Since when do LSx swaps fix all reliability issues

"MultiplaOrgasms" (themightymultipla) 05/09/2015 at 22:14 • Filed to: Spreewaldgurken

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Obligatory random Fiat

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > MultiplaOrgasms 05/09/2015 at 22:20

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Because the engine is taken away from the GM it was attached to?

dogisbadob > MultiplaOrgasms 05/09/2015 at 22:26

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Because the original engines mated to the GM transmissions are even more complicated and expensive as fuck to service, if you can even find the parts at all.

I’m no GM fanboy, but the expensive European cars that came with GM trannies (Jags, Rolls-Royces, Bentleys, the Ferrari 400i, etc) are just awful to maintain. So compared to those cars, the LS is a Toyota!

SJGeorge94 > MultiplaOrgasms 05/09/2015 at 22:39

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Apex seals

Axial > MultiplaOrgasms 05/09/2015 at 22:44

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What everybody said, and also because the LS is super simple and typically way over-built for what it puts out.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > MultiplaOrgasms 05/09/2015 at 22:49

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Because of placebo effect

Because American mechanics know how to maintain GM engines

Because an engine swap generally involves replacing big chunks of the cooling, fuel, and electrical systems, which as often as not were the cause of the problems in the first place

Because the LS has such a rep for reliability that when it doesn’t fix the problem, it’s the original manufacturer that gets blamed, not the LS

..and in fairness, because it’s a reliable and simple engine.

Your boy, BJR > MultiplaOrgasms 05/09/2015 at 23:07

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Because it’s a big hairy American winning machine and its awesome as fuck and better than whatever you're replacing with it.

John Norris (AngryDrifter) > MultiplaOrgasms 05/09/2015 at 23:27

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If you want 450 HP, you can get it out of an LS with OEM parts and without using up all the design margin in the major parts of the engine. If you want to get 450 HP out of a 4 or 6 cylinder you typically get there with turbos with extra boost and that starts pushing you into the design limits of the engines.

About any swap seems to bring with it some reliability issues. But none-the-less there are some great rewards that follow; performance wise and otherwise.

Opposite Locksmith > MultiplaOrgasms 05/09/2015 at 23:40

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I’ve read so many rx7 mega build right ups where the guy wants a “1000 hp rx7” and after the 4th rotary engine, he went the lsx route to get his 4 digit horsepower, cuz well, he wanted a 1000 hp in a rx7

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > MultiplaOrgasms 05/09/2015 at 23:42

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Not strictly LSx swaps, but SBC swaps in general. And it’s not so much to fix reliability issues as it is a much cheaper alternative for fixing a Euro car with a dead engine, but where it also has a GM transmission.

A perfect example would be many Jaguars, Rolls Royces and Bentleys of the past. You could install a tuned SBC that would make as much or more power than the I6, V8 or V12 engines the cars originally came with. And you’ll reduce the car’s weight, make parts/service more affordable and probably improve the fuel economy too.

Though sometimes this is done on the cheap. For example, there was a Chevy dealer that was selling an 1980s Jag sedan that had a SBC... but it was a shitty carbed 305CID SBC.

deekster_caddy > MultiplaOrgasms 05/10/2015 at 07:51

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Fiat has LS? Reliability improved!