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09-27-2012, 09:39 PM
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how hard is it to switch front ends
how hard is it to switch from a lt1 to ls1 style front end ?
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09-27-2012, 09:48 PM
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12 Second Club / Bullwinkle
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Fenders, front bumper, hood, headlights, fog lights, paint
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1994 Medium Patriot Red Z28 6spd
370ci/Huron Speed T6 S480 ET-R HO
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09-27-2012, 09:49 PM
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On what car?
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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva
It started before I drove your car. I just have to look at it the wrong way and your car poops parts.
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09-27-2012, 10:21 PM
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Mongo the Meet Coordinator
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IKhear its nearly impossible
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09-27-2012, 10:32 PM
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C5 nose on a C4?
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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva
It started before I drove your car. I just have to look at it the wrong way and your car poops parts.
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09-27-2012, 10:41 PM
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Firebird nose on lincoln?
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09-27-2012, 10:46 PM
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it would be the other way around.. the lincoln is the ls
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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva
It started before I drove your car. I just have to look at it the wrong way and your car poops parts.
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09-27-2012, 11:40 PM
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I have absolutely no idea what your talkin about
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I can take my eyes of this girls eyes
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09-28-2012, 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike
it would be the other way around.. the lincoln is the ls
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1994 Medium Patriot Red Z28 6spd
370ci/Huron Speed T6 S480 ET-R HO
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who is FFB?
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09-28-2012, 07:56 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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lol i said on and lt1 car to a ls1 front end
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09-28-2012, 08:00 AM
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lol i said on and lt1 car to a ls1 front end
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Right.
Camaro?
Corvette?
Formula?
Trans am?
Full size pickup?
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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva
It started before I drove your car. I just have to look at it the wrong way and your car poops parts.
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09-28-2012, 08:01 AM
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camaro or trans am
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09-28-2012, 08:05 AM
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Believe #2 answered your question. It's involved but not hard to do.
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09-28-2012, 08:05 AM
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There are multiple threads on it here. Bigz28mam, micbeggz, monmouthctyantz, and others have done it.
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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva
It started before I drove your car. I just have to look at it the wrong way and your car poops parts.
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09-28-2012, 04:21 PM
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Ricky, its not hard at all, just time consuming. Should take about 4-6 hours to do complete swap. Get your self a can of liquid wrench and let that soke into any rusted bolts. other then makeing sure you have all the parts, its pretty straight forward. Also do yourself a favor and take photos.
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97' Z28, M6 w/ golen engines 396 Lt1, rpm transmission level 6 t56, moser 12 bolt eaton posi w/ 4.11 gears, Hooker super comp long tube headers ory-pipe, slp loudmouth 1 .Full BMR suspension, Bilstein shocks. Torqhead 24x conversion.
02' SS, M6 BMR lowering springs, adj. pan-hard bar, Bilstein shocks. Lt1 front end conversion. Ford 9"
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09-28-2012, 08:04 PM
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its all plug and play. all you need to change in all the body panels from the fenders forward. no wiring required
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09-29-2012, 09:30 PM
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Fenders, bumper, headlights, impact foam, brackets, hood, wheel wells. Wiring is slightly different plugs but with common sense can be figured out easily.
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09-29-2012, 10:01 PM
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the only thing i would consider really tricky about doing this swap is aligning the hood properly. its not hard, just some minor adjustments and a little patience. im pretty picky about panel alignment and ive seen so many hoods that look straight but the gaps between the hood and fenders are way off. it kills me it does. 
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09-30-2012, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
the only thing i would consider really tricky about doing this swap is aligning the hood properly. its not hard, just some minor adjustments and a little patience. im pretty picky about panel alignment and ive seen so many hoods that look straight but the gaps between the hood and fenders are way off. it kills me it does. |
To this point, you can make a straight car look hit when you go to sell it.
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09-30-2012, 03:19 PM
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Yup, I was told by someone who also did a pre-98 to post-98 T/A front clip swap that the brackets are required as well. Luckily, I had a doner car, so I didn't risk it and just swapped the LS1-equipped cars brackets over to the '95 body since it was easy enough and I had them.
I'm not sure if it's any different with the Catfish, err... excuse me, "Camaros," but perhaps one of the informed members here will expand on that point and give a definitive answer.
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Good. He microwaved my phone 6 years ago, i hope his intake erupts.
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