I looked through the sticky and didn't find my answer (might have missed it), but I have a totaled 96Z, and I want to keep my options open with it. Looking to see how difficult it would be to completely transfer everything over. If I find a 96 V6 Camaro, do I have to swap the interior harness, or is it direct plug and play? I'm guessing yes, especially if the cars differ with traction control. Any input? Thanks.

 

Im doing that exact swap right now as we speak. I have a 96 3.8 v6, I pulled the engine and front suspension out in one piece.. Just unhooked everything and took out the bolts to the kmember and strut towers and dropped everthing out. Im putting in a 96 Formula LT1 engine in. As long as you stick with the same year car, the swap will be a piece of cake. Get urself a 96 3.8 car and things should go very smooth. Here's what u have to swap out..
The driveshaft
Transmission and mounts (so far the lines look to be the same I havent hooked up the 4L60E lines to the intercooler yet.) Not sure if ur going T56.
Throttle and cruise cables
Kmember and front suspension
Engine harness and pcm
Fuel lines
Radiator
Speedometer cluster (if u dont the RPM's, oil pressure and speedo will be wacky)
The lt1 had a different AC system then the 3.8, so if u want ac, u have to swap the whole system, including the evaperator under the dash. It took me about 2hours. Its not a big deal.
I was lucky enough to have a y87 equiped v6 car. It had 3.42gears, rear disbrakes. So I didnt have to swap the rearend.
Im not sure about the traction control, my car had second gear start, I havent gotten far enough in the swap to see whats up with that.
I also deleted my air and Egr. I will be getting a custom tune to fix what i can in the PCM. (I did long tubes headers, 1.6RR's, a cam and some other goodies.)
The 3.8 rear springs will work, some guys like them better cuz they make the car squat better in take off, but u defenently need the z28 front suspension.
I went with lowering springs and some other suspension goodies, so I just used the correct stuff for a z28.
You dont have to swap the interior harness, the z28 engine harness unplugs from the interior harness on the passenger side under the pcm, right behind the firewall.

Lemme know if u have questions. I can get u pics too.

 

pics please

 

Pics of what?

 

pics of everything you've done to make the swap?

 

That would be alot of pics. I have over 200 on my computer alone. Ill provide pics of specific things that you need to see.

 

thanks

 

Can we see a pic of where the harness unplugs on the passenger side? As well as the evaporator in the dash.

 

Pull the passenger side kick panels and glove box. You will see a cover for the heater core, pull that cover and take out the heater core. Then you will need to pull the blower motor. Here you will see the evaporator. You have to cut a 4"x1" long piece to get it out. But if you read in your Chiltons, it says to do that to change out the Evaporator. While youre down there, you will see 4 bigger plugs to the far right. if you follow them up they will go to a grommet in the firewall. Thats where the Engine harness connects to the body harness. Unplug those 4 plugs and ur engine harness will be disconencted from the body harness. Sorry but this is the best pic I had of this.

 

Thanks.....so what the big plug on the driverside under the fusebox?

 

I didnt have to mess with that. Its part of the body harness and connects to all the lights and fuses.

 

Ok thanks again.