piston Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 i recently took my old lt1 caprice motor out and put in the new 94 camaro motor w/ aluminum heads and swaped over the airvent opti crap and cams etc.... i broke the crank bolt into the old lt1 caprice motor and had to remove the bolt since the easyout broke into the bolt too, so i was doomed so i rip the thing out and bought a use motor from this lady whos x-husband had installed some nice shiny race crane gold 1.6rr and chrome vlave covers so that was a plus for 400bucks ! anyways, heres the new engine pics, looks like the old one but cleaner and clearer images in my new house and roomy garage...i still gotta work out some bugs and tune this thing to run like a champ but it runs ok for now! i just stand there drinking my beer looking at my motor everytime i got out to the garage and think to myself, wow, what a clean instalation i did. it looks factory installed and looks like it came with the z. so much work put into the z make me apreciate the z more than any other cars i had....plus, its a kick ass car anyways.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Wow! That looks great! I almost picked up an LT1 at the local yard... They look great in a Z and can you say hood clearance!!! IMO the intake looks better than an LS1 intake. Grats! OTM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8dats Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 wow that is CLEAN!!! nice project! keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno74Z Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 NICE!!!!!!!! Danno74Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Very nice indeed! You picked that motor up for $400! That's a friggin deal! Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar240z Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 that looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 yeah guy, i got the motor from some lady here local. her ex burned her camaro interior sold she parted the car out. the motor was really clean! infact, i didnt have to do much cleaning at all...the intake manifold up is from the older lt1 caprice motor. i was going to stroke out the old caprice lt1 but i figure ill start with another stock to get it running to understand it better. i agree the intake looks better than an ls1 intake but the ls1 just sounds so much more bad ass these days...ehehe...i still love the lt1s though. it looks clean because almost everything external is new on this motor. ill post up more pics but for now, more tunning then to the interior. you guys should see me the the body paint forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Looking good. Those valve covers really stand out compared to the stock black ones. Certainly an awesome deal for $400! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jknc90 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I can't believe how factory that looks! Thats one of the best executed swaps I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dts300z Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Very Nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1noel Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Piston- That does look really nice, and I too like the looks of that intake-better than the LSx Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartman Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I too like the look of the LT1, especially in a Z...but I may be a little biased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvincent Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I am another Biased LT1 owner, It does look better! I'm almost ready to drop in my LT1 motor. Now if my keyboard keys would stop sticking from my drooling over those pictures. Can we see some closeups? Did you paint your throttle body or is it really that clean? Interested in your fuel meter and throttle cable hook-ups Is the intake painted? Thanks, Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 the throttle is painted unfortanantly...it was a little hard to get the stuff off so i painted it. the manifold is also painted black, the original color is the alloy color. i black looks better to me, i got the idea from barts lt1...fuel pressure is a cheapy from ebay. its not the prettiest but it looks good. the throttle cable is a universal mrgasket.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbleguinea Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 looks sick! now get my friend to build a TT kit for it one bad thing about the Lt1 is....... optispark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullbound Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 VERY nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleaf Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Looks great. Nice clean install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 looks both impressive and exceptionaly clean & neat....congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY77Z Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 respect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 thanks for all the feedback. bubleguina, i though about building a single turbo kit for it but im not going to be using all that hp and itll al go to waist. its for daily driving.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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