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Old 10-23-2015, 12:26 PM
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Carbed LS setup with an external / aftermarket dry-sump (Dailey, A.R.E.). You get the benefit of the aluminum block, you can build any bore/stroke combination you want, and you resolve the oiling issues with the dry-sump. You get rid of most of the sensors with the carb, but you do still have to run something to drive the coils (unless you do a timing-cover distributor conversion).

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Completely agree!!!
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Carbed LS setup with an external / aftermarket dry-sump (Dailey, A.R.E.). You get the benefit of the aluminum block, you can build any bore/stroke combination you want, and you resolve the oiling issues with the dry-sump. You get rid of most of the sensors with the carb, but you do still have to run something to drive the coils (unless you do a timing-cover distributor conversion).

Do it!
But you still have to paint it Pontiac Baby Blue!!!

I'd love to do a carbed LS in my car with a functional Ram Air air cleaner to work with the functional Formula hood! Someday...
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Old 10-23-2015, 04:04 PM
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Sorry to say my Pantera has had a Dart block
stroker for over 10 years now.. think I am heading
that direction..maybe a destroker.. but Dart.. not a real fan of dry sump.....

Was at one of my early Norcal Shelby events and a guy
with a beautiful flaired 67 race car.. 5 years in the making...
was out on the track and all of a sudden you could see a
big billow of smoke...his drysump belt fell off and toasted
the engine... Last open header day at Laguna the Total
Control mustang had the snout break off on the front
of the engine that held the drysump and a bunch of other
pulleys.. not sure what happened to that engine other
than a broken crank

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carb'd LS with a wet sump then. Or, 377 small block chevy. That will rev to the moon. Good luck which ever way you decide to go, Bob.
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What Trey, Greg and Bryan said. there are other benefits to the LS design (besides all the sensors and computers). Different firing order, far superior head design, different * to the block....etc. You can have Pacific Fab do the wiring for you down in Morgan Hill if you do decide you want 450hp and 23 mpg, (they used too/still sponser here?)

Mines been pretty much bullet proof once done, too bad i keep messin with it...
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Old 10-25-2015, 11:32 AM
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Going to need more than 450 hp
Thinking 600 like the Pantera
Finally gas mileage is my last concern

Will figure it out. 377 may be the cubes

Coming from 700 hp

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Hey Bob... Did ya ever notice that EVERYBODY is switching over to LS power... carb or EFI.... Hey! Maybe they have some advantages? LOL
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If I didn't already have the LT1, I would have gone LS based even with an iron block. It's a superior design, period. If starting with a clean slate and wanting to be competitive, it's very hard to not choose LS.
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If I didn't already have the LT1, I would have gone LS based even with an iron block. It's a superior design, period. If starting with a clean slate and wanting to be competitive, it's very hard to not choose LS.
Agree! I'm way too deep into my LT1 build to change now....but there are days I'm more than tempted to sell everything and go LS.
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Still way on the fence on this LS thing.. really don't like having
to have any sensors... also worried about oiling problems
and external pumps.. been there on the Ponitiac originally and
it was an issue

I know tried and true in my dart small block stroker in the Pantera
that just keeps going and going..

My buddies mostly Mopar guys will not even let me talk
about an LS

Just don't need something that blows apart like my
old 347 stroker


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