hey guys i came into a very very good condition 1994 caprice engine (for free) it's completly apart and i know what i needs like it's almost perfect no ridge in the bore and almost no scratchs in the bore this thing was an aswome score soo how can i tell if its an LT1 engine????
the engine is on my deck right now ( no wonder i get complaints) but im having trouble finding the numbers it's a mixture no light at all and a flashlight thats dying
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
In case you don't know JD, the LT1 is a Gen II small block. If you plan on running that in your 67 you need a computer, and everything else that goes with it. You might want to sell it to raise some funds for the project.
On top of what Barry mentions you will have to meet emmission standards for 1994 if you use it. The best idea it to get rid of it as Barry suggests. Its a money pit so put it out of your mind.
Jonathon, if you want to get ambitious, and it's not a huge deal, you can convert it to a carb and a regular distributor. You just need to buy an intake for an LT1 that takes a carb, and the distributor hole is there in the back. You just have to plug the hole in the front cover where the Optispark (distributor) is one. The water pump actually drives off the front of the cam, a superior design as far as I'm concerned. Because of this, if you break your fan belt, you can drive until the battery goes dead because it will never overheat, regardless of the fact that you have no belt, thus no alternator, power steering or a/c compressor!
However, if you guys do indeed have emission laws that state it has to meet 94 specs, that sucks. We have nothing like that here so I'm not familiar with that at all.
And yes, only the big cars had iron head LT1's, all the other applications used aluminum heads. And for the record, the ports in the iron heads are actually superior for performance I'm told.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
That is the reality here in Ontario Carl. Jonathan would be looking at putting catalytic converters on the car in addition to getting the computer. Putting a carb on it would surely be a FAIL and $450 ticket. Jonathan lives in the hot zone that dualquad Pete writes about all the time.
Is this a common thing, to be checked? Likely in summer at the shows etc?
No exemption for antique cars or anything? I know I've seen you guys talk about this here on CP but I guess it never really sunk in.
Pete has most of the stories about checks but yes they usually set up near cruise ins. I have seen a set up once in Toronto but in such a big place that doesn't mean it is not more common. Normally there are local Police and Ministry Law Enforcement Officers doing the road blocks and laying charges.
For the most part they check '75 and later cars because this is when most of the pollution control equipment became mandatory and the legislation was written. Vehicle must confrom to regualtions in effect at time of manufacture. In the case of engines these must conform to rules and regs as and when manufacturer. Road side checks are usually visual in nature, looking for AIR, Catalytic converters, Charcoal canisters,. PVC etc....
-- Edited by 73SC on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 09:39:52 AM
they actually would spend the time to bust someone when the percentage of older vehichles is so small, and most of the time we try to improve over the original, im the last person who want to spend a tone on fuel so i want the engine to be as efficient as posibble
-- Edited by 65wagon on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:34:18 PM
