LS Swap guide

[jalopi]

Will the F body shifter not bolt onto the GTO trans, putting it in the same position? Because it looks like it would.

[garretvs]

Yes, the fbody shifter will fit no problems

[shiboujin]

say what now?



Looks like the GTO shifter sits too far back so the shop that did my swap put in an fbody style shifter. STIFF AS FOOOOK

[Gertech]

I have the MGW in mine, too. It's nice but very stiff for sure!

[Gertech]

Will the F body shifter not bolt onto the GTO trans, putting it in the same position? Because it looks like it would.

I have a GTO trans in mine. F-body shifter will bolt up but you also need the F-body shifter cup or it won't line up properly.

[jalopi]

I hear long shift knobs can cure 'stiff' shifts. Just finished making this a few hours ago:




Measured at 8.75". Used some scrap purpleheart wood that a friend had laying around. Still have to drill the hole a bit deeper - hitting my hands on it while turning in 1st, 2nd and kinda in 3rd. I will say though - shifting is a blast now. Super easy to tell which gear you're in and to shift you only have to move your hand a few inches from the steering wheel.

[shiboujin]

I'd be worried about the wood cracking but I have that same idea. I'll just pick something up from autozone.

[jalopi]

As long as the hole you drilled is properly sized there shouldn't be a problem with the wood cracking. If you do end up making something out of wood (which I recommend, because wood is baller) do yourself a favor and get a wood that isn't super dense. Took me about 6 hours of filing to get a 2"x2" down to that shape. Wood was so dense/stringy that trying to use a carver/blade would throw it off and that was with my press set at the lowest speed.

[bmk]

Any chance some one who has GVS kit can take a picture of the transmission mount bolted on their car?

[iansane]

What throttle cable is used with nonDBW LS motors?

[shiboujin]

I'm not sure as I'm a DBW setup. Find out for me :)

[jalopi]

How bad is the DBW lag? Did you already flash the pcm to remove it?

Also, get on Sikky about getting your car ready for this year.

[shiboujin]

The lag isn't really there. I haven't driven it much but I haven't noticed a difference. I might just be lazy and leave it like that honestly. I kinda like the gas pedal this way.

My car is back home. I'm doing all the left over bits to get it ready.

[bmk]

What is everyone running for a fuel pump? I've herd that the oem pump is good for 400

[shiboujin]

I use a walbro 255. I put down 400wtq and over 500whp with my last motor. Should be fine for the LS.