Can someone help me out?

 

probibly, the major thing would be finding one with a trans and the wiring harness.
"anythings possible with a sawzall and enough beer", lol

i've suprisingly never heard of one being done, but if you can get a compleate engine & trans & wiring harness, go for it. it'll be quite a bit of work though.

 

It can be done but it will be ALOT of work. Alot of cutting and welding to get the engine to mount under the hood, then a TON of wiring to get everything to work.

 

Have a lot of money? Well if the answer is yes, it would probably easier and cheaper to buy a 06 Monte SS.

 

Yep, anythings possible:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bc1i4ml14c

 

I'll up your video to one that is more interesting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJKsDAhKusM

Plus I believe it runs 11's.

On topic, I wouldn't waste the money to do the swap. The general rule of thumb is that if you have to ask the question, then you are not ready/capable to install an LS4 into your 97 Monte. There has been a guy that installed a Northstar v8 (Cadillac) in a 5th gen Monte, but the swap was a pain and I believe there are still a couple of bugs even to this day with it.

An easier swap is the L67 swap. I recommend that.

 

I remember people putting the NorStar motors in the 5th Gen MCs and Luminas when they first came out. Apparently it was a bolt in and just required some trickery for the computer.

 

The Northstar is far from being a bolt in. The engine uses different motor mounts, a different tranny (which uses different CV shafts), a different wiring harness, and many other differences that make this far from a "bolt in" swap.

It's an interesting swap, but it's a difficult one. You may have been thinking about the 4.9L V8 swap into the 5th gen Monte's because those engines used the same tranny (4T60E). Even that engine isn't completely a direct swap, but I would imagine it would be easier than the Northstar. The problem with the 4.9L V8 is that it only makes 200hp and 275 lbs ft of torque. Plus it has almost zero aftermarket.

If you're going to do that much work, you might as well install something that has much more potential, like the L67 swap.

 

Didn't say my recall was perfect . . . ;-)

Any V-8 swap for a V-6 is going to be tough. The 3800 has a LOT of potential. Personally, I would go for the 3800 w/turbo or blower.

I get into enough trouble with my stock Z34 so I will be keeping it as is.