LT1 or LS1 swap
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LT1 or LS1 swap
I have taken my LT4 on its last ride... It drop a vavle seal and it is broke good and proper. If you hade the time would you put a LS1 in it or the LT1, She popped after 174,548 miles
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Sorry this is no answer to your question but a question.
Why wouldn't you build your LT4 into a monster? The reason I ask is it wont be cheep to drop in a LS and you are considering a LT as a swap.
Why wouldn't you build your LT4 into a monster? The reason I ask is it wont be cheep to drop in a LS and you are considering a LT as a swap.
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I just want to make the vette depenable, the heads are toast and two pistons are bad. I think that the LS gets better gas mileage and the cool factor when you open the hood.I stoped racing the car and now drag race a GSX-R 750
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Brickman, FWIW-I was just browsing through my 2007 Scoggin Dickey Performance Parts Catalog (pg. 5) and noticed:
"5.7 / 350CI LT4 Crate Engine (P/N: 12534776) New $3,195"
3 year/100,000 mile parts and labor warranty
Toll free (1-800-456-0211) [Click Here for site/info]
Hope this helps...
"5.7 / 350CI LT4 Crate Engine (P/N: 12534776) New $3,195"
3 year/100,000 mile parts and labor warranty
Toll free (1-800-456-0211) [Click Here for site/info]
Hope this helps...
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Brickman, FWIW-I was just browsing through my 2007 Scoggin Dickey Performance Parts Catalog (pg. 5) and noticed:
"5.7 / 350CI LT4 Crate Engine (P/N: 12534776) New $3,195"
3 year/100,000 mile parts and labor warranty
Toll free (1-800-456-0211) [Click Here for site/info]
Hope this helps...
"5.7 / 350CI LT4 Crate Engine (P/N: 12534776) New $3,195"
3 year/100,000 mile parts and labor warranty
Toll free (1-800-456-0211) [Click Here for site/info]
Hope this helps...
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Brickman, FWIW-I was just browsing through my 2007 Scoggin Dickey Performance Parts Catalog (pg. 5) and noticed:
"5.7 / 350CI LT4 Crate Engine (P/N: 12534776) New $3,195"
3 year/100,000 mile parts and labor warranty
Toll free (1-800-456-0211) [Click Here for site/info]
Hope this helps...
"5.7 / 350CI LT4 Crate Engine (P/N: 12534776) New $3,195"
3 year/100,000 mile parts and labor warranty
Toll free (1-800-456-0211) [Click Here for site/info]
Hope this helps...
But I would have to slip in a Hot Cam
Just to easy.
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07
He said it performed almost flawlessly on it's maide voyage from Lakeland, Fl. to Carlisle, Pa and back
Has full ac, I believe sound, cruise control, etc. There's no reason to lose any of the creature comforts over the swap.
Besides, so many have done it now that it's becoming less challenging (write ups, step by step manuals, etc).
For my $$ that's what I'm considering for my install when the L98 takes a dump.
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07
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READ THIS:
Jeff and I have been tap dancing around this... but here goes nothing:
The 1990-1996 Corvette is equipped with this thing called a CCM - Central Control Module. It's a brain and a traffic cop to control the exchange of information between the PCM and ABS/ASR computer (the EBCM). Without the CCM, the dash IP, and the ABS/ASR are rendered No Op. It could also negatively effect the audio and AC systems.
There are no Painless solutions for this. The newer PCM to control the LSx mtors do NOT talk to the older CCM. Or, for that matter, the older ASR.
You have been warned.
Jeff and I have been tap dancing around this... but here goes nothing:
The 1990-1996 Corvette is equipped with this thing called a CCM - Central Control Module. It's a brain and a traffic cop to control the exchange of information between the PCM and ABS/ASR computer (the EBCM). Without the CCM, the dash IP, and the ABS/ASR are rendered No Op. It could also negatively effect the audio and AC systems.
There are no Painless solutions for this. The newer PCM to control the LSx mtors do NOT talk to the older CCM. Or, for that matter, the older ASR.
You have been warned.
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07
READ THIS:
Jeff and I have been tap dancing around this... but here goes nothing:
The 1990-1996 Corvette is equipped with this thing called a CCM - Central Control Module. It's a brain and a traffic cop to control the exchange of information between the PCM and ABS/ASR computer (the EBCM). Without the CCM, the dash IP, and the ABS/ASR are rendered No Op. It could also negatively effect the audio and AC systems.
There are no Painless solutions for this. The newer PCM to control the LSx mtors do NOT talk to the older CCM. Or, for that matter, the older ASR.
You have been warned.
Jeff and I have been tap dancing around this... but here goes nothing:
The 1990-1996 Corvette is equipped with this thing called a CCM - Central Control Module. It's a brain and a traffic cop to control the exchange of information between the PCM and ABS/ASR computer (the EBCM). Without the CCM, the dash IP, and the ABS/ASR are rendered No Op. It could also negatively effect the audio and AC systems.
There are no Painless solutions for this. The newer PCM to control the LSx mtors do NOT talk to the older CCM. Or, for that matter, the older ASR.
You have been warned.
For some reason, I was thinking older rather than later C4. Sorry.
Question for the 2 of you though? Couldn't you keep the CCM for the information panel, ABS/ASR and run the PCM for the LS to control the engine functions? Or, go to an analog dash, ditch the CCM for other than the ABS/ASR function and go strictly with the PCM for the engine?
Just andother stupid question from someone trying to figure out auto electronics
Thanks
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The 1996 PCM uses the old school Serial Data Line to send info back and forth amongst the various components.
In 1997, with the LSx, they changed all that... how, I don't know.
I do know, tho, that the VSS used on LSx equipped cars is different than the VSS used on the C4. It isn't going to work the same... IIRC, it run 2 pulses per revolution, and would need a doubler to allow the speedo to work right, but that is all moot, because with the CCM dead, the speedo won't work at all!
In 1997, with the LSx, they changed all that... how, I don't know.
I do know, tho, that the VSS used on LSx equipped cars is different than the VSS used on the C4. It isn't going to work the same... IIRC, it run 2 pulses per revolution, and would need a doubler to allow the speedo to work right, but that is all moot, because with the CCM dead, the speedo won't work at all!
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Thanks for the info, I was reading the old threads about this LS1 thing and after 10 pages I just got board. So can sombody tell me were I can get a used LT other than E bay?