2012 Camaro V6 Swap to LS3.

[Austin45]

I'm excited to see this.

[homewrecker]

Originally Posted by AustinWithrow

Pictures of the donor car.. Yes, yes the car is tore up bad but anything we need that won't be good on this car will be bought used from members.. Such as the suspension parts I need. Everything underneath of a SS will be swapped to the v6. Such as all suspension, drivetrain, engine, transmission, electronics, exhaust... Etc.

It's good to hear you're spending QT with your dad! I was in a rush to grow up - finish college, join the military and now my fire career. I regret not spending more time with him. Enjoy every moment. Nothing beats ripping out a car and building a beast with your old man. In other words, subscribed

[GoldCartridgeGamer]

Subscribed.

[AustinWithrow]

Originally Posted by Pluto

Subscribed for curiosity. By the way, don't justify shit for anyone. If you want badges on your car, more power to you. Who cares if someone doesn't like this or that. I have one question after reading though. How much was the donor car? I have to know. Haha

Everyone always ask me why I have badges and I'm just like.. It's my car. Is it your money? Lol but we ended up having around $6500 in it. We just pick it up and got to looking. We saw that it has a busted oil pan, but can't tell much more about it. Looks like the motor and trans is good but hopefully it's just the oil pan only. I will be posting pictures soon!

[AustinWithrow]

Sorry that I can only post one pic per post. (Don't know how to post multiple pics on this phone)

[AustinWithrow]

Rear view.. Was going to put quad tips on my car but this car ended up having 5" Magnaflow tips. I might just use these if I can pop some dents out of the passenger side tip!

[AustinWithrow]

Driver side is tore up pretty bad, let's hope nothing got pushed back into the engine block or trans. We can deal with a busted oil pan but I don't know about a busted block. Lol

[CGMMonster]

Excited to see how this turns out! And to be honest...if you were to label it as a SS afterwards...i cant see it being classified as a poser. At that point it practically is!

[Can't_C_Me]

From the looks of the exhaust it was modified

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[MagnumForceGB]

Originally Posted by AustinWithrow

But I can use the differential off the ss on my car? So I should be okay there.. But I should only need front driver side brembos looks like the rest are good. And yeah, definately a radiator, and yeah all driveshafts and trans and everything. But I'm just trying to have fun and learn at the age I am. (btw.. I'm on my way to pick up the car right now. Will be picking it up from iaai in the morning.) will have pictures of the car in person in the morning, will keep y'all posted with pictures tomorrow.

If it is in good condition you can use it. I wouldn't even use the driveshaft off the SS now after seeing the damage, wouldn't trust it to hold up at speed. Driveshafts are pretty cheap though.

Amazon actually sells the OEM Brembo's if you want to get any missing pieces like that. If the rear cradle isn't messed up I would transfer it over or else you will be taking apart a lot of stuff to get the rear dust shields installed (which I still have to do with my brembo's).

As long as the engine and ECU are there, you should be golden. Those are the major costs. Wiring it up will be time consuming but you will be the expert everybody calls when you are done. You will be a God among Mortals on Camaro5.

[BlueN20Camaro]

Props to you,I'm in a similar boat trying to buy a LQ4 block for a swap. This thread will go down as a incredible resource for us. Thank you.

[homewrecker]

Hey Austin, would you mind sharing how much you got the car for?

[Pluto]

Originally Posted by AustinWithrow

Sorry that I can only post one pic per post. (Don't know how to post multiple pics on this phone)

Insane looking wreck...looks like a sandwich haha...considering 6500 can hardly get you a long block Id say you made out ok if the drivetrain is issue free. I'm just hoping the engine didn't continue to run after the oil pan was destroyed. On another note, you did mention forced induction and this may be an opportunity for some internals of your choice. Since you're spending the coin I would build anything I could before the swap.

[Pluto]

Originally Posted by homewrecker

Hey Austin, would you mind sharing how much you got the car for?

Originally Posted by AustinWithrow

Everyone always ask me why I have badges and I'm just like.. It's my car. Is it your money? Lol but we ended up having around $6500 in it. We just pick it up and got to looking. We saw that it has a busted oil pan, but can't tell much more about it. Looks like the motor and trans is good but hopefully it's just the oil pan only. I will be posting pictures soon!

$6500