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Thread: Ls engine or old school engine
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03-21-2011 #21
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Quite a few things on that list are not mandatory though... and you can do a lot better than $4500 to get started too. I paid $2700 for my LS1/T56 on ebay, and it came with the harness & ECU.
Originally Posted by Taylor1969
Derek Kiefer,
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03-21-2011 #22
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It is hard to beat the looks of a BBC or SBC. I think it all depends in what you want to do with the car. Ls motors make good power with easy changes. Attaining the same results with an old school block and adding fuel
Injection would out weigh the cost of doing an Ls swap. If a guy takes his time and does his research you can keep the cost down on the Ls swap.
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I voted LS because gas prices are killing the fun since my car was built to drive, put 5K on it last summer alone. I wish I had an LS now.
BUT, the sound and feel of my stroker Poncho is better than a defibrillator. The pounding in your chest and the sound of an old school stroker motor screaming through the headers while the secondaries open up is a rush unlike any other. You can't put a price on that.
With that said, I've never gotten to ride in a PT car with a cammed up LSx with headers and no cats...so I can't fairly compare. I am guessing that a worked over LSx at 7K is quite a riot also.
1969 Firebird, Black, Parchment Arizen interior, Poncho 383 (4" crank), Kauffman heads, TKO600, Moser 12 bolt, Wilwoods, DSE, Speed Tech, Koni, Hotchkis, GW, 18" TTI's, VA Gen IV, etc.
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