chevy l.s. engine swap vs good old ford power

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The wheels are now turning!!

[BIG-B]

I have a 95 F150 that I'm going to perform the swap on and have already bought a 6.0, a th400, and gearvendors overdrive. But have no idea what I'm going to do for headers! Anybody got any ideas what will work???????

[philofab]

From what I have looked into it, any 99-06 GM truck shorty header should fit fine. If you are 2wd you will have tons of room.

[SteveG]

I have a 95 F150 that I'm going to perform the swap on and have already bought a 6.0, a th400, and gearvendors overdrive.

Nice! I'm a Ford guy but those 6.0's run damn well.

[BIG-B]

From what I have looked into it, any 99-06 GM truck shorty header should fit fine. If you are 2wd you will have tons of room.

I am 2wd and there is a ton of room but stock manifolds will not work. Thanks for info Phiilo, I will look into the shorties.

[BIG-B]

I have a 95 F150 that I'm going to perform the swap on and have already bought a 6.0, a th400, and gearvendors overdrive.

Nice! I'm a Ford guy but those 6.0's run damn well.

Yea I'm really a ford guy too but 6.0 and the 400 just made the most sense!! And it should run pretty well

[philofab]

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LQ4, with crappy iron heads... until the L92/LS3 heads get here.

[philofab]

I am 2wd and there is a ton of room but stock manifolds will not work. Thanks for info Phiilo, I will look into the shorties.

Truck manifolds? SmartAlex has manifolds on his Bronco. Looked like it had tons of clearance.

[ChaseTruck754]

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LQ4, with crappy iron heads... until the L92/LS3 heads get here.

For the bronco or ___????

Either way I'm a bit jealous & am anxious to see the progress. LQ4 or LQ9 are what I want to look at when my time finally comes.

[philofab]

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LQ4, with crappy iron heads... until the L92/LS3 heads get here.

For the bronco or ___????

Either way I'm a bit jealous & am anxious to see the progress. LQ4 or LQ9 are what I want to look at when my time finally comes.

For the Bronco. Scored the whole complete engine for $800. Included flexplate, starter, fuel lines, complete harness, ECM, & fusebox, even the O2 sensor.

These are low compression so it should be ideal for Pemex.

[ChaseTruck754]

Sweet deal! The lower compression is why I think I am more after an LQ4 than the LQ9.

[motoxscott]

If I were to do it all over again, I would go with the 525-hp LS3 crate engine GM Performance has available over building up my 351w to a 408. You can get it for $7600 from Summit. The 6100 trucks use the 430hp version and haul ass so I could imagine the +100hp version. The LS would have been cheaper, easier to deal with, have way more parts available that actually apply to how we use and build our trucks and are easily tuned and more plug & play. I'm quite a bit more $$$ into the 408, but every part has been changed and better than whats comes with the LS3's, but Im very impressed with how well the LS3's hold up in racing conditions.

- Scott

[Baja]

If I were to do it all over again, I would go with the 525-hp LS3 crate engine GM Performance has available over building up my 351w to a 408.

I was thinking of that kit too, but I thought it was 430hp. Still good enough for me

Anyway, it looks like it uses Camaro pan, which from what I hear is good. My question here is the exhaust manifolds. They are Camaro manifolds. Would those fit in a Bronco? If not, I wonder what one could do to change to headers. CARB may have a fit with truck shorty headers, because that engine kit is approved by CARB using the supplied manifolds. Any thoughts?

[ChaseTruck754]

you think they'd be able to tell you switched manifolds? Not sure on GM parts, but is there a part/engineering number cast right into them? My thought is a stock manifold is a stock manifold, but I know with the BS that is CARB that may not be reality.

[cs_drums]

When they say it's carb approved is that approved to go in anything. That sounds to good to be true!

[Baja]

When they say it's carb approved is that approved to go in anything. That sounds to good to be true!

I read the EO on it. Any care or light truck 1995 or earlier. It is true and why it is awesome. If the manifolds will work, this is what I will be doing way before I build that 200hp POS that's in it right now. That and a manual 4L80E with a Atlas

[Baja]

Here is the E.O.

[Baja]

The PDF didn't work, so here is the link to the E.O.

[urlhttp://arb.ca.gov/msprog/aftermkt/devices/eo/D-126-30.pdf][/url]

I hope that worked

[cs_drums]

Im thinking that with and LS3/NV4500/NP205, a guy can dream right!

[ChaseTruck754]

Im thinking that with and LS3/NV4500/NP205, a guy can dream right!

Why the manual trans vs. auto with full manual valve body Brian? I know a 3rd pedal can be very fun, but for a truck that sees as much dirt time as yours I think I'd want the auto.