WHAAAAaaaaa..... my vx needs a rebuild, at first a ls1 looked cheaper and more fun, but with all of this it looks like a swap would cost WAYYY too much money and time
P.S. did coachreed just up and disappear?
VXer
WHAAAAaaaaa..... my vx needs a rebuild, at first a ls1 looked cheaper and more fun, but with all of this it looks like a swap would cost WAYYY too much money and time
P.S. did coachreed just up and disappear?
If God gave it four wheels....... does it make sense to only use two?
Super VXer
I would think you would want to swap out the engine and tranny if you were putting a V-8 in. It would suck going to all the time and expense of doing this project only to have the torque challanged tranny go the first time you punched it.
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Carter Pewterschmidt
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An LS1 is probably cheaper and more fun. You could probably get a used motor/transmission/transfercase combination for under $2,000 shipped. Putting it in would just be cutting out engine/transmission mounts and swapping in new ones. Now that a few people have started messing around with these options and found where the snags are, it's very doable. Just not in three weeks. On top of that, you are going to have compromises to make in terms of driving features(like hooking up cruise control) and creature comforts(like replumbing your A/C). Then there's radiator capacity for a V8 vs. a V6-like overheating? It's all the little stuff people tend to overlook when considering stuff like this. In retrospect on my build, I think it would have been best to buy a complete donor vehicle so you don't have to continuously have to try and figure out how to frankenstein stuff together between the old and the new. Coachreed seemed like he ran into a lot of his trouble when he started having to have custom adapters made so his driveline would all work properly. Why he didn't just have new driveshafts made(cheaper option and stronger) I don't know. He did look like he hacked up the wiring harness pretty good which could be salvaged, but what a PITA to have to do. Stuff like that is very discouraging to a build and that's where all the time and money come in. Compared to replacing a blown motor with a new stock V6 I could see this being viable, but you better have another mode of transportation and a lot of free time until you work all the bugs out.
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He sold his VX to AlaskaVX who is still sitting on it.Originally Posted by D-19
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