on a...

OK, thanks! I didn't disassemble the supports on the new motor which is probably why I didn't find a need for this one.

Current situation:
https://i.imgur.com/17KVGGH.jpg?2

Unfortunately though, since I'm assembling from boxes of parts, I have a couple of brackets that I cannot yet identify where they are supposed...

Slowly making progress.

Had the broken studs on the exhaust manifolds replaced at a local exhaust shop. Emissions stuff, wiring harness mostly on. Pulled the K-member out tonight and got the motor...

Reached a point where the motor's just about all together, got a new water pump, sensors swapped, wiring mostly done.

My old exhaust manifolds have snapped off flange studs, the headers that came...

Got the cam out of the 97 motor, all swapped into the 93 motor.
https://i.imgur.com/nE4de0p.jpg?2

Tried to clean up the intake as best as I could, got it installed on new felpro gaskets and the...

Welcome to the board, fellow PA resident!

Going to continue this in the rebuild thread I started a while back: http://www.ltxtech.com/forums/showthread.php?28939-97-SS-Rebuild-thread

Maybe it's time to resurrect this thread! I posted about the used motor I picked up for my transplant - idea is just to get rolling under it's own power in the short term - that I got for $250.
...

So I think I'm actually going to go the route of swapping the cam/timing/ignition system over as well. As guys on another forum pointed out, then I'll have fresh gaskets all the way around but also...

Got it, Thanks. I spent the other night digging through my garages for the plastic bins I put everything in, laid out the 97 harness and saw the section that would be swapped.

It's been a long...

Since I have the 93 harness, are you saying I can take the opti section off and use it on my 97 harness, then get the PCM flashed to ignore the missing CKP?
If true that sounds easier/cheaper than...

The patient:
https://i.imgur.com/gLILcLH.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/Y4e65gm.jpg?1

Some old edelbrock shorties on it. I don't plan on using them, not sure if they're rusted through anywhere.

Took a gamble today - found an LT1 out of a 93 Firebird that *supposedly* has under 100K on it, and was running when removed. Guy bought it for an IROC project, but since then his son has decided to...

Awesome, thanks for the detailed info. Hopefully I can find something I can use for a couple hundred bucks just to get my giggles in.

Last year I posted about selling my non-running 97 SS, it's in a million pieces scattered through two garages in I'm not sure how many storage bins. I tore the motor down after finding water in the...

Ha! Can’t say the thought hasn’t crossed my mind. That would be sick.