Quote:
Originally Posted by Z06vette
You can do the FI tank but will need a good regulator to get fuel pressure down to friendly 5-7 psi for a carb. For what you would spend to fuel inject your current setup you can buy an lq4 with money left over or with the OD trans for about the same amount. I think you'd be way ahead of the game. Then sell your motor/trans to offset the cost. I'm kind of biased because I put LS motors in every first gen i do now. I can't ever go back. going 5.3 gets the price down even more. There are, as im sure you know, more associated costs for doing the swap other than the tank. Mounts, headers, oil pan, modified harness, computer tune, PS lines, coolant lines and/or new rad/fan setup, driveshaft shortened if going OD, intake/acc brackets if using a truck motor, fuel lines/regulator, etc. I like buying LS1 f-bodies since you can use so much off them on the swap. Then I part out what im not using. It is time consuming but usually you make out well on the money side. I think you rear gears would be perfect with auto OD, as thats what I usually run with an auto. If you race the car a lot you may want to go 3.73. What type suspension do you have planned?
|
Thanks for the great advice , I'm starting to get the cars little stuff fixed so I can enjoy it this season and start picking up parts for my ls swap prob going to look for an lq9 although a 5.3 would be cool because the car is a 327 originally
I'm going to use your post as a list