LT1 people

[TooSlo86]

Subbing because it looks as though I'm going to be dropping the same year LT1 into my old Buick, assuming it's not thrashed anyway.

[BigWheelinBubba]

I took the easy way out and put a piece of cardboard between the rad. and condenser for now. It has heat and runs around 185 at the most. It's been too cold to mess with it with no heat in the garage and my arthritis acting up.

I'll post some pics once it warms up enough to get it cleaned up.

I took it on a little ride to Almont the other day and it did surprisingly well on fuel, using a little over 1/8 tank there and back.. taking M53 there and a few back roads on the way back

[BigWheelinBubba]

Here's a pic from the 2nd owner that I just happened upon via a friend. Found out the van has head work (alum), cam, and a tune as well as a built 4L60E and the rear end was just redone last summer.

[BigWheelinBubba]

I've been throwing around the idea of some old school Cragar SS's like a 15x7 up front with a 15x8 or 10 in the back.. just hard to find a cheap set that's 5x5 bolt pattern.

[BIGCOWL-IMP]

Thats sweet...i have been looking for two used 15x12 rim with a 5x5 bc and no luck...i'm going to have to buy new.......I do have 4 Chevy rally rims with a 5x5 bc and there a 15x8 but they need blasted and painted that i might sell soon..

[beertestr]

I've been throwing around the idea of some old school Cragar SS's like a 15x7 up front with a 15x8 or 10 in the back.. just hard to find a cheap set that's 5x5 bolt pattern.

Find some uniluggers. They go 4.5-5" trouble is the BS is usually 3.5" on the 15x10s so you end up with Mullet Camaro look. I abandoned the idea after a lengthy search. Find a modern wheel with the S/S or Torq Thrust looking spoke.

[beertestr]

Thats sweet...i have been looking for two used 15x12 rim with a 5x5 bc and no luck...i'm going to have to buy new.......I do have 4 Chevy rally rims with a 5x5 bc and there a 15x8 but they need blasted and painted that i might sell soon..

Stock car wheels. I am running them for my slicks on the 79. 15x10 in my case, but you can get 4-6" BS for whatever tuck you need

[BigWheelinBubba]

Subbing because it looks as though I'm going to be dropping the same year LT1 into my old Buick, assuming it's not thrashed anyway.

The biggest issue you're going to have is disabling the VATS but otherwise it's a pretty straight forward swap.

Beertestr seems to have a lot of insight and willing to help if needed

[beertestr]

The biggest issue you're going to have is disabling the VATS but otherwise it's a pretty straight forward swap.

Beertestr seems to have a lot of insight and willing to help if needed

If you use a 94-95 contoller (service number ends with 8051 IIRC), I can do basic tuning mods like turning off VATS and speedo cal with Tunercat.

[TooSlo86]

The biggest issue you're going to have is disabling the VATS but otherwise it's a pretty straight forward swap.

Beertestr seems to have a lot of insight and willing to help if needed

Did 94's have VATS enabled on the B-body LT1's? I know when I dropped a 96 Vortec drivetrain into my '72 C-10 I was worried about that but in that case they didn't implement it until 97.