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    Engine Of The Day: General Motors LS

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    Image of Hello_Newman Hello_Newman
    06/20/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: General Motors LS
    What does an LS9 crate motor go for these days? I assume if it's got an aluminum block it's not going to be cheap, but I've seen some custom engines in the $12k to $20k range, would like to know how it compares in price.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    06/21/09

    @Hello_Newman: I think the LS9 is ~20k, but that's without an external oil pump/sum/cooler or fuel pump.


    Still not that bad for a 638hp motor...

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    06/20/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: General Motors LS
    This is where, if I weren't at work, I'd post pictures of the FD RX-7 I saw at LeMons New Orleans with an LS (well, technically Vortec) engine. Sublime.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/20/09

    @A strolling player:




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    06/20/09

    @Taco Mudplushroomz: Hahahahah, you son of a bitch! I took that!
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    Image of Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage! Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage!
    06/21/09

    @Taco Mudplushroomz: A local guy has an FD with a GTO LS2 under the hood. I still think it's sacrilegious to have a non-Wankel in a Rx7, but I have to admit the car is impressive...
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    06/21/09

    @Gearhead_42 and Steve Neill: I understand your concern, but the guy had been through at least two Wankels already (it may have been four) in the years he's owned the car, so I can't blame him. The swap was extraordinarily neat, and being able to tell people your RX-7 has a Silverado engine underhood? Priceless.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/20/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: General Motors LS
    Get in my Volvo.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/20/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: General Motors LS
    I wouldn't personally go this far.

    But I understand the sentiment:


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    06/20/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee:

    I just hope that diagram isn't a drilling template...
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    Image of JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2 JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2
    06/20/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: General Motors LS
    I wonder if I can cram one into my V70... hmmm, transverse AWD V8, difficult... However the application of the General's fine LS products to rear-drive Volvos has, in the past, yeilded fine results. I'm at work at the moment, so can't paste youtube links, but if you search Volvette you'll get all the results you need ;)
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/20/09

    @JawzX2: Now with 100% more employment!: Ayup.
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    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    06/20/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: General Motors LS
    /semi-threadjack


    I went on that zorly.com link you sourced it from, then I saw an advert that said "Reach out and touch someone else's wife," so I clicked on it out of curiosity...


    ...and I think I may have lost all faith in the world.
    [www.ashleymadison.com]
    The link is SFW, but it's horrible.

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    Image of .357 .357
    06/20/09

    @Dhillaz drives a Chevrolet Taco: That's some fucked up shit right there. But if any of you ladies want to hook up, my username is TheGreatestDragonSinceWert0100.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    06/20/09

    @Dhillaz drives a Chevrolet Taco: As seen on The View, Ellen, Dr Phil, Larry King, Good Morning America.


    I don't get half of that shows here but I've never seen this atrocity in the ones I do get.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/20/09

    @Dhillaz drives a Chevrolet Taco: Ah yes, the Ashley Madison agency. Wonderful company. Excellent confidentiality.


    Uh... so I hear. Ahem.

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    06/20/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: General Motors LS
    A 6.2L LS crate + Tremec 6060 in a 65 Chevelle is near the top of my PCH list.


    Of course, the good/bad thing about such a swap is just how easy it would be. If nothing else, The General knows interchangeable parts.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/20/09

    @Mad_Science: That's part of the reason such a swap has never really appealed to me much. I'd prefer to get an old Galaxie and swap in a tuned Triton V10.
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    06/20/09

    @Deartháir - Now with more SingoFinger™!: Too bad the mod motors have horrible dimensions for swapping.


    Not to mention the V10 doesn't much more power than the 390 that's already in my wagon would, given a little warming-over.

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    06/20/09

    @Mad_Science: Well, then, how about a 427 Cammer?

    [www.supermotors.net]
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    06/22/09

    @Mad_Science: Ignore this comment, testing a reply tracker.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/20/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: General Motors LS
    Yeah, it's an okay engine, I guess. I mean, it's no Volkswagen W-engine, but it's got some neat stuff going for it.


    Now that I've properly baited tenbeers, I can admit that the LS-series engines are absolutely fantastic, and probably the best thing the General has going for them right now. Those engines alone are worth the current value of the company.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/20/09

    @Deartháir - Now with more SingoFinger™!: Sadly, the rights to the LS are probably worth more than the current value of the company.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/20/09

    @Murilee Martin: I don't mean the current market value. I believe a box of Froot Loops is worth more than its current value on the stock market.
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    Image of John Krewson John Krewson
    06/20/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: General Motors LS
    It's true: I am currently in the early stages of dropping one into my Miata. This is the one thing everyone can agree GM did right.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/20/09

    @John Krewson: This and the Pontiac Sunfire. (I tried!)
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    06/20/09

    @John Krewson: By early stages, you mean planning the bank robbery?
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    Image of John Krewson John Krewson
    06/20/09

    @Mad_Science: It's surprisingly affordable, actually, it says here in the practice script I wrote to justify this to myself at four in the morning.


    But seriously, I mean the calling around looking for parts and info stage. It's a long-term project, no doubt, and I'll almost certainly wind up using a salvaged drivetrain and not the crate motor, but come on. If Carrol Shelby did it, so can I.

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    06/20/09

    @John Krewson: Hearty click for big engine/small car.
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    06/20/09

    @John Krewson: Flyin' Miata in Colorado offers kits for this swap for relatively little money, and the results are quite nice.

    Are you using a kit or doing it all yourself?
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    Image of John Krewson John Krewson
    06/20/09

    @discontinuuity is once again meme-free: Using one of FM's kits, eventually. It's very much a long-term project; there's only so much I can do while living in Brooklyn, but parts accumulation is no problem. Once I move somewhere with a garage, the real fun begins.
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    06/20/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: General Motors LS
    Amazing engine. So many swaps, so much power. And of course...
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