LS swaps?

[Factory Guy]

Pretty new to the LS subject but I have been doing some research and notice a ton of people are finding these :S's and building them with incredible power.

Don't know if this forum is familiar with the Driveway engineer you tube video's, he does a great job showing what can be done with LS he pulls from the junkyard (some of his methods I do not agree with) but I love the fact he is sharing all of this information with the world.

He claims you can easily make 400-600 rear wheel horse power on one of these 4.8, 5.3 or 6.0 motors, with a turbo.

Anybody else enjoying his work?

[Ziegelsteinfaust]

Hot rod magazine has great write ups on these.

Watch how much hp you build with a turbo. It gets really easy to get big hp, but you run into cylinder pressure issues.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Factory Guy

...Don't know if this forum is familiar with the Driveway engineer you tube video's

Yep

Originally Posted by Factory Guy

... (some of his methods I do not agree with)

& Yep

on a short list I have:

Sloppy Mechanics, Matt

ChopperDoc181
CSSOB aka OverBooster, Alex
LSxTuner

Mega Mechatronics (if you want to make yourself feel stupid, ha ha)

[Heavymetl]

The engine is the easy and cheap part. The ECU (stock isn't the best option with boost anymore), fuel system, converter, and trans are the expensive pieces!

But I love my turbo C10. So much fun to drive and runs 11.50 on 10psi, and cruises so quiet you don't even know it's not stock.

[franken]

Heh, almost in the tens in a pickup?
I always thought of LS motors as not making a lot of torque. Maybe I should do more reading...

[skyphix]

Originally Posted by franken

Heh, almost in the tens in a pickup?
I always thought of LS motors as not making a lot of torque. Maybe I should do more reading...

Thats sort of a myth, sort of not. Remember that your 4.8's are 292ci and 5.3's are 325ci... when was the last time you saw someone say that the old 283 and 327's made a ton of torque?

Its all in cam selection. Like most other small block chevys, they wont be the torque monster of a big block, but its not as if they are high strung like a 4 or 6cyl.

Sure, valve angles that promote bigger power numbers might hurt low end torque, but I think 225+ft/lbs at the wheels from 2500rpm - 5000rpm isn't bad in a stock engine. To quote Steve Brule and David Freiburger, if this was a traditional 327, you'd be pretty excited about those numbers on a moderate build, except because of good flowing heads, the LS series engines do it stock.