LS swap all the things!

"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno) 03/12/2014 at 20:59 • Filed to: None

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Into my shitcan van:

Lets make my deathtrap even more of a deathtrap! But there might be fitment issues under that short front end.

 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 03/12/2014 at 21:02

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I recall reading somewhere that you can build a 6.0 LS out of full size Chevy van pretty cheap and it will be on par with Vette motor.

GhostZ >  03/12/2014 at 21:05

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Agreed. The engines are close enough, but the Chevy Van ones are vastly cheaper.

Loping Camshaft > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 03/12/2014 at 21:06

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Is this a real thing you're planning on doing or a mere musing? Because I wholly support both.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 03/12/2014 at 21:07

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My K1500 has been begging for a more powerful motor.

Racescort666 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 03/12/2014 at 21:11

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You are not alone in thinking this is an awful yet genius idea. Fortunately, you're in luck, Astro Vans are on a GM G-Body chassis (same as: El Camino, Monte Carlo, S-10, Blazer, and many more) so putting a GM V8 into that chassis is rather straight forward. I encourage you with all if my confidence to proceed.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Loping Camshaft 03/12/2014 at 21:14

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I wish I could do this, maybe sometime in the future. Puts some guts into this gutless old thing!

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Racescort666 03/12/2014 at 21:19

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The want is so strong with this one and the fact that it's built on the G-Body makes me REALLY want to. Now to just accumulate the funds and ability to do so.

Loping Camshaft > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 03/12/2014 at 21:25

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As a former fellow GM 4.3l owner, I had my dreams too. I had a 2nd gen 2 door Blazer. My big budget goof-ball dream was to make it a Baja capable truck with LONG travel suspension and an LS..... IN THE BACK. A mid-engine Blazer trophy truck. Then rust happened.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Loping Camshaft 03/12/2014 at 21:27

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Rust always has to ruin everything, doesn't it?

Loping Camshaft > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 03/12/2014 at 21:31

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One more reason for me to GTFO of the midwest. We can't have nice things.

Racescort666 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 03/12/2014 at 22:26

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You don't even need an LS3. A coworker has a Sonoma with a 5.3L (I forget the RPO) swapped in that he bought for $600. There's obviously more to it than that and he's got probably close to $5k into it by now but for a running, driving, RELIABLE vehicle, less than $1k is pretty easy to accomplish. If you buy a motor and it's sitting around, you will be pretty motivated to put it in. Also, you don't need to buy a built transmission, new front clip, paint, body work like he did.

pdthedeuce > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 03/13/2014 at 02:17

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ls swap all the everything !