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Originally Posted by CHiiRacing
right now I'm in the process of buying a Gen1 camaro. and i want to do something different so its more reliable and long distance friendly. I'm definitely doing a 6-speed swap, but now I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the engine.
EFI- cheap, seems like its better than a carb n whatnot.
LS swap- well i know it would be the best for drivibility, easy to get parts for etc. but expensive.
so what do you think i should do? any pros or cons to em both? has anyone gone either of these routes?
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The LS swap isn't that expensive if you don't want it to be. You can get a 5.3L for next to nothing and the mounts are plentiful these days.
An EFI gas tank, with pump, is under $500 and the most expesive part will be the harness and ECU flash (Try Speartech). If you want to go really cheap then just run the factory exhaust manifolds.
I just built a 5.3L .. with good heads and 4.8L pistons (for increased compression) it made 490hp and 445 pounds of torque.
It's really hard to beat an LS engine.
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