hello i was wondering should i put a LT1 in the omega if not why thanks alot for your answers

 

has anyone on here ever done that. and what problems have pop up

 

Every thing has and will be done. There will be a lot of work to mount to get the drive shaft right etc. Very big can of worms drop in a 455 or put some coins in a good 350 Olds engine. just my 2 cents. good luck.

 

I don't know of anyone on our site that has posted about putting an LT1 in an Omega but that doesn't mean that someone hasn't. Not sure how well that idea would be accepted on the site either.

 

Is the LT1 you are referring to the small block chevy variety? If so the motor should drop right in. The 73 Omega was the same car as a Chevy Nova, and I had a Nova that I put an LT1 in.

 

Your on the wrong website if that is what you want to do. If you need help with an Olds motor for your omega then this is the place. You can build up a nice SB or BB OLDS that would be wicked!

 

As noted, the Omega is a Nova and the LT1 is another ho-hum small block Chevy. It's your car, do what you want. Don't expect support from this forum, as we are really bored to tears with the belly-button SBC swaps.

 

my engine that i have now is the 350 rocket about 7 years ago i had my friend start to rebuild but right in the middle of it he told me his wife said he has to stop doing extra work for friends so NOW i have a bare block box of nuts and bolts that i have know idea how to put back together, Rebuilt head and cant remember how to put engine back in even if it was together. So thats why i was wondering about the LT1. a guy at the car show had one in his car (camaro) good on gas, and very fast he said

 

Buy a chassis service manual for your year. All the info you need is it there.Installing an engine is just that, installing an engine. If you can't do one, you cant do any and vise versa. The car is already set up for the Olds SB which is much easier to to than to change everything to put in the SBC. As Joe said though "It's your car, do what you want."

 

Pardon my frankness, but it's time for a reality check. Through your own admission you can't reassemble and reinstall the stock engine, which is a bolt-together operation, so instead you want to do an engine swap that requires scrounging parts and possibly fabricating and rewiring. Do you REALLY have the skills to do that? If you plan to swap the LT1 and retain the EFI, you need to install the computer, harness, and fuel system. The EFI LT1 never came in the Nova family, so there's fabrication required to get it to fit. If you plan to install the LT1 and swap to a carb and distributor, you've just negated one of the advantages of that engine, and increased cost (and non-stock cobbling of parts) in the process.

Face it, the easiest, cheapest way to get the car running is to either reassemble and reinstall the stock motor or to get another (running) Olds motor and drop it in. The nice thing about Olds motors is that the 455 is virtually identical to the 350 except for the deck height and is as close to a bolt in as possible. Get the Chassis Service Manual, read it, and learn while you reassemble your car. Once you've gained the skills, THEN think about an engine swap.

 

right in the middle hmm how much did he get done short block assembled ? heads reassembled ? Where are you located ?

 

Joe I must not talk to enough bowtie people. When I hear LT1 and LS6 I think of Gen 1 and Mark IV blocks not Gen 2 and Gen 3 blocks.

 

Yeah, the LT-1 (and LT-4) were the last of the "original" SBC motors used in passenger cars. They came with TPI and most had the dreaded Optispark system and reverse flow cooling systems.

 

Its always nice that when people use an RPO # that they tell you the year. It gives a lot more info. We here should know that a 67 RPOW30 and a 80 RPOW30 are not the same thing. Oops off topic. Maybe a topic for a new thread (pet peeves) then again maybe not.

 

A chevy moter will not bolt up to your olds tran. Wouldn't the moter mounts be different also.
Larry

 

If your going to use the LT1 you mays as well use the M30 or MT1 thats already behind it. Its just a bit more wiring and fabrication.
lshlsh2 you are correct on both counts but it is possible with the use of adapters.

 

I just got the feeling he wanted to drop moter in and go. Quick and easy no problems and all 350 moters are the same.
Larry

 

I got the same idea. Seems that people think that putting a SBC into any make or model is the easiest way to go. They do fit quite nice into Volvos.

 

Soooo many people don't even consider the Omega a real Oldsmobile.Don't give them any more reason to do it by putting a Chevy in it!Thanks everybody for taking up for the Omega.Suddenly I don't feel so lonely down at the bottom in the"other Oldsmobile" category.
railguy