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swap a 92 LQ1 for a 96 LQ1?


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I'm going to be looking at a 1992 Grand Prix tomorrow with a 3.4 and the 284 5-speed transmission. The car has high miles, so if the engine decides to go out on it, could it be replaced by the LQ1 from a '96 car? I heard they had better flowing intake systems and they switched to a different fuel injection, and a few other little things. Could the '96 engine bolt up and plug-n-play in the '92 car with the 5-speed?

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it will bolt up, but not be plug and play (OBD 1 in the 92 , OBD 2 in the 96)

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Hmmmm...a screw the LQ1...if I'm gonna put in another engine, it might as well be something worth putting in...an L67 :)

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Hmmmm...a screw the LQ1...if I'm gonna put in another engine, it might as well be something worth putting in...an L67 :)

 

That's the spirit!

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turbo l26 (3.8) with the 284 in my 01 and turbo 3.1 with the 284 in my 89. both work well

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Turbo a LQ1 and eat L67's for breakfast.

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Turbo a LQ1 and eat L67's for breakfast.

 

WIN.

 

a 96 engine in a 92 car: electrically, pretty easy, the EGR and possibly the coolant temp sensor will be a minor setback.

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Hmmmm...a screw the LQ1...if I'm gonna put in another engine, it might as well be something worth putting in...an L67 :)

I'm not sure i would consider that "worth" putting in.....

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Turbo a LQ1 and eat L67's for breakfast.

No way...I'd rather have a great engine to start with, supercharged at that, than to put money into turbo'ing one of the worst-feared engines that GM has ever made.

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I'd rather have a great engine to start with, supercharged at that, than to put money into turbo'ing one of the worst-feared engines that GM has ever made.

 

:rolleyes:

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Its the worst feared engine that GM has ever made and you have 2 of them... Hmmm

awesome. pure, 100%, liquid awesome.

 

failure to perform required, scheduled maintnence accounts for MOST problems with the LQ1...

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Stop, No and don't. I will not let this thread devolve into yet another thread where everyone has to wank about how one engine is better then the other. Keep it on topic, please.

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Sorry Chris...

 

94GPGTP is doing the exact swap your talking about right now... You would have to convert to OBD2 and follow his thread for the wiring for the manual

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Stop, No and don't.

 

I said, biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Someone should get that one...

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Stop, No and don't.

 

I said, biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Someone should get that one...

 

Well... the only reference I can come up with is:

 

No.... don't stop!!

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