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Re: Anyone put a LS in their Mopar yet?
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just get it over with and buy ya a beautiful yellow 70 Chevelle or red 73 camaro...
Really if you want different get a new hemi, the prices are pretty good.
Nah, not into 70 Chevelles, or disco Camaros... I just dont see any real future for the new "hemi" If it was so great everyone would put those in Fox Bodys... Again Im a Mopar Guy, but the new Mopars just dont measure up to the new GM products... 
Well the GM guys don't measure up to the Furd guys either so why not do a 4.6? Add some boost to your motor if it isn't fast enough for you. If you do go GM make sure you paint your engine bay semi-gloss black, You want the engine to feel at home.
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Re: Anyone put a LS in their Mopar yet?
[Re: Mr.Yuck]
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10/31/12 12:45 PM
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Well the GM guys don't measure up to the Furd guys either so why not do a 4.6? Add some boost to your motor if it isn't fast enough for you. If you do go GM make sure you paint your engine bay semi-gloss black, You want the engine to feel at home.
I have to Disagree... the 4.6 isnt nearly as cheap or available as a LS...
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Re: Anyone put a LS in their Mopar yet?
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If you squeeze 800 hp out of that 2,000 dollar LS, your gonna get a lot of BANG as in KABOOM. 
Theres alot of them out there that are proving otherwise... Just adding better rods is taking them even higher...
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Re: Anyone put a LS in their Mopar yet?
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"Cheap" LS what-evers in my area have 200,000+ miles on them. Hate, what kind of mileage do the $800 LS engines in your area have?
Most are advertised around 80K-120K... But from my mopar experience the mileage seems to help a bottle motor live... Im gonna try it and find out, I found heads and a mustang to put it in... I have all the nitrous parts already...
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Re: Anyone put a LS in their Mopar yet?
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"Cheap" LS what-evers in my area have 200,000+ miles on them. Hate, what kind of mileage do the $800 LS engines in your area have?
Most are advertised around 80K-120K... But from my mopar experience the mileage seems to help a bottle motor live... Im gonna try it and find out, I found heads and a mustang to put it in... I have all the nitrous parts already...
I am glad you decided to build the fox body instead of half breeding a Mopar. I too, have been pondering the idea of an LS in a fox body. I even spent yesterday morning searching racing junk for fox bodies with bow-tie power. I found that rolling fox bodies with a cage (I saw lots of bars in the pics) can be had for as little as $2,000.  Other rolling stangs with certified or expired cages for E.T.'s as low as 7.5 or 8.5 for under $10,000 with what looked like good paint. Here is an example, stang .
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Re: Anyone put a LS in their Mopar yet?
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10/31/12 01:56 PM
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LS1 9.63 with a 60k mile short block aftermarket heads cam and a carb.If i recall he had somewhere in the range of 12k in the whole car.
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Re: Anyone put a LS in their Mopar yet?
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http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/engine/hrdp_1106_turbocharged_hemi_engine/viewall.html
It's not the engine and parts that cost a lot for swapping them in... it's all the other stuff you need. I thought about the swap into my challenger, but I decided to stick with a stroked 440 and add an od trans. Maybe not as good mpg's but more power for less $ overall.
Same here, I've done alot of thinking and searching and I've decided my next build will be another super simple BB stroker.
340Rick put a Gen3 Hemi in his Challenger with a stroker kit and a few little upgrades and it went 9.91 right off the bat, that is just awesome but for me and my tight budget I'm just gonna do my old combo again, a simple 400 block, 440 crank(451 cubes), 590 Purpleshaft cam and some Eddy heads, I went 9.80's with this combo and I'll probably detune the next one and drive it everywhere.
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Re: Anyone put a LS in their Mopar yet?
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11/01/12 12:30 AM
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It's not the engine and parts that cost a lot for swapping them in... it's all the other stuff you need. I thought about the swap into my challenger, but I decided to stick with a stroked 440 and add an od trans. Maybe not as good mpg's but more power for less $ overall.
Same here, I've done alot of thinking and searching and I've decided my next build will be another super simple BB stroker.
340Rick put a Gen3 Hemi in his Challenger with a stroker kit and a few little upgrades and it went 9.91 right off the bat, that is just awesome but for me and my tight budget I'm just gonna do my old combo again, a simple 400 block, 440 crank(451 cubes), 590 Purpleshaft cam and some Eddy heads, I went 9.80's with this combo and I'll probably detune the next one and drive it everywhere.
I think I could or with some help eliminate a lot of the costs... but I'd rather keep it more simple. I originally wanted to do it for the fi and add a turbo, which is not keeping it simple, but I may change my mind again. 
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Re: Anyone put a LS in their Mopar yet?
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11/01/12 12:38 PM
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I wouldn't put one in a Mopar, but a turbo'd version in some 4-door sled sounds like fun.
For a Mopar I'd build a 5.7 or 6.1 Hemi - they aren't as expensive as stated in this thread, $6000 for a running core? Try $2000~ for a 6.1, half that for a 5.7L and they have just as much potential as an LS.
Where are u finding running 6.1's for 2K? Not doubting you but if that's the case that's awesome! Everything on EBay seems to be in the 5-6K range for running pull outs
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Re: Anyone put a LS in their Mopar yet?
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I don't know about the new hemis, but a good running 80k mile 6.0 LQ9 (345 hp) LS motor from the junkyard is $1500 here. I put one in a buddy's truck a few weeks ago.
A 5.3 in the same condition is $750.
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Re: Anyone put a LS in their Mopar yet?
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11/01/12 01:58 PM
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This thread needs more Gen 3 hemi's. This:  with one of these shiny things...  Should make a 3400 lb car with a 4 speed and a Dana go into orbit...and then I can turn up the boost. 9lbs on a similar build to mine took a 4300 lb wagon to 1.53 60 foot and 11.0 @ 124... And I really won't have much at all into it. There are a ton of guys switching up parts over on LXForums for cheap and the fact that there are millions of cars in junk yards makes piecing this stuff together easy. LsWHAT? 
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Re: Anyone put a LS in their Mopar yet?
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11/01/12 05:17 PM
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There is a black Magnum at well over 4000 pounds (4400?) That is running in the 9s with a genIII Hemi.
i would say this is moving.....?
9 second Magnum run
Groceries anyone???
9.69 second daily driver
Four doors, creature comforts....
9.27 second Charger
For the off road guys
9.65 second rugged yet plush Jeep
That's Chris. The car is currently getting a 449" Aluminum motor, a bigger blower and he is going for 8's. Also, the car is currently in the UK and is going to compete in the moscow 1000.
Weight reduction isnt in the horuzon lol
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) Eventually I know it will go out in flaming glory but for $135 at my local yard I can pick up another. For the cost in going to an LS I could build a decent 360 with good rods and pistons and on a conservative tune, still go as fast as I need my street car to be. I like going to local cruise-ins and gathering a crowd to check out my 6 different colored pos, If it had a turbo LS most would pass it by as there are 3 turboed LS cars that come to the same cruise regularly. I'm not a fan of franken-swaps, but I do think the LS platform is the best production engine out there if someone was so inclined. I am still going to a powerglide this winter though 
