ls1

[Reese]

So my dad has an ls1 motor in the garage and he told me I should put in one of my berettas. Was wondering if anyone has done this before and if it can be done fwd? Any tips comments or thoughts appreciated. Thanks

[Barry]

You can do it, it's just a lot of work. You will have a lot of fab to do.

If your gonna do a ls1 you should make it rwd too

[95BerettaBase]

You try to do an LS1 in a FWD car you may as well kiss the transmission goodbye.

[Reese]

So I should go rwd is the consensus. Alright anyone have any advice on that or old attemps as I know people have attempted it before, just want to get an idea on how the rear end would have to be modified. Thanks

[weba]

Well it isn't that much longer than a Quad4.

How ever, finding a gearing that could offer any traction with that size engine can be challenge.

[MY91GT(Z)]

well u could use a gxp tranny that is matted to LS3 but I dont think the both will fit together in a beretta engine bay. barry is in middle of his rwd conversion n its alotta work n time

[Barry]

I'm doing a rwd conversion right now. You can see the thread in the general section. Project slideways z26.

It's possible but it's a lot of work. I'm probably 65 percent done

[scannerman]

well u could use a gxp tranny that is matted to LS3 but I dont think the both will fit together in a beretta engine bay. barry is in middle of his rwd conversion n its alotta work n time

GXP got the LS4. And they were 320lb/tq. The same amount my 2.0L LNF puts down....


Also the LS4 was modified with a shortened block and several other things so that i could fit in the FWD platform. Getting an LS1 or better in a FWD application would take a lot of work and would probably do nothing but produce lots of tire smoke.

[3X00-Modified]

Kiss the tranny good by huh? I'm running at near the same 1/4 time as a stock C5 vette and I'm weighing in at 3175lbs... so that means I'm putting down close to the same power, they are 114mph and I'm 107 so thats a bit different, I would guess I'm ~25hp shy of a LS1 setup.

Also the way GM rates it's transmissions that year trans falls in the same category as the one I have. It was a 4L60e so its only a longitudinal vs transverse trans... Both rated the same. BUT either way even with the GXP trans good luck getting it to fit... I think it would be way too wide of a setup, for what weba said, remember on a V8 setup your cylinders sides are offset about a half cylinder, so the furthest forward cylinder on a LS1 would be 1/2 a bore further forward than a Quad... plus whatever the bore size difference is.

[spacecadetz26]

if you were keeping it fwd go to the fiero.nl forums they have more to offer in terms of knowledge of using the stock trans with a v8. they have vendors that sell the parts to convert them also. you are on your own for mounts though.

[Reese]

Alright so I'm thinking go with the rwd setup after all your commwnta and looking through Barry's thread but I would rather have mine as a more practical car like summer driver in stead of just a track car.

[3X00-Modified]

LS1 RWD swap a practical summer driver... eek.. hope you have deep pockets.

[Barry]

Keeping comforts like windsheild wipers and air conditioning fly out the door so fast once you realize how much space our firewalls DONT have.

[Reese]

Looking more into it all and doing some research . But on a side note ny quasar has developed a slight hum and I'm guessing its front wheel hubs how difficult will it be to replace them?