Thread: Hey....from the Great state of Misery (MO)!!

I'm looking to getting this beast running like my older muscle cars (69' SS Chevelle, 70' Challenger 440, 72 Nova SS 462 Buick GS motor, etc.) ......Looking at a 5.7 LS motor for transplant!

Truck motor would be cheaper. People pay through the ass to get a LS1 as they think they are worth gold.

Since I got the car cheap enough, it may be a major build, LOL! I'm thinking cutting for mid-engine, tubed framework, etc. and a friend that owes me has the LS1 and its a babied 28k motor from a Camaro (forgot the year) I have always wanted to do this.....I shoe-horned a 70' SS 396 and Muncie into a 79' Challenger once! Had to pound and cut a lot of firewall, but it fit and ran well......only couldn't use first gear because of the final gearing at 5:10 ratio with the 4 speed.......wife drove it once and we were cruising 30 mph in 4th and able to open the secondaries on the old holley 650!! Sold it before I started to get a pile of speeding tickets. LOL!!!
BTW: I'm in the SW area of MO called Carthage........Butcherland (commonly known as Precious Moments) is out in the boonies!!

KC here.

I wouldn't even bother with an LS WBody.

Been there; done that.

Get a 3800 for it or buy a RWD FBody/C5/V/GTO.

There just happens to be 2 of the GTO's in town.......I keep telling my buddies to go try to run one of them. I test drove one back the first year and they were squirrely on the road with NO traction what so ever! I guess they got better because I raced one with my 72' Nova 462 ci and it took all my pedal to beat him on the 1/8th.....quick suckers in my opinion! I cannot get either one to sell or trade me at all!
The 3800 in it now has a bunch of tricks done to it with headers, etc. head work (don't know how much) and a crossover pipe for equalization with racing cats. Goes pretty quick for a 98' and I think mainly.....after a few hours of debate with myself....that I'll probably be buying my neighbors 55 chevy p'up anyway!!!! LOL!! Too much iron around here!