What do I need to change?

[PurpleGuy]

I'm picking up a (nother) motor for the Camaro in a few weeks. What do I need to change over for it to work?

I already know i have to change the upper intake and rails. What about the exhaust manifolds? Also, I believe the power steering and the a/c compressor are on opposite sides. Can they just be swapped over?

 

[TheOtherNick]

yeah exhaust manifolds, the block should be tapped for the different mounting locations.

 

[PurpleGuy]

What about EGR?

 

[TheOtherNick]

use the f body lim. Pretty much just use the long block and swap everything else.

 

[PurpleGuy]

i thought the LIM was the same

 

[TheOtherNick]

Looking at a google pic of the fbody 3800 they are diff, because the fwd lim has the egr port and t stat housing.

 

[TheOtherNick]

front cover is also diff.

 

[PurpleGuy]

now that you mention i do remember the thermo in the upper intake

 

[PurpleGuy]

front cover? like the timing chain cover?

 

[TheOtherNick]

never mind, the oil filter adapter is just diff.

 

[TheOtherNick]

you will see the differneces when you get it home.

 

[Taz Magister]

the oil filter mount thing idk wat its called but its dffrent

 

[PurpleGuy]

Pretty sure the oil filter after will work cuz I remember someone talking about using one their Camaro to make oil changes easier on fullthrottlev6.com

Since Im going to have to change the Lower intake gasket which do you guys recommend I'd probably only put 25,000 miles or less on it till I turbo it (hopefully lol) so I wouldn't mind getting the cheaper lesser quality one since I wont run it that long

 

[MrPhotographer06]

getting cheeper/less quality one for now... sounds like a bad sentence in itself. good luck!

 

[PurpleGuy]

well im just saying why buy the expensive one when its just gonna be ripped off in 25K or less? I'm not gonna get anything out of buying the better one so it would be more or less wasting my money.