I don't know at this point. Hopefully it is two or three years away. I know I will kill it eventually though.

Probably by then a LS7 or even a LS9 will be very cheap.

I would go with the LSA, it's just a detuned LS9.

VQ35 long block including intake manifold, no accessories - 313lbs

3.7HR is 30-40lbs heavier?

I want to do this at the end of my engine's life but everyone keeps saying not to.

im 22.. blew my motor 4 days ago... now my dumbass is stripping my car and preparing it for ls2 to be put in 2 weeks from now fml lol

how did you blow your engine?

Tokyo drifting obviously

Interesting

Keep us posted on your progress with maybe a build thread?

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Putting an LS7 engine would be pretty sweet.

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Or at least a LS3, sorry but the LS2 is decent but spend a little bit extra and go for the LS3. Look forward to more information on this build though.

F*&% it just get an LSX instead :bowrofl:

They're all "LSX"s...the LSX PRODUCT was just a block that GMPP sold.

They're almost identical - I'd go either, depending on which one was the better bang-for-the-buck.

am i the only person that gives zero f*cks about seeing an LS installed into another vehicle that it wasn't intended for

I'd be careful, You-Know-Who is always watching...

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...lmightyLS1.jpg

But don't be jelly - it's only one of the best motors of all time.

probably

True. But its just so.. Played out imo. Not a bad motor by any means

I don't think its played out. Its just an awesome motor for the price and weight. I know that whenever I eventually blow my engine, its the route I want to take.

You and I think exactly alike :-p.

Hell it'd probably be cheaper...

the silly thing is that I haven't done more than intake/exhaust/tune to the engine because I want dependability, but I've lost track days for brakes, suspension, wrecked from an oil cooler line, fuel starvation, axle/differential problem, so I am starting to wonder if the FI upgrade would be any worse.

Haha. I intend to go S/C eventually. But that's after a lot of other things happen. 2 years, and she's paid off!

remember... 2002 or newer camaro if your looking for both the tranny and motor together...

Uhhhhhhh....why the 2002? The intake manifold is easy enough to find, but if you have the thing pulled already, you may as well put on a better intake manifold, cam, and get the heads re-done too. And besides, the 2002 was the last year of the 4th gen haha.

Either way, I don't think I'd want to do an LS1/LS6 - I'd want to go LS2/LS3, minimum.

how does such a thing get played out?

I have a friend that has a 2001 camaro ss. He took the stock Ls1 out and put a lq9 in there(same engine as the silverado ss). He added a cam, intake, and exhaust and he is making over 400hp to the wheels. He says he runs the 1/8 in around 7.5-7.6

Kind of off topic I know, but if its possible, and if you want a torque monster this would be unique as well.

...I don't know why someone would pull out the aluminum 5.7 LS1 to replace it with an iron/aluminum 6.0 LQ9 and only make 400 to the wheels? I cam-swapped my LS1 with a baby 224/224 cam and an intake manifold WAY too big for it (FAST 90), and made just shy of 400 to the wheels...

Hopefully it's more than just a LITTLE over 400 to the wheels lol. Considering the motor, he should either be spraying, or boosting the living crap out of it. That, or step his game up with the cam :-p

Judging by his time, he's running a mid-high 11-second quarter. Not particularly amazing.

I think the ls1 was blown to hell and they had an lq9 laying around(not 100% sure.) I agree 100% that it doesn't make sense to swap out a heavier motor for realistically the same HP, but I guess given the circumstances of his situation it was something unique and different that he could do.

Oh and yeah, he is spraying.

The town I am from is VERY small and even though this build seems "normal" and not particularly fast, here its "amazing" and "holy **** fast" hahah. It is all relative though. For example, my 370z is considered an "exotic" to most people here haha. Don't get me wrong the Z is a great car, but by NO means ANYWHERE near an exotic :roflpuke2:

Oh no, you're very correct. I get lots of looks back in my hometown in NY. 6 months of winter prevents most from buying one there haha.

A blown LS1 for an LQ9 makes a lot more sense. Also, when I mean spraying the crap out of it, I'm talking 200-300 shot. I was spraying a 100 wet shot with my cam, and it put down about 520 to the wheels....stock bottom end. But, for what it's worth, this is what you can do with one of those 6.0L's, and this was done wayyyyyy back in 04/05.



I helped this guy out with another build he had (a Ford Fairmont swapped with a big single-turbo 5.3L from a Silverado with stock block, stock bottom-end that ran 9's lol). That was in Omaha! Not much going on in that area :-p. Small town, schmall town.

Then again, lotsa rich folk in Omaha :-p. This guy was not, however - just knew how to fab, and did it well...

Holy crap:eek: 26 PSI?!?!? :yum: That is an awesome build! Thanks for sharing that video! I will definitely pass that along to him, that way he will start pushing that motor a little bit more!

FWIW, the bottom end on that one was NOT stock, it obviously had some work done. If I remember correctly it was all forged and he had a built 6.0 block. I think he even went E85, but I'm not sure.

However, with relatively minor mods, that motor can easily handle probably 600-700 WHP without issues and without going all forged.

Rod bolts, fuel pump, injectors/tune/fuel rail, LS2 intake manifold (or bigger probably), cam/valve springs/pushrods, and a good boosted setup would do him fine. That, or ridiculous spray, but I never was a huge fan of spray in the end.

Is that Parish's truck?

I agree that spray isn't the best way to go. I just could not imagine 1011hp in ANY vehicle.

600-700 on a stock block is what makes these motors, wether it be the lsx or lqx, so sought after. They are fairly light and can handle a lot of power, and not to mention fairly cheap.

Sure is. Or, was.

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nothing wrong with the LS1... 02+ are the better ones if your just doing the straight swap... finding one with a T56 tranny is pretty easy and you can find a donor pretty easily

Other than minor part changes, why is the 02+, better than say, the 2000?

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I used to always watch vids of that thing. Beast

He was a real stand-up dude, too.

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been talking to the owner of a shop out of arizona, in about a month there coming to pick up my 370 and ls2 swap to build the first ls conversion kit for this car. will keep everyone posted

If you care to say, what shop?