LS swap ?

[Don selleck]

funny, I think thats the response he wants.

 

[JackR]

I could never do a frankencar like that. Mopar, Chevy or fords need to stay so.

 

[BeepBeepRR]

At this point it just boils down to attention... Kind of like a nose ring and green hair.. Sure people notice you but then make fun of you after you leave the room. LS SWAPPING A MOPAR IS GHEY.

 

[RemCharger]

Slapping Chebbie V8's in a Buick Grand National to swap out the Turbo V6, another common swap, gives me the same upchuck taste in my mouth.

Have to agree. Used to race my buddy with his whistlin 6 at the track. A v8 conversion was a retarded man's vision.

 

[Photon440]

It cost alot to do a swap no matter what it is, unless your junkyard motor swapping putting in a ls is a guaranteed lose your *** if you need to sell it because most people won't buy it, thus you lose a very large market. I personally don't care what anyone does, but I would never buy a crossbreed vehicle

I looked at a Javelin for sale once, but lost interest because the guy had installed a chev 350.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

Slapping Chebbie V8's in a Buick Grand National to swap out the Turbo V6, another common swap, gives me the same upchuck taste in my mouth.

Doing that to a GN bothers me more than most other swaps.

 

[Chilsam]

I'd use a M.H B.B or 360 magnum as a starting point b4 an L.S..... or sell the mopar n get a g.m body n chassis. I just watched a tear down of a 7.3 GOZILLA engine where the cam roller self destructed by grooving a cam lobe & sharting on 2 piston skirts?. They state all of the newer engines were having this issue including the L.S and HEMI's due to the fed gov't cafe acts, codes, mandate, policy, standard ??? "no longer enforced" for milage and the engines having too run thinner oil ...here it is...

 

[Nxcoupe]

I'd use a M.H B.B or 360 magnum as a starting point b4 an L.S..... or sell the mopar n get a g.m body n chassis. I just watched a tear down of a 7.3 GOZILLA engine where the cam roller self destructed by grooving a cam lobe & sharting on 2 piston skirts?. They state all of the newer engines were having this issue including the L.S and HEMI's due to the fed gov't cafe acts, codes, mandate, policy, standard ??? "no longer enforced" for milage and the engines having too run thinner oil ...here it is...

Basically, everyone gets their followers or lifters from the same suppliers. Cost cutting has made them very unreliable. All 3 have issues. LS is so overdone and the guys doing it are just wanting the negative attention. It's childish, but what are you gonna do?

 

[khryslerkid]

It's not always about Chevy motors in a Mopar, I never liked it when someone had a Chevy motor in a Ford whether it was a street rod or not. I call it crossbreeding. Maybe bastardsizing.

 

[Cranky]

funny, I think thats the response he wants.

I know it is....

 

[Dstan]

In the end it's your car and you can do what you want. I don't understand all the hate for crossing brands on parts as long as it wasn't something rare like a 440 4 speed car. If it keeps a classic out of the scrapyard and on the road I don't care what driveline is in it. I would much rather see a Mopar with an LS in it than see that Mopar parted out or crushed.

My 67 Coronet probably needs it's 383 rebuilt.

Doing all the work myself it will cost me about $2400 do cam, intake, headers, better carb, a converter and bearings/rings/gaskets. I would end up with about 400-425hp crank.

If I wanted to swap in the aluminum 6.0 that's in my shed, I would be about $2100 for the same mods and all swap components. I would get overdrive, and about 475-500hp crank.

I don't plan on swapping in the LS, but for someone on a budget I understand why they would.

I would much rather see a chevy or ford powered Mopar than watch it rot away in someone's backyard because the Mopar parts have been priced out of the average man's budget.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

A lot of the hate is the guy posted this just to be inflammatory.
I would put a silent purple rectangle under the hood if it met the power and reliability goals and easily bolted up.

 

[Cranky]

In the end it's your car and you can do what you want. I don't understand all the hate for crossing brands on parts as long as it wasn't something rare like a 440 4 speed car. If it keeps a classic out of the scrapyard and on the road I don't care what driveline is in it. I would much rather see a Mopar with an LS in it than see that Mopar parted out or crushed.

My 67 Coronet probably needs it's 383 rebuilt.

Doing all the work myself it will cost me about $2400 do cam, intake, headers, better carb, a converter and bearings/rings/gaskets. I would end up with about 400-425hp crank.

If I wanted to swap in the aluminum 6.0 that's in my shed, I would be about $2100 for the same mods and all swap components. I would get overdrive, and about 475-500hp crank.

I don't plan on swapping in the LS, but for someone on a budget I understand why they would.

I would much rather see a chevy or ford powered Mopar than watch it rot away in someone's backyard because the Mopar parts have been priced out of the average man's budget.

Did you read the OP's posts. OneWheelPeel saw why he came here in the first place.

A lot of the hate is the guy posted this just to be inflammatory.
I would put a silent purple rectangle under the hood if it met the power and reliability goals and easily bolted up.

Yup....I agree.

 

[Dstan]

Did you read the OP's posts. OneWheelPeel saw why he came here in the first place.

Yup....I agree.

I did. And I read every reply in the thread. The points he made about the ls platform being cheaper to build than a mopar engine are valid.

 

[Cranky]

I did. And I read every reply in the thread. The points he made about the ls platform being cheaper to build than a mopar engine are valid.

I don't mind different engines in other makes but when someone goes to poking their finger in my eye about it, I have a tendency to want to break that finger lol. Another thing is that for the last 60 years, I'm tired of seeing Chevy power in other makes. Geez, can't some afford to being different for change?? Heck, even a twisted up 4BT would be cooler!

 

[RemCharger]

The points he made about the ls platform being cheaper to build than a mopar engine are valid.

Geez, can't some afford to being different for change?? Heck, even a twisted up 4BT would be cooler!

So this thread is more about being either cheap, or broke lol.

Poor bastards.

 

[eldubb440]

the Chevelle thread got lots of love....... we just don't like mixing of blood