Boy, that's a nice clean and shiny LS motor, I like it. LOL Bringing back memories of my LS swap in my 83 Camaro, the real "fun part" is now getting the nuts on the motor mount frame bolts INSIDE the frame, that's a bear. Luckily in my case, the 3rd Gen camaro's have massive aftermarket support, so you can purchases custom fitting (proper) cross-members etc. Looking good.
Thank you! Credit for the nice looking engine goes to my son. He spent many hours cleaning and painting the engine after it came out of the truck. He did a nice job. Yes, we know that installing the nuts on the inside of the crossmember will not be fun. My son suggested that he has a method to feed the bolts through from the bottom and put the nuts on the top. We'll see how that goes, or which way we end up going.
I don't know what is the best, because there are many choices and nearly any LS engine can be adapted. But, so far it seems that the engines (Gen3) from the early 2000's or earlier have some advantage depending on the ECM you want to use. We have the ECM customized to match this engine and transmission, but the basic calibrations aren't changed. We just have various functions (like 4wd) turned off or modified. It can still be done for later engines, but it seemed that the earlier systems were less complex. I know from my days in the industry, more complex control features were added year after year. For example, even alternator charging control becomes more complex as time goes on. I'll get into the wiring in the future. If you want to run an automatic, it helps to have an engine / trans / ECM that match so that the calibrations all match and there is less work required to adapt.
Hey hey thanks for the information Im about to start my ls swap in my.85 brougham Did you have to drill any holes for the engine mounts in the frame Thanks in advance
We did not drill any new holes in the frame. We did need to open up the holes a little on the engine bracket for the mount through bolts as noted in the video. The through bolts normally have clearance holes and we added a little more clearance intending to clamp the bracket to the frame mount like the factory does. This did allow us to place the frame mount bolts in the original holes. We did consider the alternative of relocating the frame mounts forward or rearward enough to drill new holes in the crossmember. I'm not yet sure which is better. Since we are using aftermarket steel brackets rather than Chevrolet V8 factory engine brackets, our choice might be different.
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Boy, that's a nice clean and shiny LS motor, I like it. LOL Bringing back memories of my LS swap in my 83 Camaro, the real "fun part" is now getting the nuts on the motor mount frame bolts INSIDE the frame, that's a bear. Luckily in my case, the 3rd Gen camaro's have massive aftermarket support, so you can purchases custom fitting (proper) cross-members etc. Looking good.
Thank you! Credit for the nice looking engine goes to my son. He spent many hours cleaning and painting the engine after it came out of the truck. He did a nice job.
Yes, we know that installing the nuts on the inside of the crossmember will not be fun. My son suggested that he has a method to feed the bolts through from the bottom and put the nuts on the top. We'll see how that goes, or which way we end up going.
Engine looks beautiful
Thank you, my son has put a lot of work into that.
Looks good. Also looks like fun.....
Thank you, we're making progress!
What is a good engine swap for a 88 IROC Z that is the least of a hassle?
I don't know what is the best, because there are many choices and nearly any LS engine can be adapted. But, so far it seems that the engines (Gen3) from the early 2000's or earlier have some advantage depending on the ECM you want to use. We have the ECM customized to match this engine and transmission, but the basic calibrations aren't changed. We just have various functions (like 4wd) turned off or modified. It can still be done for later engines, but it seemed that the earlier systems were less complex. I know from my days in the industry, more complex control features were added year after year. For example, even alternator charging control becomes more complex as time goes on. I'll get into the wiring in the future.
If you want to run an automatic, it helps to have an engine / trans / ECM that match so that the calibrations all match and there is less work required to adapt.
Hey hey thanks for the information
Im about to start my ls swap in my.85 brougham
Did you have to drill any holes for the engine mounts in the frame
Thanks in advance
We did not drill any new holes in the frame. We did need to open up the holes a little on the engine bracket for the mount through bolts as noted in the video. The through bolts normally have clearance holes and we added a little more clearance intending to clamp the bracket to the frame mount like the factory does. This did allow us to place the frame mount bolts in the original holes.
We did consider the alternative of relocating the frame mounts forward or rearward enough to drill new holes in the crossmember. I'm not yet sure which is better. Since we are using aftermarket steel brackets rather than Chevrolet V8 factory engine brackets, our choice might be different.
@bitsofwisdom460 thanks for the information
I'm interested to see the finished product
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Thanks again