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Originally Posted by twistedsymphony
... and doesn't cost much more than an SR swap
... it really baffles me why more people don't go LS1
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I respectfully disagree.
With a complete SR front clip, and assuming the shell is manual, I can do the swap in 1 day. Figure a shop would charge you about 8-10 hours of labour.
With an LSx/T56 front clip, it would take me about 1 month to put together off-the-shelf parts and fabricate everything else. I'm not saying it's not possible. I'm saying the swap kits aren't available yet to where it's plug-and-play. A shop would probably charge you 80-100 hours.
If you add up the cost, the LSx cost much much more. I would estimate 2-3 times more than a regular SR swap, both using stock components when possible.
I've done pretty much the same swap but using an older GenI and T5 to save cost. Everything else is virtually identical to an LSx/T56 swap.
If you disagree, please say why.