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Awesome job. What did you use for a radiator? I have been looking to change out my radiator for something a little better fitting of a LS engine.

You are really making great progress!!

You will love the gauges, I love mine. I see you are here in MO, where exactly are you?

That will be fine.

Thanks, seems like a pretty fair price for as nice as the car looked.

Just a quick update. I painted the Holley coil covers and painted the intake a grey color a couple weeks ago, really helped the looks underhood IMO.

Any idea what the car brought?

Thanks guys, it looks like on my car the third bow back is missing, it is the one that locks in to the clips and since mine is gone there is only the tension on the front bows to hold the headliner up. I guess I need to find some bows now.

Hey guys the bows in my headliner have been messed up for a while and the other night I tried messing with them a bit but I don't know as much about these kinds of headliners as I was hoping I did. I took off the A pillar trim and was able to slide off the side trim a bit and was able to see that at least on the passenger side the headliner bows are still in their place. There seems to be a piece of metal or something that the headliner is attached to that makes it nearly impossible to reach the ends of the bows. Does anyone have a step by step on how I can find out what is up with my bows hopefully without ruining the headliner? Thanks Randy

Thanks!

I currently have Hotchkiss 2" drop springs up front with KYB Monotube shocks all around. Hopefully this picture will show how the front sits now. The red 72 Monte in the pic is a local buddy's car, last year I was able to get the engine back together in it for him and he finally got it on the road after a 14 yeah hiatous. BTW, last weekend we painted up a cowl hood for his car and got rid of the ugly scoop that is shown in this pic.

Hey guys I just thought I would post on here some info on the LS1/4L60E swap I did in my 72 Monte. I don't have many pictures at the moment of the swap but I will see what I can come up with. I started out with my 72 Monte Carlo that originally had a 350/350 combo and I purchased a 18,000 mile LS1/4L60E from a wrecked 1999 Camaro as a complete pullout with the engine harness. I used a set of "Dirty Dingo" aluminum engine mount adapters to mount my stock engine mounts to the block, it worked best for me to have the engine mounted furthest forward. With the engine mounted furthest forward the alternator just barely clears the engine crossmember and the factory F-body oil pan clears perfectly. I modified the factory Camaro powersteering pressure hose to fit, while I was doing the engine swap I decided to go ahead and install a 83-88 Monte Carlo SS steering box. For exhaust I found a set of cheap shorty stainless headers on EBay for under $200, I also installed a Pypes 2.5" X-pipe system with their Violator mufflers and their 70 Chevelle stainless tips. For the instrument cluster I did some figuring and it made sense to go ahead and bite the bullet and buy a Dakota Digital VHX instrument cluster which is a great system expecially when doing a LS swap in these cars. For the transmission crossmember I just drilled some new holes and bolted it down. For the driveshaft I needed one that was about 53.5 inches long, knowing G-bodys like I do I bought a driveshaft from a buddy and had to install a conversion rear U-joint to make it fit the rear differential yolk but it fits good. I did go ahead and upgrade my factory floor shifter by installing the kit from Shiftworks to convert to a four speed auto shifter which also supplied me with the brackets on the transmission. I reused my stock radiator, the stock 350 upper hose works well as the lower hose in my application and I got a stainless "bendable" hose for my upper hose. I used a LoKar throttle cable and brackets and their engine dipstick as well. Their stuff is all top notch. For the fuel system I bought a fuel filter for a 98 Corvette which has a built in pressure regulator, I mounted it in front of the rear wheel on the passenger side. For the fuel pump I found a new EFI fuel tank with a high pressure tank on EBay and installed it along with some high pressure fuel injection hose in the rubber hose locations. To get fuel to the fuel rail I spliced in to the factory line just behind the front wheel and made me a line to run to the fuel rail. I did modify the factory engine harness rather than spend the money on a stand alone harness. I did go ahead and delete the emissions and rear O2 sensors from the harness and had the computer re-programmed for my car. I mounted the ECM on the passenger inner fender by using a ECM mount from a 96-05 S-10. I hope this post helps someone out, if you have any questions please feel free to ask.

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Hey all I have been really enjoying this LS1/T56 swap that I have done in my 72. I am pulling in 18mpg with a good mix of highway driving and some hard thrashing on the back streets around here. As of today I have put just over 2300 miles on the car so far this year. Upper radiator hose/radiator. I used my stock radiator and used a cheap Ebay flexible metal hose for a upper hose and modified a stock small block upper hose to work for my lower hose. On this LS1 the thermostat is in the lower hose which means I am feeding the radiator backwards, this way allowed for the easiest hose hook up. What is everyone else with an LS swap using for a radiator and hoses? I am not fond of the fact that if I happen to loose a little coolant I could starve my engine for coolant. AC: My car originally had AC and I would like to restore that option(been very warm lately). What has everyone been doing to put AC on their first gens on the cheap without cutting up the frame to mount the factory LS compressor? Cruise Control: I would like to ad this option to my Monte, any tips on adding cruise to my LS1 in my car? Thanks for the help everyone! Randy

I put a 18,000 mile LS1/4L60E in my 72 Monte and LOVE it. I used a set of Dirty Dingo aluminum motor mount brackets and set the mounts to the furthest back position which allows the alternator to clear the engine crossmember and the factory oil pan cleared fine as well. I moved the crossmember to the correct spot and drilled new holes for it. For a drive shaft I was able to used a stock fourth gen Monte driveshaft with a conversion rear U-joint and it is all fine. I used some cheap EBay shorty headers but the factory F-body manifolds cleared everything just fine. I did find a replacement fuel tank with an in-tank high pressure fuel pump, it feeds the engine fine but even with the internal baffles if I am below half a tank and try to take corners hard it will starve for fuel.