94 LT1 in a 93 z28....

[V]

Donor is a true stock '94 LT1/4l60e setup(trans am).
Project is a '93 z28 roller (was lt1/t56).

What would be my best bet to make this swap work?

-option 1: use '93 dash harness, 94 engine harness and custom wire up the auto shifter. will the firewall connectors even plug together, '93-'94?

-option 2: use '94 T/A dash/interior harness and modify all gauge and dash connectors to work with the camaro dash components. a lot of work but doable.

-option 3: buy and install a '94 automatic Camaro dash harness and use that to connect to the '94 T/A engine harness. That should work right?

[sweetbmxrider]

You can't swap all of the 94 wiring into the 93 aside from the tail light/back of the car harness? The gauge cluster should fit but I haven't compared two side by side. Do you want everything to work? A/c, air bags, abs, cruise, etc?

[V]

You can't swap all of the 94 wiring into the 93 aside from the tail light/back of the car harness? The gauge cluster should fit but I haven't compared two side by side. Do you want everything to work? A/c, air bags, abs, cruise, etc?


Yes, I can swap the entire interior harness, That's option 2. That hard part would be any switches that don't have the same connectors between the trans ams and Camaros. I know the cluster plug on the 93-96 camaro is different from the cluster plug on 93-02 trans ams. I'm not sure if the headlight switch connector, hvac, etc are the same or different.

Right now, i think modding/splicing the cluster plug and maybe a few others is my best choice

[sweetbmxrider]

The clusters can't be interchanged mounting wise?

[LTb1ow]

Off the top of my head the 93 will have the wrong data bus signal wire for the 94, easy to move but may be a pain to deal with.

No MAF or auto trans plug, not sure what trans you plan on running..

I personally would either A) get a 24x hardware kit and repin the 94 harness as if it was a 93 to use the LS1 PCM B) swap the entire car to a 94 C) Find a 93 harness.

[V]

the 93-02 firebird clusters are the same shape as the 97-02 camaro ones but the 93-96 are a whole different shape, longer and thinner.

yea i think ill swap the whole 94 harness. I wont be keeping the car so I dont want to spend money I don't need to.

[sweetbmxrider]

Put the whole firebird interior and dash in the camaro! Really f with people!!

[V]

Put the whole firebird interior and dash in the camaro! Really f with people!!


I could upgrade to a 97+ camaro dash.... hmmm

I'll worry about it after i get the drivetrain in.