who makes the necessary brackets for the 700 r4 to t56 swap?-also-i'm planning on yanking the engine and rebuilding,but i love the way my friends 97 anniv. SS drives(its for sale if anybody's interested---TPIS long tubes,borla cat back,B+N short throw shifter,just needs a few things)anyhow---is it really worth rebuilding the tired old L98,regardless i want to do the 6 speed.so i might as well do it at the same time,does anybody make a simple wiring harness?-also ...what else should i pick up at the boneyard?how much should a low mi LT1 or possible LS1 cost?the tranny?-ready to make a change.....for the faster..haha.

 

Just do a search here or at thirdgen.org and you will find plenty of info on the swap. I think Steve Spohn makes a crossmember but am not positive to use the t56 in a 3rd gen. Low mile LT1 should cost about 1000 without the tranny. Better deals can be found this just seems to be the average. Plan on about 1500-2000 to do the tranny swap. I looked into it and decided just to keep my 700-R4 after I saw how much it would cost.

 

I've done it...and I love it!!

Check out my site and e-mail me if you have any questions. If I were you I would get a Howell wiring harness. TPIS sells them and they are VERY willing/able to help you out.

Good luck!

Eric

 

I paid roughly $800 from a junk yard for a '94 Vette Lt1 and about $500 for a '93 Z28 T56. I did a lot of haggeling for both and a lot of searching. I had the trans gone over and just got it back. The shop cleaned it up and threw in a few new parts. Hopefully within a month I will be 'test' fitting the motor and trans in the car. Unfortunately, the holidays and work are not giving me enough time to get more work done. Also, I am changing a few other things around while I'm at the swap. Anyone wanna buy me a SSBC 1le brake setup for Christmas ? Anyway, good luck. Lt1pweredZ...gonna be in Chicago anytime soon...I could use a hand. J/K.

 

http://www.skulte.com/T56.html

I'm sure I've seen some how-to's on the LT1 swap as well, if you search on www.thirdgen.org.

It's a very straight forward swap - no worries!

 

been reading the post and had wiring questions:

I bought an 95 impala ss lt1 motor(which the seller sold me the ecm):

Which wiring harness unit can I use? and how get the stock 87 gauages to work - would the painless wiring harness make the connection between the iroc and lt1? and what happens to the stock computer?

if someone could post a part number for the wirer harness that they used - that would be get.

thanks guys!

 

I haven't had a chance yet to start wiring in the Painless harness yet...I'm still working out other issues. But, I can email you the directions I got with my harness. It is the Painless Wiring Harness Part #60502/60505. This might help you.

 

great could you mail them to me bluepastu@yahoo.com

 

It was rejected on your end because it is too large. It is 5.99megs zipped. If you have another email address you want to try, let me know.

 

I think that Painless is a joke. Really not worth it.

Howell is far superor to Painless in all catergories, IMO. No directions needed with a Howell harness.

Eric