LS1 in my 98 Lux

Well after too many trips along the freeway in my gutlux doing 70 up the hills with Hyundai Getz tooting as they drive past, I have decided to give the old girl a heart transplant.
And what better heart than an LS1!

Bought the motor, tranny, loom, computer and all the other items for a great price from a guy. As it turns out he just gave me the whole car to take home and strip out as I saw fit, and strip I did haha.

Currently engine is all disconnected, mechanically and electrically, the dash is out and all wiring now disappeared, even pulled the leather seats out to do a swap - bonus!

Next on the todo list:
Remove engine
Wiring harness
Bypass Vats somehow
Decide on tx case to be used, if not mine
Organise adapter between tranny and tx case.

http://s44.photobucket.com/user/camo...p9szz.jpg.html
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Im toying with the idea of ls'ing my 2000 rodeo 2wd.

So what do you reckon....:confused:

Will it fit? :shock:
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Seen it done before. :goodjob:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZClO8VKwVlk

Good luck with the project & welcome to the forum mate.

Looks like you have a good sized shed there! :lol:

Haha not really. Have a double garage with a boat, camper trailer, a clapped out VZ with no engine and all my other crap squeezed in there.
That is in the common area and have to move everytime someone wants to go in or out... :cussing:

Got the electric leather seats in and all wired up :woot:
Significantly higher than original seats, better perve height :lol:
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Not a straight bolt in, don't know what I was thinking.
A few mods to the seat belt brackets and went in relatively easily.

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The seats needed a few brackets folded up to align bolt holes and plumb them up

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awesome work dude, maybe this is what i should do for a tow car if i ever get the chance - when/if i build a show car for me and a drag/race car for the mrs!!!

Hey mate,

Firstly i love a good project, well done. But i hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you need to do something better with the seat mounting.

The seats contain the mount for the seatbelt, so it needs to be rated accordingly. Read these documents...

VSI 19

VSB 14 (Specifically page 14 onwards, but worth reading the whole document).

Technically speaking, you need to get an engineering certificate for a seat change and there is no way those modifications will pass.

Secondly, if you keep them as is and are in a crash where the seats/seat belts fail (which they will), you can be criminally charged.

Look for most modifications i tend to look the other way as whether it needs an engineering cert, but anything to do with seats, seat belts, air bags, steering column or brakes need to be done properly.

If you need an idea on how to mount them properly, have a look at my FJ40 build thread. I have an engineer inspect my work at every stage and he was happy with the quality of these seat mounts.

http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthre...40#post2149540

(Post 156 if the link doesn't work)

Essentially the best option is to cut the mounts off the standard seats and have them welded onto the seat frame of the new commodore seats. If welded properly by an experienced welder it should be safe and legal. I know it means destroying the standard seats, but its worth doing.

If you were in Vic id give you a hand...

Anyway good luck with the rest of the project.

Cheers, Errol.

Edit - Oh and if you do decided to get it engineered, cut the airbag wiring so it can be seen and change the seat belt from pretensioner back to standard (will need to be from a VT-VX, and it takes a little modification) as any safety feature installed must be working... Its a stupid rule but having a disconnected airbag (even if the car was never fitted with one) with fail engineering and fair roadworthy.

Its like that stupid CAMS rule where its illegal to have an expired fire extinguisher in the vehicle, even if you don't need to have a working on fitted.

But those are the rules, so just watch out for it.

Cheers

Cheers mate will definitely read. The brackets were just templates I made up to get the angles right. They are getting replaced with stronger mounts and gussets then painted black.
They don't show up well in the photos though.

I did think about cutting the mounts off the old seats but they are different widths and is not a neat and strong way of mounting.
I have an engineer for the build but is on holiday atm so will run it past him on return.

Good point on the srs clips, if it aint there theres no questions :p

Thanks for the reply:cheers:

Got my computer re-flashed today for a hungee :woot:

Then got stuck into the wiring side of things. There are a few things I want to transfer into the lux like cruise, auto lights, cluster and a few of the knobs because they look sexier than my old ones.
After sifting through the mountain of wires I came across the little sucker that controls the VATS. I could have soldered in a resistor and saved my some beer money :cussing:

Anywho moving on. I got all the internal wires sorted, will start on the engine harness over the weekend.
My transfer case adapter turned up yesty, yay!
Next is to pull the 4l60e to pieces and swap the output shafts over.

Ordered the new mufflers also - HSV bi-modal :yup:
Going to rumble they are haha
So my pondering time is spent chewing over how to set up the vacuum solenoids.
I am thinking on, off and auto where they will open at a set rpm range or when you bury the skinny pedal about 70% or more and they then open.
Still more to ponder on that one. Can possibly use the power button on the shifter surround. Also thinking of using the traction control button to hold in gear for off-road work.

Just remembered we have another very large 2 part build thread

from another member who did a ls1 hilux a few years ago

you might be interested in having a read.

http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthre...-hilux-project

Any more updates on yours yet?:stick::hide:

I have read through that build, sweet build but don't think I could have put in and pulled out everything so many times lol.
Turned out a really good looking truck.

Just going through the wiring atm, trying to keep a few of the items in the car - cruise, AC, DBW etc.
Started on the engine harness this arvo and can't find the pinouts for the PCM.

Is anyone able to help with the PCM Pinouts for a 2004 LS1 with DBW?
It has the blue and green connectors starting with:
GREEN
1. blk/red
2. brn
3. -
4. -
5. blk/wht
6. red
7. -
8. gry/blu
9. grn/wht
10. brn
.
78. -
79. -
80. -

BLUE
1. blk/red
2. lblu/wht
3. prp
4. grn
5. -
6. -
7. blu/yel
8. -
9. -
10. -
.
78. -
79. grn/wht
80. gry/blk

Have searched a ton of sites including LT1swap, there are some that are closeish but want to be sure before removing wires from the harness. Could lead to lots of swearing during maiden startup

My HSV bi-modal zorsts turned up today :yahoo:

I have worked out the vacuum and electronics side of things and how I can build a circuit board and wiring to put a smile on Camos face.
Will have 3 modes:
Off - always closed
On - always open
Auto - normally closed but opens when you bury the skinny pedal to a predetermined setting.
I can adjust this point as needed and will have a time delay when letting off the throttle and closing to get a slow down rumble in fun mode.

It was pretty easy to do and will allow me to fit them as aftermarket option with fair amount of control :dancenana:

Engineer is finally back from holidays so I dropped in to discuss the conversion and find out what his expectations were.
Got to say I was slightly nervous but left fist pumping and ready to start.

He said if there is any pollution gear on there, try and keep it on.
Try and use the standard cats if possible
Try Try Try lmao. He was really great to deal with. I have no doubt it will have to tick all the boxes but will be very easy to get done.

My big question was brakes, seems every man online has a different view.
Some say it will definitely need to be upgraded, some say use better pads, some say will need to convert to all discs and others say it is a commercial vehicle and designed to stop with extra weight and therefore brakes are already sufficient.

The resulting verdict from the man was - Brakes shouldn't be an issue, you don't want the stuff around of upgrading them. We will weigh it on completion and deduct the weight difference off the total load carrying capacity. So instead of max load of a bit over a tonne, it will be a tonne or slightly under. Started with the big smiles knowing this is my man.

Thats about as much as I want to mention here at the moment.

Separated the engine and box the other day so I can replace the output shaft with the new modified one to fit with the adaptor and transfer case.
Noticed the bell housing has a few cracks so will replace that while it is apart. Man those torx screws are a right pain in the ass to get out