Ive been wondering about this swap for a while.

yea so I havent been on the 209 forums for a while glad to say I finaly got a job aha anyways when Im not doing anything I pretty much just cruz around youtube alot and Ive been seeing Ls1 swaps in likeee every car I see from 240's to rx7's, even evo's. Is there any draw backs to this engine swap? pros, cons?

pros....

power, torque, sound

cons....

time, money, effort

lol I get the time, money, and effort. I mean like what are the cons to the swap it self?

i dont think there are any cons.

i mean, u get twice the power with slighly more weight..but it also depends on which engine your replacing it with.

so i think the only real con is weight..

and it's about a +/- 50lbs diff i think?

and maybe gas mileage goes down...

oh yea gas haha.

lol, some of my freinds refer to that engine as a "cheater" motor

it is the cheater motor... i mean i do like it, buuutttt its just ridiculous... it just seems too fake to me...

says the people who will always see the tailights of the car with an LS1..

There is no rule book on what you can or can not do to a car so where's the "cheating" being done at?

Call it what you want...power is power is power.

There's no cheating.

oxymoron pistons in a rx7 lol.

Its not cheating. If an ls1 or a ls6 is considered cheating then you shouldn't even be able to swap any engine because that would be considered cheating also right? The main reason why people do, do engine swaps is for more power.

So is dropping a rb26dett into a 240 "cheating" lol?

L Rock wrote:

and maybe gas mileage goes down...

Not always the case, Dan increased his gas mileage with his swap in the FC.

well i never said anything about cheating but it just seems too... over the top to me... i mean dont get me wrong i would swap it in a heart beat lol but its still kinda way out there

does dan have data sheet to back up his claim.

^yea I want to see also

Don't need no damn data sheet you drive the damn thing. More miles per tank = more mpg

How about a ls6 swap or an ls2

i was just stating what some of my friends call that engine, but i am the guy to convince dan of swapping the ls1 into his FC.

His 13B got 22+ mpg if it was a great day. After the swap he got about 25 mpg.

himynameisjon wrote:How about a ls6 swap or an ls2

the real big difference bet the ls1 to the ls2 is the piston bore size. LS2 has a 4.00 inch bore size. This lets you utilize the new L92 heads and a LS3 intake manifold. W/ a GM hot cam swap you can see upwards of 450+hp. LSx engines are ultra simple to build power. Those l92 heads cost about 450 a piece but net you at least 75+hp.

originally dan was gonna do a LQ4 (truck 6.0L vortec) w/ the l92 heads and the ls3 manifold but ran into the how damn smog issue since that engine was never in a passenger car. ls2 would be cool but they cost 3k+.

Panda AE86 wrote:Don't need no damn data sheet you drive the damn thing. More miles per tank = more mpg

cant yet, getting a new transmission, but new things are coming soon that will alleviate some heat issues and make it more drivable.

lol, leg by the tranny tunnel = cooked leg shank

yea, i read ls1 engines run about 4k plus

My next car is a CTS-V just cuz of the engine... I had a 90 BMW 325i that I was gonna do the LS1 thing but it didnt work out...

are u tryna put that in the sol?