LS swapped RWD Chevrolet Lumina

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
04/15/2016 at 12:33 • Filed to: None

Because why the fuck not? Whole car was cut in half and shortened by several inches so the F-body underpinnings would fit. I remember reading about this car 5 years ago but can’t find the build thread. Found these two pics on The Chicago Garage, though.

DISCUSSION (22)

Jcarr > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/15/2016 at 12:38

That B-to C-pillar area is messing with me.

Urambo Tauro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/15/2016 at 12:39

I enjoy fantasizing about FWD cars converted to RWD. I like this one a lot.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/15/2016 at 12:41

I don’t think LS-swapped is quite the right phrase for this. See, LS swap is meant to evoke an engine bay that - invitingly - is sized for another kind of engine and can be “updated” to a simple powerful engine with a minimum of work. This... this is more WHAT IN THE JAMAICAN CRUISE SHIP FUCK

BigBlock440 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/15/2016 at 12:42

So, not an LS swapped Lumina, but a Lumina-bodied Camaro?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/15/2016 at 12:43

This is not a car that I’d have thought of doing this to.

Takuro Spirit > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/15/2016 at 12:44

For when your love of NASCAR outweighs your love of mullets.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
04/15/2016 at 12:47

You could certainly argue that this is loosely what a Monte Carlo coupe should have been, but it’s certainly a great deal of work for a very odd and uncertain outcome. You like the idea of a midsize Chevy RWD coupe, so you hack up a Lumina *and* a Camaro in such a way that the back seat is even less usable than a Camaro. Sure, that makes sense.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > BigBlock440
04/15/2016 at 12:47

I don’t remember what the F-body content is in this car. It might just be limited to the rear subframe and some engine bay stuffs.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Urambo Tauro
04/15/2016 at 12:47

I need to get around to making a RWD LeSabre. Murdersofa Mk II is gonna be a hell of a thing.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Takuro Spirit
04/15/2016 at 12:48

I suppose because nascar is a cromulent reason of sorts.

Urambo Tauro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/15/2016 at 12:51

YES

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/15/2016 at 12:57

“...very odd and uncertain outcome...” I could not have put that any better.

DoYouEvenShift > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/15/2016 at 13:07

Thats cool!

Kinja'd!!!

I remember seeing a GM prototype like in an old magazine a while back.

Fbody floor pan and drivetrain.

BigBlock440 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/15/2016 at 13:11

I guess I don’t understand why they would need to shorten it then. I’d think it would be easier just getting a longer driveshaft. Either way though, I love that it exists.

Gone > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/15/2016 at 13:26

Opened this expecting an LS4 swap. This is soooo much cooler. So much want. I’d totally buy this. And drive it. A lot.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > Urambo Tauro
04/15/2016 at 13:34

I want a RWD version of the current gen Taurus.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > DoYouEvenShift
04/15/2016 at 13:53

There was a prototype V8 AWD ‘01-ish Pontiac Grand Prix called the Grand Prix G8 Concept. It was fucking awesome. http://www.supercars.net/cars/1485.html

Matthew Phillips > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/15/2016 at 15:30

Or just buy a P71 and supercharge it.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Matthew Phillips
04/15/2016 at 15:51

Far less fun, and also not Murdersofa.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/15/2016 at 16:26

Kinja'd!!!

RWD conversions for Dodge Daytonas are very well documented and people have fitted them with everything from 2.4 SRT mills to 440 Mopars to modern 5.7 Hemis.

Kinja'd!!!

TheJMan92 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/15/2016 at 16:36

I wholeheartedly endorse this endeavor.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/15/2016 at 16:52

Those are so cool looking.