'06 Drive train into an '03?

[RCodePaul]

So let's say I'm able to secure a nice low mileage '06 that's been totaled with a good low mileage engine and tranny from a credible ethical seller.
Plug and play in my "troubled" but loved '03?
Easier/quicker to drop entire front engine/suspension assy (as posted below by LVC member) or pull the traditional way out the top?

 

[1LoudLS]

if you have the means to pull it out the bottom, i would do it that way.

 

[joegr]

It should work, but be warned that some of the wiring harnesses might be different.

 

[G-RELL]

I wish we had enough room for it to be easier from the top... imagine the possibilities .... but yes. drop it

 

[RCodePaul]

Zachary...

It should work, but be warned that some of the wiring harnesses might be different.

So what would you suggest when there's a difference? Maybe use the chassis (older) wiring harnesses and the older matching sensors etc?

 

[joegr]

So what would you suggest when there's a difference? Maybe use the chassis (older) wiring harnesses and the older matching sensors etc?

Yep.

 

[RCodePaul]

Well...

if you have the means to pull it out the bottom, i would do it that way.

I've seen a pic of a Camaro lifted off the engine/tranny/front suspension assembly with a cherry picker attached to the front end of the body. I don't have a lift but I do have a cherrypicker...

 

[1LoudLS]

I don't have a lift but I do have a cherrypicker...

seen it done on the mark...
so it should be in the realm of possibility.

you have to be careful, you cant just go and life off of anything.

 

[vinnmann11]

I don't think of it as removing the engine from the bottom. I consider it removing the car from the top.

 

[mlara1129]

Bump

Can anyone confirm if an 06 tranny can be swapped into an 03 V8? or will it be more trouble than its worth?

 

[BlackLS06]

It should be the same exact tranny.

 

[mlara1129]

that's what i thought but there is some uncertainty with 03's as 03 was a "transition year." Apparently 04-06 swaps should be no issues tho.


Mine was manufactured 02/03...does anyone know for sure?

 

[BlackLS06]

You might just have to drop the tranny and find out the hard way...

 

[marcredd]

How about calling Max or seeing if joegr or Quik knows? May be a bit more effective than going through all of the trouble for nothing.

 

[mlara1129]

I hadn't thought of Max. Ill do that.

 

[mlara1129]

Just wanted to update...

I went through with the installation and after a couple of weeks and a few hundred miles, there are no problems to report.

So my LS is running with an 06 tranny with about 69k.

I don't know if this will work for all early 03s but mine was manufactured 02/03 and this tranny from an 06 worked just fine.

 

[joegr]

...I don't know if this will work for all early 03s but mine was manufactured 02/03 and this tranny from an 06 worked just fine.

Early 03's were manufactured in mid/late 2002.