LT1 swap update - split loom install

[Supercharged111]

94 F body had an Auburn, no clutches so sounds like a no.

 

[Bonnewagon]

This may sound off-beat but I assess engine maintenance mostly by spark plug accessibility. The Pontiac V-8 being the easiest and the LT1 being the hardest. Just a thought.

 

[JD1964]

94 F body had an Auburn, no clutches so sounds like a no.

Thanks. I guess putting new friction discs in the Monte rear is just as easy.

 

[oldsmobile joe]

This may sound off-beat but I assess engine maintenance mostly by spark plug accessibility. The Pontiac V-8 being the easiest and the LT1 being the hardest. Just a thought.

oh, i don't know about that. chevy powered g-bodies are easier then you think. just pull the wheels and go through the wheel wells. easy peasy.

 

[Supercharged111]

I just did plugs on my Camaro, they're not that bad. 5 and 7 went through the bottom and I have oil cooler lines in the way. The rest were easy peasy. Then again, I'm ignorant to all the crap a street car carries. Mine's gutted.

 

[JD1964]

About these in tank pumps, aren’t many of them similar enough to interchange? I have a Walbro 190 from my Foxbody sitting on the shelf. Might that work in the Z28 tank, at least as a diagnostic approach?

 

[Supercharged111]

You should be able to make that work to fire the motor, but you're not planning to run the F body tank are you? They're a really weird wedge shape.

 

[JD1964]

You should be able to make that work to fire the motor, but you're not planning to run the F body tank are you? They're a really weird wedge shape.

I wasn’t sure about using the f body tank. What’s the standard method on swaps like this? Use the g body tank, sender and install an external pump?

Th car actually has an external pump now. Carter suitable for carb use. I pretty sure it won’t work for fuel injection.

Th current engine in the wagon is an L31 350 with Vortec heads, Holley 4 barrel. The L31 block did not have an opening in the block for a mechanical pump, hence the Carter was installed back under the body above the rear.

 

[Supercharged111]

I think most go with an aftermarket tank and sender meant for later EFI g bodies? But they're not baffled as well as the stock ones were. I think.

 

[JD1964]

Hmm. I’d like to stick with as much oem stuff as possible, even if it has to be modified.