95 lt1 from manual camaro going into 1988 2500 4x4 with 5 speed

Engine and tranny are in, its out of a 95 camaro, with a 6 speed. Using the 5 speed that came with the truck which is a 4x4. Most of the stuff looks straightforward but im a little worried about the VSS. What does the VSS connector look like on the camaro harness? Do i just connect it to the tranny? Is my speed sensor the 40 pulse one that i need? Not using the ac, getting the pcm reprogrammed to kill the vats. What are the snags im going to run into? Can i just wire my stock gauges to the temperature sensor wire, and oil pressure wire in the harness, or just go direct from the gauge to the sensor, are they compatible? I am using the 5 speed (nv3500 i think) that came stock in the truck, with a centerforce, is it possible to make a t56 work with the transfer case?(a bit of an after thought) Thanks in advance!

anyone know if the camaro rad hoses are tapered? Bigger on the rad side, then the water pump side?

What about heater hoses? Where does the e hoses from the water pump go? Which one goes where?

http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/s...5/engin003.jpg
The lower hose on the water pump picks up coolant from the lower side of the radiator and the upper hose returns coolant to the top of the radiator..... nothing different than a Gen 1 small block. The molded hoses I used on this swap were from a 95 Corvette, just shortened up a bit to fit my Camaro.

Thanks for your reply. Im assuming your rad has provisions for these? Im using the stock rad from my pickup truck, can i just block off these passages at the water pump. And theres 3 outlets on the water pump....

My mistake, for some reason I thought you were talking about the coolant hoses not the heater hoses. On the passenger side of the water pump, connect your heater hoses to your heater core, small one is pressure, large one is return. The third one on the drivers side could be for the optional oil cooler, you can block that one off. It's been quite a while since I did my Camaro swap and can't remember if I had that one., I'll look at it when I get home tonight. One other thing that I did not mention is that you will also have to re-route the steam line (goes through the throttle body, but most people bypass that for performance). Your radiator most likely does not have a fitting for this. A couple of ways you can do this are; putting a t-fitting in your radiator or heater hose, or drill and tap a fitting into your water pump. But whatever you, do not just plug this line or you will have overheating issues. I did the drill and tap deal, you can just see the brass fitting in the pic I posted above.....

As for the oil cooler outlet/inlet. Where is the other one? Obviously there needs to be two.... I have an adapter plate for oil cooler lines on my old motor, ill probably use that, since it will fit my rad etc.

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As for the oil cooler outlet/inlet. Where is the other one? Obviously there needs to be two.... I have an adapter plate for oil cooler lines on my old motor, ill probably use that, since it will fit my rad etc.
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I really dont think the outlet/inlet on the water pump on the drivers side is for oil. Anyone know what its for?

For the heater core.

That this is waaaaay different than the pump on my 93 Corvette LT1&#33;

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I really dont think the outlet/inlet on the water pump on the drivers side is for oil. Anyone know what its for? [/b]

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It is not for "oil", or the heater core. . It is for the (optional) oil cooler. Engine coolant is routed to the oil cooler and then back to the radiator. On Camaros that do not have the oil cooler option the line is connected directly to the radiator.

To recap, the two lines on the passenger side are for your heater core, the single line on the drivers side is for the oil cooler option. Here&#39;s a pic of a Camaro water pump for reference. ( this pump has been modified with a CSI electric motor, but the housing remains the same.)

http://ken.lowrance.com/Projects/CSI...talledOnWP.jpg

On my Camaro LT1 swap, I just plugged that hose since I am running neither a oil cooler nor do I have a return fitting in my radiator.......

Hope I didn&#39;t distract you too much with the "go-fast" electric motor drive add on for the water pump. The castings are pretty much the same between all the variants, but the main difference between F body, B body and Y body pumps is the heater hose outlets. The 92 Corvette version had just the one on the upper passenger side but still had the two other undrilled bosses that the Camaro and Caprice used. The 93-96 Corvette used two of the locations. The Camaro used all three locations and the Caprice/Impala/Roadmaster/Fleetwood used only 2. Heres some pics showing the differences.
First, the 92 corvette LT1 pump. Note the single outlet on the top left (as looking at it) and the two unused bosses.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ewaterpump.jpg
Then the 93-96 Corvette pump, with the 2nd location utilized
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ewaterpump.jpg

Now, the 93-97 Camaro pump (stock) Note the 3 fittings...
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...owaterpump.jpg
And then the 94-96 Impala/Roadmaster pump... 2 fittings but bent differently and an additional mount hole on the lower right.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...awaterpump.jpg

ok excellent, ill just plug that third outlet. Thanks alot.