jayro Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) we had this swap done years back and the car was rear ended. so everything to run it is allready made. cross member, motor mounts, tranny mounts, drive shaft& harness. ill get some piks up so you guys can see what was done for it to fit. for us its basically bolt in swap. so far we have gotten the blown 88 powerplant out, we took out the stock cross member and put in te modded one for the gnx. piks comin soon Edited February 25, 2012 by jayro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 this is my dream swap will be watching this thread patiently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayro Posted February 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 lol dont worry were working on the car later on today ill make sure to take tons of piks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tg118 Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 def want to see pics,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 if done right i would trade my car in a heart beat for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance_S Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 I would think the problem with this swap is finding a GN power train that wouldn't cost a fortune. The cars have become so valuable that I would think getting a hold of the motors would be difficult. None the less, a great swap. Looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 yea i would never suggest doing a gn swap to were you would trash i good gn but if the gn was wrecked or rusted in half then i say go for IT!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance_S Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Yeah T, I am with you, no one is going to cut up a perfectly good GN for a conquest swap. I was just thinking that these cars are becoming so rare that even ones that are totaled are being scooped up by guys that already have them as backup motors, I could be wrong. Either way, glad to see someone got their hands on it. Very cool car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayro Posted February 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 I would think the problem with this swap is finding a GN power train that wouldn't cost a fortune. The cars have become so valuable that I would think getting a hold of the motors would be difficult. None the less, a great swap. Looking forward to it.the power plant we bought was off of an older man (too old to work on cars). his brother was selling it for him, and the face he had on was soo sad that we felt bad. they guy didn't want to sell it but his brother was pressuring him too. all the guy said was "its fast" he didn't want to say anything about it. they had that engine stored for about 10 years. they literaly but rat poison IN the dp so mice wont get in. the motor on the outside looks old and abandoned. it has some moroso valve covers, some ss line and a remote oil filter. we unbolted the valve cover to find everything in the head BRAND NEW. it has some thick red anodized rocker arms arp studs valve springs. basically a STEAL for what we got it for. we looked in the spark plug holes and we can see it has aftermarket pistons from how clean it was in there. the guy told us not to touch it. just to put it in and run it. we bought it with the ecu, tranny, harness , turbo basically a complete power plant. basically turn key for an unbelievable $450 SERIOUSLY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayro Posted February 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 and there a complete engine that needs rebuilt in my area for $150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance_S Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 amazing deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-O Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 That is a ridiculous deal for sure. Can't wait to see some pics of the install. GNs and their powertrains have always been a dirty obsession for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_crush Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 I was just thinking about doing this swap and wondered if anyone has done it yet... Any progress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchi934 Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 yes it has been done before. google search and you can find it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayro Posted May 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 the engine is in and mounted. we swapped over all the 85 stuff to 87 , including intake manifold injectors and front timimg cover. waiting on a 87 ecu and harness or some type of programable efi system. were putting a holset he351 turbo with a 9cm exhaust housing quick spool ill get some pictures. my friends lazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_crush Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Yeah that turbo should spool pretty quick on a 3.8 I'm running a holset hy35, and my buddy is using a hx40, we both love em. I'm currently looking for a GN drive line, finding alot of motors with no harness or just the trans..ect..Keep us updated, very interested.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayro Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) Yeah that turbo should spool pretty quick on a 3.8 I'm running a holset hy35, and my buddy is using a hx40, we both love em. I'm currently looking for a GN drive line, finding alot of motors with no harness or just the trans..ect..Keep us updated, very interested..how does that hy35 spool on the 2.6? the he and hy are almost the same except for the compressor housing has a bend and the he351 has a 9cm exhaust housing and the hy35 has a 12 cm housing let me know the spool range. ill probably get one for my car Edited May 14, 2012 by jayro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_crush Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I started out with the WH1C and it had too much lag for my liking, so I switched to the HY35 and it's much better. Full spool around 3000, and it comes on hard! then pulls like a freight train all the way through.. Lots of top end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayro Posted May 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I started out with the WH1C and it had too much lag for my liking, so I switched to the HY35 and it's much better. Full spool around 3000, and it comes on hard! then pulls like a freight train all the way through.. Lots of top end.woahh makes me wanna try that turbo on my car espcially since the exhaust side is smaller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnxstarion Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Hey man! I see no updates in your project. Are you still working on it? let us Know. I brought my black starion a couple of years ago with the same idea as you. I owned a turbo reagal before, and this engines are Great! but for now I keep smoking some tires with the 2.6 until the engine say " NO MORE ". Send pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayro Posted October 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 we had the engine in mounted the tunnel to the starion re fabbed the drive shaft everything mechanical was done. theengine and ecu needed to be wired up but my friend lost interest in the project took the engine and tranny out and gave me the shell gnx ready. we built everything together, but hes going after a buick special 2 door or a buick skylark to put his engine and tranny into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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