i got a gift lt1 with 66,000 miles on it and i want to do a swap i have a 78 elco and need a great deal of help i c alot of people have them any info would be great from start to finish wus going to do a 396 but fuel injection is better :poke:

Well there was just a thread yesterday I believe or the day before about the lt1 swap

First person that comes to my mind is el corvino, maybe you should send him a pm or see if he replies to this thread

stroke the LT1

heres some reading material..:texas:

http://www.elcaminocentral.com/search.php?searchid=235721
http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/engine-swap/400030-common-lt1-swap-questions.html
http://www.lt1swap.com/
http://www.ls1lt1.com/forum/index.php
http://www.golenengineservice.com/ls-tech-articles/

thanks for the info and as soon as i tear the truck dwn i will post my build
:nanawrench:

I haven't had enough posts to reply to your PM so will answer here. Wasn't too hard a swap. The biggest pain was sorting out the Painless wiring harness we used. I remounted the ac to the drivers side on top. A couple of idler pulleys to reroute the belt and it work fine. I just used an extra junk yard stock mount and turned it over, cut and ground off what I didn't need. Much better than cutting the frame as others have done. The cross member worked with the 4L60e transmission ok, just had to shorten the drive shaft a bit. There is a couple of ways to solve the speedo problem. I used a converter box from Cable X.
Hutch

I also went with the LT1 swap instead of TPI, because I got a great deal on a whole package -- engine, trans, computer and wire harness, plus all accessories.
REelocated the AC compressor to the top drivers side like original. Used a tailshaft that has both speed sensor for the computer and cable drive for the original speedometer. Fuel pump is an in-tank TPI Camaro pump mated to the tank unit for a fuel injected Monte Carlo. Friend who works at a hydraulic supply company fixed me up with a couple adapters for the power steering hoses into the pump.

You'll see several threads with different ways of doing the conversion.