SA Design "How To Swap GM LS-Series Engines"
Shows you how to fit LS engines into older GM F-Body cars, but also how to install these powerplants into non-GM muscle cars, sports cars, trucks, and of course, hot rods.
Title: How To Swap GM LS-Series Engines
Part Type: Reference Book
Author: Jefferson Bryant
Binding: Soft Bound
Pages: 144
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Publication Date: 04/10/2014
Publisher: CarTech
Manufacturer's Part Number: SA156
ISBN: 9781613250938
Quantity: Sold as Each
Introduced in 1997, the GM LS engine has become the dominant V8 engine in GM vehicles and a top-selling high performance crate engine. GM has released a wide range of Gen III and IV LS engines that deliver spectacular efficiency and performance. These compact, lightweight, cutting-edge pushrod V8 engines have become affordable and readily obtainable from a variety of sources. In the process, the LS engine has become the most popular V8 engine to swap into many American and foreign muscle cars, sports cars, trucks, and passenger cars.
To select the best engine for an LS engine swap, you need to carefully consider the application. Veteran author and LS engine swap master Jefferson Bryant reveals all the criteria to consider when choosing an LS engine for a swap project. You are guided through selecting or fabricating motor mounts for the project. Positioning the LS engine in the engine compartment and packaging its equipment is a crucial part of the swap process; it is comprehensively covered. As part of the installation, you need to choose a transmission crossmember that fits the engine and vehicle as well as selecting an oil pan with adequate ground clearance that has correct profile for the crossmember. Often the brake booster, steering shaft, accessory pulleys, and the exhaust system present clearance challenges, so this book offers the best options and solutions. In addition, adapting the computer-control system to the wiring harness and vehicle is a crucial aspect for completing the installation, and its thoroughly detailed.
As an all new edition of the original top-selling title, LS Swaps: How to Swap GM LS Engines into Almost Anything covers the right way to do a spectrum of swaps. So, pick up this guide, select your ride, and get started on your next exciting project. |