Thread: L32 swap in my 98 GTP 56k no go

Kind of old news but I realized I never posted here for some reason. Anyhow quick little rundown. Back in November I was hearing a grinding noise up in the higher RPMs and thought I had ****ed up the bottom end of my motor. So I jumped the gun and bought an L32 :P

After picking up the motor, on the way home from picking up my car (had to borrow a friends truck) my clutches took a dump. Keep in mind I had just installed this USED trans about a month prior, so it's no surprise it didn't last long.

Anyhow, after pulling the motor I found out the grinding noise was actually coming from my flexplate. Ah well, good enough reason for me to throw out the L67 and toss in the L32

Now keep in mind these pics were taken over a period of about a month while waiting for my trans to be rebuilt



Few more after I removed some of the accessories... Just cause i'm a picture whore





Pulling the L67











N* TB with LS1 MAF



L67 stock 69mm bore compared to the n* stock 75mm bore




N* installed


10.5mm wires



Got my Trans back



Just about done. Did all this in less than a half hour working completely alone. Was cold as **** outside and being from CA, I like the heat haha










First startup vid
YouTube - 98 GTP L32 Swap. First Startup


Before putting the hood back on



Final update vid

YouTube - 98 GTP L32 swap. Final update - FINISHED!

And lastly, the complete shot






Pretty proud of myself, due to peoples schedules and me wanting to get **** done I did the entire swap from picking up the motor to finishing the install completely alone :P

Motor and trans specs are as follows

L32 out of an 06 GT
1.9 modified rockers
10.5mm spark plug wires
AT 104's
180 drilled t-stat
N* TB w/ LQ4
4" Short ram CAI w/ 9" K&N
3.6 MPS
EGR delete
A/C delete
SSAC headers
3" Magnaflow Cat
2.5 catback w/ thrust glasspack res.
Flowmaster 40's and SLP trapezoid style tips
3.29 gearing
hardened 4th gear clutch hub
ZZP shift kit
ZZP 2500 Stall

nice work!!

Thanks man. Was def worth the effort

i bet. which whine do you like better, gen V or III

GenV hands down haha

Listen to this and tell me which sounds better

GenIII in my SE
HPIM4006.flv video by ninnyGTP - Photobucket

GenV in my GTP
video-2010-02-27-16-18-32.flv video by ninnyGTP - Photobucket

i dont have sound :/

Boo! However, you do have an L32 so you know the awesome GenV whine

Nice work dude. Looks and sounds great!

no sound came up for me.

Get a better computer?

Originally Posted by ninnyGTP

Boo! However, you do have an L32 so you know the awesome GenV whine

i was seeing about 10-11 pounds the other day thru the short ram with my windows down and it sounded SWEET!!!

ive rode in one gen III car with the same size pulley and well, i think i would have to put a gen 5 on it

genIII sounds great on a 2.8. i never complained.

haha the comparison vid I know isn't the greatest, but it's what I had for the moment :P Also note, the L32 was recorded from a cell while the L67 was recorded from a digital camera, so in my mind that evens things out haha

Originally Posted by Bio248

genIII sounds great on a 2.8. i never complained.

how would you know

on a 3.5 mine sounds pretty beasty. cant wait till i get smaller.

or maybe i should just unplug my headphones to hear it lol