First time swap. LQ9 into 95 OBS

[Jeebalow]

hey. glad to hear that all my detail has helped you out. its not easy to find explanations of things cuz a lot of people dont want to take the time to type it all. especially about smog. it SOUNDS like your in the same boat as me from what you said... if your getting the ls1 pan, i assume your truck is dropped also. how much? and based on you wanting the o2 sensors and only a 112 LSA cam, sounds like your tryiing to keep it smog legal.... but i cant see where your from. are you in cali too trying to do a CARB legal swap?

ill keep an eye for your thread but just in case, post the link here when you get it started. i def want to check it out.

as for the oil cooler, from what i read, its not really NEEDED as most guys just block it off and they have no problems. but i figured since GM had it factory, and i do plan on pulling a boat in the near future, any extra cooling is benficial. so the extra 100 bucks for the parts was fine with me. plus, who can resist the cool looking braided lines and AN fittings!!!???? haha!!!

hit me up if you have any quesions. more than glad to help ya out.

It's dropped 4/6, but I am not doing a CARB legal swap. I'm in Oregon and they just sniff the exhaust without even popping the hood.

I'll look into the oil cooler a little more, but I am thinking I will add the lines especially if it was just 100 more. Plus I get braided ss hose and AN fittings lol.

I'll post that link but it won't be for at least another month. I am graduating next month and am swamped with school work and getting other projects at home finished up.

Keep up the good work!

Edit- so I noticed you looked for the pf48 or whatever filter that was. Is there a reason you didn't swap the fitting in the oil pan so you could use the truck filter instead?

[kewljay223]

The motor was already in the truck and I just couldn't get enough leverage to break it loose from under there. Not much space. Had to go to the auto parts store anyway to get some things and it was only 5 bucks. So I said screw it. Lol

[Jeebalow]

The motor was already in the truck and I just couldn't get enough leverage to break it loose from under there. Not much space. Had to go to the auto parts store anyway to get some things and it was only 5 bucks. So I said screw it. Lol

Got it, makes sense lol.

Did you end up finding a deal on the oil pan anywhere? I figured I might as well start looking now so I'm not held back by parts when I start working on the swap again. Cheapest I found is this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200921584954...84.m1423.l2649

Oh one more thing that's different with my swap is that I have an NV3500. So don't have to worry about tranny wiring.

[kewljay223]

No don't get that! Thats not an ls1 pan! That's an aftermarket pan they try and advertise that will fit anything. It won't work. It will still hang to low. U need an ls1 only pan. Maybe an ls2...?? I saw that too but luckily a member posted a couple pages back that that it wouldn't work before I bought it. unless ur lucky, its gonna be hard to find one for a good deal. I had to sac up and pay 250 cuz I needed it immediately. But it was new and came with everything needed. Theres an article that shows the diff pans and dimensions. Gto won't work either cuz its a front sump. Ill find the link and post it.


http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f213/l...f-them-324366/

[Jeebalow]

No don't get that! Thats not an ls1 pan! That's an aftermarket pan they try and advertise that will fit anything. It won't work. It will still hang to low. U need an ls1 only pan. Maybe an ls2...?? I saw that too but luckily a member posted a couple pages back that that it wouldn't work before I bought it. unless ur lucky, its gonna be hard to find one for a good deal. I had to sac up and pay 250 cuz I needed it immediately. But it was new and came with everything needed. Theres an article that shows the diff pans and dimensions. Gto won't work either cuz its a front sump. Ill find the link and post it.


http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f213/l...f-them-324366/

Thanks for the heads up, I'll keep looking. Have you added the oil pan kit to your list of part numbers? If worst comes to worst I'll just pick up the same kit.

[kewljay223]

it wasnt a kit. so theres no part number for it that i know of. im pretty sure it came off a new crate motor that wasnt used.

and mikey, thats just amazing. especially due to the cost of oil... OUCH!

[Jeebalow]

Just to add more information on oil pans. This link has some part numbers that the s10 site doesn't. Mostly the same pans. Hope you don't mind me throwing it up here as well.

http://ls1tech.com/forums/conversion...-oil-pans.html