LT1/'75 Firebird

[Randy_W]

I'm in the middle, actually hopefully past the middle, of swapping and LT1/4L60E into my '75 Formula 350. This is my third LT1 swap and 5th overall late/early swap. It gets easier each time, but this one was even easier than the LT1/4l60e into my '67 Impala. Didn't even have to mod the x-member, just slid it back and drilled the holes. The a/c cleared with a little thump on the engine cross member and the power steering lines even bolted up using adapters. This one is going so well it scares me! :mrgreen:

 

[grumpyvette]

you realise that anything going that smoothly is DOOMED!

the day you get it complete look for a passanger jet to loose its landing gear and have it crash thru the cars roof, or some kid to test drive it and run over a tree stump removing the transmission pan, its just the way hot rodding maintains its ballance

 

[Randy_W]

Well we are doing the harness and drive shaft ourselves, so we ain't home free yet and we don't even know if the motor will start!

 

[Randy_W]

I fired the LT1 today, didn't have the crank wire connected, somehow missed it in the harness. I jumped the fuel pump with the modified solenoid I made for such things and started it to make sure it was o.k. I didn't have the 02 sensors in place yet so it was just a quick fire up to make sure it was mechanically sound. All went well, so far.