[Shop-talk] Engine swaps; 350 SBC donor cars.

[Matt Trebelhorn]

LS1 is a whole family of motors.  Corvettes, yeah.  But there are  
versions of that motor in SUVs and pickups, Camaros... all over.

There's a 5.3 all-alloy version, called "L33", that they put in  
trucks and SUVs.  330hp -- not bad.  And because it's a truck motor,  
it's cheap and plentiful.

Wikipedia has a good page on what the motors are, and what cars/ 
trucks had them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_LS_engine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Vortec_engine

Matt



On 22 Dec, 2008, at 11:40 AM, David Scheidt wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Paul Mele <paul.mele at usermail.com>  
> wrote:
>> Thanks for the thoughts.  I'm not married to the SBC, but the cost  
>> of the
>> LS1 may be too much. again, my plan is to buy a (crashed/ugly) donor
>> car...if it only comes in a 'vette, I don't think it will be cost- 
>> effective.