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lt1 engine swap for classic car

25 messages,  Last post on Jul 11, 2009 at 10:39 AM

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#19 of 25 help by gregerson

Mar 11, 2009 (4:55 pm)

i am dropping an lt1 in my 96 firebird and i want to put a bigger cam on it but i dont know if i will have to do anything to the computer or fuel injection

#20 of 25 '94 chevy caprice wagon(ss) with a lt1 by bobert8

Apr 07, 2009 (10:10 am)

is this a real possability or did some one do a swap out. saw it in a dealer lot and all most past out,is this possible.

#22 of 25 Re: '94 chevy caprice wagon(ss) with a lt1 [bobert8] by andre1969

Jul 09, 2009 (7:56 am)

Replying to: bobert8 (Apr 07, 2009 10:10 am)
is this a real possability or did some one do a swap out. saw it in a dealer lot and all most past out,is this possible.
 
Sorry I'm late in my reply here, but the LT1 engine was standard, and the only engine offered, in the 1994-96 Caprice wagon. In fact, the 5.7 LT1 was the standard engine in MOST of those 1994-96 B-bodies! There was also a 4.3 V-8 version with 200 hp, but the only car that offered it was the base Caprice. There was a nicer Caprice, an LS I think, that had the 5.7 standard. About 10 years ago I was looking for a newer used car to replace my aging 1989 Gran Fury ex copcar, and I drove a '94 Caprice with the 4.3 and a '96 with the 5.7 back-to-back. The 4.3 was okay...probably almost as fast as my Gran Fury, but probably a lot more economical. That 5.7 was one wild ride, though! I would have bought it, but the dealership started playing games. And then, like 2 weeks later, I ended up buying a new 2000 Intrepid, so I was pretty much out of the market for a new-ish used car.

#23 of 25 Rear main seal leak by ghostman612

Jul 11, 2009 (10:30 am)

I rebuilt the LT1 in my 94 Caprice and developed an oil leak from rear main seal,so I removed tranny flywheel ect. and replaced with another new one and it started leaking again.There were no nicks,burrs,scratches on crank and it mic fine.Called local Chevy dealer and one of their older techs said yes that year was known to have that problem sometimes.Does any one know of any fix there might be for this as far as special rear main seal? They told me at chevy that they(Chevorlet) never came up with a fix for it.

#24 of 25 Re: Rear main seal leak [ghostman612] by MrShift@Edmunds HOST

Jul 11, 2009 (10:39 am)

Replying to: ghostman612 (Jul 11, 2009 10:30 am)
You might look over this article on thrust bearing problems:
 
http://www.4secondsflat.com/Thrust_bearing_failures.html

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