LS1 Engine Upgrade for 1975 Corvette
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Instructor
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From: Lakeland FL
LS1 Engine Upgrade for 1975 Corvette
Hi Gang.
I am looking at my project '75 as a resto-mod. I'm a computer network engineer so my mechanical skills aren't really skills at all.
Is it possible to install and configure a LS1 engine into my Corvette. Does it need the dreaded computer.
Thanks for any guidance and please be gentle....
I am looking at my project '75 as a resto-mod. I'm a computer network engineer so my mechanical skills aren't really skills at all.
Is it possible to install and configure a LS1 engine into my Corvette. Does it need the dreaded computer.
Thanks for any guidance and please be gentle....
Race Director
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From: Forked River NJ
Yes many have done it. Read the long sticky at the top and you will see wha tit takes. Yes it needs the computer even if you run it with a carb it still needs something to fire the plugs. Don't know why yo uwould not want to run the fuel injection though. The computer is your friend. 
Le Mans Master
Joined: Apr 2001
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From: Minneapolis, Mn USA
Go over to LS1Tech.com and absorb info like a sponge from the Conversion and Hybrid section.
Check our sticky on top like Gordon said. Its more C3 specific.
Get ahold of Josh (Superpowers) for help with some specific items you may need.
Go to Digital Corvettes and read the sticky there on LS swapping in the C3 section. Josh put that together as well.
See my thread on my LS swap for hopefully any helpful suggestions. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...l60e-swap.html
Feel free to ask anyone here for help anytime.
B.
Check our sticky on top like Gordon said. Its more C3 specific.
Get ahold of Josh (Superpowers) for help with some specific items you may need.
Go to Digital Corvettes and read the sticky there on LS swapping in the C3 section. Josh put that together as well.
See my thread on my LS swap for hopefully any helpful suggestions. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...l60e-swap.html
Feel free to ask anyone here for help anytime.
B.
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From: North Easton Mass
If you haven't worked on cars a lot a LS1 swap might be too ambitious a project. The only way to do the swap for a reasonable amount of $ is to do almost all of the work yourself. If you have to pay someone the cost escalates very quickly. My LS swap was by far the most ambitious car project I have ever undertaken, but I also had to replace the frame and rebuild the entire chassis.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't try the swap, just be prepared to spend a lot more time and $ than you expect. You will probably end up buying a lot of new tools along the way, but that is always a good thing. The sources mentioned above will give you loads of information, and those of us who have lived through it are always willing to answer questions.
Rick B.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't try the swap, just be prepared to spend a lot more time and $ than you expect. You will probably end up buying a lot of new tools along the way, but that is always a good thing. The sources mentioned above will give you loads of information, and those of us who have lived through it are always willing to answer questions.
Rick B.
