LS conversion..Info overload. A little Help.

[INTMD8]

If it was my car I would sell the engine/trans/fast and do LS with stock PCM and 4l60e.

Unless your trans is manual valve body and you want to keep it like that it's nice to have electronic control over the trans.

I don't know of any drive systems that puts the compressor down low that will fit with the stock front subframe. Agreed that the Wegner stuff is very nice and symmetrical looking.

[obengston]

Good info. The thing with the trans, is I just had it built ($5500 time built/convertor/cross member/trans brake), and the fast just spent 2300+ on that as well, so not so easy to just throw them away and even selling at this point would be crazy to me, but I agree with having control over your trans.

[BBPanel]

Originally Posted by INTMD8

... it's nice to have electronic control over the trans.,,,.

Once the trans is setup the way you want it what's the advantage to e-control? Can one save several setups so they can be switched on/off? -Bob

[INTMD8]

Well I'm no 2004r expert but having electronic trans control allows you to set shift points at an ideal rpm.

Lets say you dyno the car and it makes peak power at 6500 and you want it to shift exactly at 6800rpm. A few keystrokes with an electronic trans and you are there.

I would think it would be harder to achieve that with a 2004r.

Also with a stock ecu and speed input from the trans you have throttle adders vs mph which is nice.

[hifi875]

Get a 6.0 or 6.2 truck engine with ls3 heads, put a camshaft in it, get a gmpp carb intake put your fast system on it. Bolt up your 2004r to it and enjoy. It's not hard to get 500+ hp out of this setup and it will idle like a baby and run like heck!

[toddoky]

It's no problem to install/run a 2004R in a 1st-gen behind an LS and parts exist that allow you to do it in a bolt-in fashion, as shown in the attached photo.

[redefined]

Some good info here. From my research, kinda in the same boat now, already have a built SBC but looking to go LS, I'd say go LS. Seems to be better in all aspects except possibly the $$$$ area.

[im4u2nvss]

Originally Posted by redefined

I'd say go LS. Seems to be better in all aspects except possibly the $$$$ area.

Couldnt agree with you more.

[MaxHarvard]

*SHAMELESS PLUG ALERT*


I wrote about a lot of these questions

I'll just leave this here.

http://www.amazon.com/Swap-Engines-i...dp/1613250312/

[obengston]

Originally Posted by hifi875

Get a 6.0 or 6.2 truck engine with ls3 heads, put a camshaft in it, get a gmpp carb intake put your fast system on it. Bolt up your 2004r to it and enjoy. It's not hard to get 500+ hp out of this setup and it will idle like a baby and run like heck!

This is alone the lines I was thinking about, if I was to do this, because of the Tranny I currently have (and the money tied up in it), as well as the Fast 2.0 system I recently purchased. So I should be able to just get a LS engine with a carb intake, headers, mount, and a tranny adapter, and all the front accessories, and the brackets?? I would like to have a combination set-up that will make at least 500 to the wheels?