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[at88mph@xxxx]

I just recently finished up a similar swap myself, (however, I went w/ a
Vortec 4.3) At first I looked at putting in the LT1 or an LS1. You could
easily make a bellhousing to fit, but the major problem is getting the motor
to fit without major modifications to the rear of the car. Even with the V6
I had to cut the rear facia slightly. Another issue was hooking the air
breather up to the air intake pleum. Since the inlet is right at the front
of the LT1, it would be hard to install. Also, did the LT1 come out of an
F-bod or Vette? If not, it will have the iron heads and the weight in the
car will be EXTREMELY unbalanced. Another factor is that the tranny
couldn't hold up to an LT1. I've looked at alot of possiblilties of trying
to upgrade the stock tranny, but there really isn't anything short of
swapping the tranny out that would work. (I haven't even found a reasonable
priced tranny that I could use in place of the DeLorean!) The trannys in
the DeLorean are said to be able to take up to 250 hp, but I don't know if
that's true or not. I'm in the ballpark of about 230 and the LT1 is 275 hp
in stock form. Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you have any other
questions, feel free to email me directly, especially if ya need any info on
the LT1 :)


Hope this helps,


Duke
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> Hello list,
>
>
> I have acquired a LT1 350 motor with 36k on it.