Mechanically, I can handle the swap. It's the electronics that get me. Will snatching the setup from a donor and transplanting it work? Wire harness and computer and fuse box? Just trying to make this as "plug n play" as possible
@@MohawkMotors ok thanks, now I know what to look for! I will try to find a donor ls1 car. Reason I got a v6 was because it was a deal I couldn't pass. 400 bucks, clean title, 2 small dents, and barely any rust. All the ls1 cars for a good price have a bad title. I want to have this build on the road
Yeah the v6 cars can be purchased for pennies on the dollar compared to original LS1 cars and in many cases are in better condition. There are plenty of original LS1 cars getting crashed daily ripe for the parts donating, wiring harnesses, accessory brackets, etc. Doing your swap with all original LS1 parts is not only the easiest way, but the most factory looking and visually appealing way as well. Good luck in your swap!
@@MohawkMotors I have a truck with a built motor that I will be using for the car. Would the truck ecu work? Or the wire harness? Its a 2006 truck. The camaro is a 2002. I'm thinking MAYBE the computer will work but probably need a f body specific wire harness and fuse panel
@@swappedoutZ71 you could make the truck harness and ecu work. But it will save you hours and hours of electrical depinning, repinning, diagram reading, and headaches to just get yourself the harness and pcm from an original ls1 fbody, preferably of the same year as your car
I am happy for you to get it figured out. It's refreshing to see that the pro's make these kind of mistakes. :) Now I've got this all ahead of me in my build wow!
Thank you! I want to be transparent, one of the things I hear a lot is "you make it look so easy" so I want to show that some days it's anything but easy. Like you said, even the Pros make mistakes and sometimes struggle to figure something out. And sometimes we just get in our own way, lol
@@MohawkMotors Yes its true pros do this. I am a professional woodworker. I one time actual purchase a new saw because it quit working after I had replace the brushes. Thinking it had more issues. Problem was a trip breaker. Now I just tell myself I needed the other for my home shop. :)
Not only you have upgraded the drivetrain on pwr, I hope you have a plan to upgrade the suspension from it's original 3800 springs and sway bars, and have also planned to get a v8 rear end as well, the v6 rear end isn't going to last behind the ls1 engine as is. Would be a bad idea to upgrade the sway bars as well. We haven't even talked about the v6 brakes on this car as well. Congrats on getting the swap done, btw. The mistake on starting the engine was probably done because you were probably tired.
I do have a lot more upgrades planned, suspension, rear end, and chassis upgrades, but I want to get a baseline as it is now, before I start making to other upgrades so i can see what kind of impact they actually have on the cars performance at the track
Bad info. Or at least not clearly explained. The v6 and v8 f body cars have the same axle housing. It's just the ring gear ratio and the locker option that changes. If the car is a 99-02 it might have disc brakes in the rear Some Y87 package v6 camaros came with a posi rear end. For the most part, the locker and the c clips are what counts in terms of strength. Axle shafts aren't really a huge concern until you're on a sticky tire and making good power on a good surface. Changing the entire rear end might be easier or cheaper for you, but all you'll really need is a better locker than whats in there now.
A v6 rear will be fine in the car unless you are doing excessive burnouts and things of that nature to stress the rear. Gm does the same with trucks. They share the same ring pinion size as the cars, and the trucks have the same axle whether v6 or v8, unless it's a 6.0 1500 truck or a HD truck. Again it's just the locker that is the weak point of the axles and the defining difference between them. An upgraded locker alone is a huge difference in a stock axle and for most people thats all they need for the axle to stay together
@@MohawkMotors Is there any way I could send you some pics of these plugs that have been cut in my engine bay , the people before me cut it all up before pulling the V6 Thank you man I’d appreciate it . 2 plugs are stumping me
It could be a lot of things. Do you have fuel pressure? Do you have spark? Is the pcm powered up and getting crank and cam position signal from the sensors?
@@MohawkMotors no worries man, I just got a 99 with a v6 and can't wait to swap it with a LS, you showed me a few tricks that I would have never thought of for sure!! Thank you man!! Awesome video!!
Question, did you rework the harness like from the site lt1 said making it plug and play with ecm after engine install? I’m nervous and what did you do for the steering harness and passenger harness, I’m almost at home run!!!
Not exactly. In this harness, since I still want to utilize all the factory functions like gauges, fuel pump relay, etc. I used the pinouts on lt1 swap as a guide to transfer the wires from the v6 computer to the right places in the v8 computer. That said, I followed the instructions on lt1 swap to the letter for the first harness I reworked in the 6.0 CUCV. Very good information on lt1 swap. You can do it, just take your time and you can make it stand alone and plug and play ready to go.
@@MohawkMotors I can’t thank you enough big brother, you also answered my third question of if I follow the swap guide and left in what I wanted it’ll work, thanks a million
@@MohawkMotors one last thing, I reworked my harness finally and my only other question is, the harness from under the steering wheel? Do I have to wire it to my harness to get my car to start? Or will it run off the reworked connection?
You should be able to make it run off the reworked engine harness. Power up the engine harness and PCM on the orange and pink wires, give it grounds on the solid black wires, and crank it over and it should start and run.
Hey man sweet build!! I subbed. quick question.. Were you able to re use the v6 transmission cross member or did you have to buy a ls1 version? thanks in advanced.
Thank you for subscribing and for watching!! I had to order an LS1 transmission crossmember, the v6 crossmember doesn't line up with the mounting points in the T56 transmission.
Thank you! You're exactly right, I've had a few friends tell me "you make it look so easy" so I'm trying to include more of the challenges I face to show that I'm human too, and it's not all easy for me. lol
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Great job sir
Thanks!
After the start and you were in the car what was all that look like you had a voltage flash or something to the front side of the car passenger side
I'm not sure, I rewatched but don't see what you're talking about. Timemark?
Mechanically, I can handle the swap. It's the electronics that get me. Will snatching the setup from a donor and transplanting it work? Wire harness and computer and fuse box? Just trying to make this as "plug n play" as possible
Getting a factory harness, computer, and fuse block will be about as close as you can get to plug and play.
@@MohawkMotors ok thanks, now I know what to look for! I will try to find a donor ls1 car. Reason I got a v6 was because it was a deal I couldn't pass. 400 bucks, clean title, 2 small dents, and barely any rust. All the ls1 cars for a good price have a bad title. I want to have this build on the road
Yeah the v6 cars can be purchased for pennies on the dollar compared to original LS1 cars and in many cases are in better condition. There are plenty of original LS1 cars getting crashed daily ripe for the parts donating, wiring harnesses, accessory brackets, etc. Doing your swap with all original LS1 parts is not only the easiest way, but the most factory looking and visually appealing way as well. Good luck in your swap!
@@MohawkMotors I have a truck with a built motor that I will be using for the car. Would the truck ecu work? Or the wire harness? Its a 2006 truck. The camaro is a 2002. I'm thinking MAYBE the computer will work but probably need a f body specific wire harness and fuse panel
@@swappedoutZ71 you could make the truck harness and ecu work. But it will save you hours and hours of electrical depinning, repinning, diagram reading, and headaches to just get yourself the harness and pcm from an original ls1 fbody, preferably of the same year as your car
@15:22 that sound never gets old.
Nope! LOVE IT!
Hey Jason my name is Jason and I also did a ls swap to my red v6 camaro 😂😂🤟🏾 congratulations
HA! That's awesome Jason! Thanks man!
I am happy for you to get it figured out. It's refreshing to see that the pro's make these kind of mistakes. :) Now I've got this all ahead of me in my build wow!
Thank you! I want to be transparent, one of the things I hear a lot is "you make it look so easy" so I want to show that some days it's anything but easy. Like you said, even the Pros make mistakes and sometimes struggle to figure something out. And sometimes we just get in our own way, lol
@@MohawkMotors Yes its true pros do this. I am a professional woodworker. I one time actual purchase a new saw because it quit working after I had replace the brushes. Thinking it had more issues. Problem was a trip breaker. Now I just tell myself I needed the other for my home shop. :)
You can never have too many saws right?!?! It's good to be able to laugh about it afterward. Nobody is perfect. :)
Congratulations man!!!! My brother is gonna help me do a LS1 swap into my 01 camaro
Thank you! Good luck with your swap!!
congrats
Thank you!
Not only you have upgraded the drivetrain on pwr, I hope you have a plan to upgrade the suspension from it's original 3800 springs and sway bars, and have also planned to get a v8 rear end as well, the v6 rear end isn't going to last behind the ls1 engine as is. Would be a bad idea to upgrade the sway bars as well. We haven't even talked about the v6 brakes on this car as well. Congrats on getting the swap done, btw. The mistake on starting the engine was probably done because you were probably tired.
I do have a lot more upgrades planned, suspension, rear end, and chassis upgrades, but I want to get a baseline as it is now, before I start making to other upgrades so i can see what kind of impact they actually have on the cars performance at the track
Bad info. Or at least not clearly explained. The v6 and v8 f body cars have the same axle housing. It's just the ring gear ratio and the locker option that changes. If the car is a 99-02 it might have disc brakes in the rear
Some Y87 package v6 camaros came with a posi rear end.
For the most part, the locker and the c clips are what counts in terms of strength. Axle shafts aren't really a huge concern until you're on a sticky tire and making good power on a good surface.
Changing the entire rear end might be easier or cheaper for you, but all you'll really need is a better locker than whats in there now.
A v6 rear will be fine in the car unless you are doing excessive burnouts and things of that nature to stress the rear.
Gm does the same with trucks. They share the same ring pinion size as the cars, and the trucks have the same axle whether v6 or v8, unless it's a 6.0 1500 truck or a HD truck. Again it's just the locker that is the weak point of the axles and the defining difference between them. An upgraded locker alone is a huge difference in a stock axle and for most people thats all they need for the axle to stay together
98 up cars all have same brakes and suspension unless it's a ws6 y87 but some v6 have that too. Rear is same except for the posi unir
Haha you the man , nothing like the first start up ! I am beginning an Ls swap into my V6 2000 camaro
Thanks for the content !
Good luck with your swap! Thanks for watching!!!
@@MohawkMotors Is there any way I could send you some pics of these plugs that have been cut in my engine bay , the people before me cut it all up before pulling the V6
Thank you man I’d appreciate it . 2 plugs are stumping me
@@KidKevi yeah. You can either send them to me through Facebook, just search for the Mohawk Motors Page, or email me jhenline86@gmail.com
Great job figuring it out. Sounds 👍good
Thanks 👍
I have a 1998 Camaro t top 3.8 disk brakes all the way around for sale
I'm at my F-body quota for now but thank you for the offer, good luck selling it!!
How come you didn't have to press the clutch down to start the motor?
I didn't wire in the clutch safety switch.
Congrats!
Thank you!!!
I've cant get mine to start it cranks but dont start what im doing wrong
It could be a lot of things. Do you have fuel pressure? Do you have spark? Is the pcm powered up and getting crank and cam position signal from the sensors?
Cool man.
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
Congrats Jason, cant wait to finally get working on my 2000 z28.
Thank you!
Working on this now 😥
Don't give up!
The whole time I was like dude you gotta press in on the clutch haha.
lol yeah may or may not have forgotten that a few times.
@@MohawkMotors no worries man, I just got a 99 with a v6 and can't wait to swap it with a LS, you showed me a few tricks that I would have never thought of for sure!! Thank you man!! Awesome video!!
nice!! Hope your swap goes smoothly!! Feel free to ask if you have more questions as you go
Question, did you rework the harness like from the site lt1 said making it plug and play with ecm after engine install? I’m nervous and what did you do for the steering harness and passenger harness, I’m almost at home run!!!
Not exactly. In this harness, since I still want to utilize all the factory functions like gauges, fuel pump relay, etc. I used the pinouts on lt1 swap as a guide to transfer the wires from the v6 computer to the right places in the v8 computer.
That said, I followed the instructions on lt1 swap to the letter for the first harness I reworked in the 6.0 CUCV. Very good information on lt1 swap.
You can do it, just take your time and you can make it stand alone and plug and play ready to go.
@@MohawkMotors I can’t thank you enough big brother, you also answered my third question of if I follow the swap guide and left in what I wanted it’ll work, thanks a million
No problem! Glad to help!
@@MohawkMotors one last thing, I reworked my harness finally and my only other question is, the harness from under the steering wheel? Do I have to wire it to my harness to get my car to start? Or will it run off the reworked connection?
You should be able to make it run off the reworked engine harness. Power up the engine harness and PCM on the orange and pink wires, give it grounds on the solid black wires, and crank it over and it should start and run.
sounds the like you need to relearn the key
Video coming soon, I had to sort out a good bit of electrical
Hey man sweet build!! I subbed. quick question.. Were you able to re use the v6 transmission cross member or did you have to buy a ls1 version? thanks in advanced.
Thank you for subscribing and for watching!! I had to order an LS1 transmission crossmember, the v6 crossmember doesn't line up with the mounting points in the T56 transmission.
Awesome, that had to feel great after all your hard work. One step closer to the first drive :)
Yes!!! It felt sooo good to finally hear it run in the car, especially after my struggles with the fuel pump and getting it ignition to respond.
Great job, sounds good. Can't wait to see you drive it as I'm sure you can't wait to drive it. Hope to see a kick ass burnout. 👏👏👏
Good job it’s ok it’s call being human lol
Thank you! You're exactly right, I've had a few friends tell me "you make it look so easy" so I'm trying to include more of the challenges I face to show that I'm human too, and it's not all easy for me. lol