LSx hunting

[Pooter]

4.8L/5.3L if youre going to boost it.
6.0L/6.2L if youre going to stay NA.

[dville_gt]

4.8L/5.3L if youre going to boost it.
6.0L/6.2L if youre going to stay NA.

while i agree that it's not worth the extra dough if you are going to boost the motor, the 6.0's are not somehow inferior when it comes to boost, if anything more N/A horsepower = more boosted horsepower.

[black2002ls]

while i agree that it's not worth the extra dough if you are going to boost the motor, the 6.0's are not somehow inferior when it comes to boost, if anything more N/A horsepower = more boosted horsepower.

I need to pick your brain a little on ecm/harness stuff. I want to start putting together the swap into my s-10 and plan to do the harness myself. You seem to know your variations well

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[dville_gt]

I need to pick your brain a little on ecm/harness stuff. I want to start putting together the swap into my s-10 and plan to do the harness myself. You seem to know your variations well

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any time, just PM me and i can call you.

[Pooter]

while i agree that it's not worth the extra dough if you are going to boost the motor, the 6.0's are not somehow inferior when it comes to boost, if anything more N/A horsepower = more boosted horsepower.

Usually, but its also nice to not have too much tied up in a motor if a 4.8/5.3 blows up beyond repair and you can just get another JY motor for cheap and get back to rollin again I know its just one build from an article, but the build Hotrod did with 1200hp/26psi on a 5.3 is nothing to laugh at. Id be happy with 8-900 reliable hp that im not going to broke to replace if something lets go. Not that 6.0s are that much more expensive, just slowly getting hard to find for as cheap as the smaller brothers. Those little 5.3s can still make decent power NA too, reving them pretty high.

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/h...g_bang_theory/

[dville_gt]

Usually, but its also nice to not have too much tied up in a motor if a 4.8/5.3 blows up beyond repair and you can just get another JY motor for cheap and get back to rollin again I know its just one build from an article, but the build Hotrod did with 1200hp/26psi on a 5.3 is nothing to laugh at. Id be happy with 8-900 reliable hp that im not going to broke to replace if something lets go. Not that 6.0s are that much more expensive, just slowly getting hard to find for as cheap as the smaller brothers. Those little 5.3s can still make decent power NA too, reving them pretty high.

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/h...g_bang_theory/

not discounting that article, but single pulls on the engine dyno in a completely controlled environment vs. real world are totally different beast. i think that motor in the article ended up being a 4.8 btw.

i also think the current stock bottom end record right now belongs to a 5.3 in a super light rx7 drag car.

so i'm with your that they are cheaper, and can make sick power, but i wouldn't stray away from a bigger motor if money is not the concern.

[jayjohnson600]

Hmmm, LSx Miata...

The bolt-on conversion parts get into $4000 and up.
Anyone know where there's a home-fab LSx conversion write-up?

[Baron Von Crowder]

Hmmm, LSx Miata...

The bolt-on conversion parts get into $4000 and up.
Anyone know where there's a home-fab LSx conversion write-up?

I can text you some pictures of the mods needed to the k member to fit a V8, I still have them on my phone.

[matts5.0]

I want a 240sx with a 5.3 big cam nitrous and a big stall.. that would be a sweet street car!

[naynay]

not discounting that article, but single pulls on the engine dyno in a completely controlled environment vs. real world are totally different beast. i think that motor in the article ended up being a 4.8 btw.

i also think the current stock bottom end record right now belongs to a 5.3 in a super light rx7 drag car.

so i'm with your that they are cheaper, and can make sick power, but i wouldn't stray away from a bigger motor if money is not the concern.

i think its a 4.8 in a 240z.. either way all the 8 second turbo cars worth mentioning are junkyard 4.8/5.3 setups. obviously they are set on kill, but for a drag car i dont see why not. if it were a street cruiser i'd do like the gto and the parkwood and go 6.0 and low boost for an honest 650ish rwhp

[dville_gt]

it was skinnies in a old rx7 (kinda looks like a 240z i guess)

1.38 60ft
5.67 at 129mph
8.68 at 164mph

[Sleeper]

Skinnie is a nice guy to talk with.

Id say safely 550 to 600 on good fuel is safe.
Add that to a super light car and have fun.

[OrangeChevyII]

Carb it, makes just as much power....maybe more.

[Sleeper]

Carb it, makes just as much power....maybe more.

I cant stand carbs. I refuse to put them on anything i own.

[grove rat]

Carb it, makes just as much power....maybe more.

whenever i get to do a ls swap that's what i plan on doing