Is putting a LS in a mustang wrong?

[Zippy]

I've always wondered what everyone thinks about putting a LS in a mustang.
Some say it's fine, some say it's very wrong.

I personally think it doesn't matter. More power = more fun.

What do YOU think?
Yay or Nay?

:dragster:

[WidowrRacing]

My thinking is:
Your car…..your money so do whatever you want!
Haters always gonna hate but it’s often because they lost.

[Stephen06GT]

My thinking is:
Your car…..your money so do whatever you want!
Haters always gonna hate but it’s often because they lost.

This

[cudaboy]

No worse than putting one in a 32 or 40....Ford of course.

[ChickenLips]

the options aren't limited to LS, the Toyota UZ or even JZ are viable options.

[hammerhead]

Seen it a few times

[RedSN]

Nope. Power plant should match the chassis. That’s just my opinion.

That being said, the second most badass fox at track day is a Chevy.

[RAT ATK]

LS all day baby

[ZR]

If it puts a smile on your face when you squeeze it, right mill under the hood.

[hammerhead]

saw a guy online a few months ago putting a coyote into a 3rd gen Camaro

[ChickenLips]

I lean towards keeping powerplant and chassis in the same family but don't hold it as a hard rule. I've always been enamored with the Volvo P1800. If my lottery tickets ever hit I'd buy one. Initially I thought it'd be a LS candidate but then I saw these guys who pimp them out using a Volvo powerplant. Looks perfect and i'd go to the bought, not built family for it.

https://www.cyanracing.com/


https://youtu.be/xm3s0qqTEYA

[1BAD92LX]

Seriously considered putting the all aluminum 5.3 in mine instead of the trick flow HCI. At one point I knew more about LS's than I care to admit.
More power is more funner.

[RedSN]

That being said, the second most badass fox at track day is a Chevy.

Seriously considered putting the all aluminum 5.3 in mine instead of the trick flow HCI.
We would of had to deduct points for that, then you would of been third :stickpoke:

[Laffs]

Honestly fine with LS in 1974 to 2010 Mustangs. Stock block 302s have a power limit, mod motors (besides the 4.6 DOHC SC motors) cost a fortune to wring stout reliable power out of comparatively, I just kinda "get it" in that sense. Would I do it? No probably not I see myself just getting agitated with the problems associated with swaps like non factory gauges, losing AC, having to keep a parts list of what piece or systems comes from what car. By the time I did a swap, with the motor combo I want, done to look and feel totally factory inside the car and functioning as such I could probably have built the stock motor to same power level. And then ironically given this post, I know I'd get tired of hearing everyones unsolicited opinion on the swap. Also I think 90% of LSs sound like a fucking garbage compared to a mod motor or a 302, and somehow that means more to me than a power figure.

If you LS swap a 64.5 to 73 I think you're foolish or possibly mad, maybe both.

2011+ I see no advantages in removing a Coyote for a pushrod Chevy. Seems like hacking up a good car for a lateral move at best.

That's my take anyway,

[Ponyryd]

To me it depends on a few factors, but generally-no. Car guys, well, real car guys are all about modifying and trying different things. To take out a perfectly good Coyote and swap in an LS is silly to me, but not really wrong if there’s a good reason for it. Now if we’re talking about a show car or garage queen then there are better choices than an LS.

[ZR]

Honestly fine with LS in 1974 to 2010 Mustangs. Stock block 302s have a power limit, mod motors (besides the 4.6 DOHC SC motors) cost a fortune to wring stout reliable power out of comparatively, I just kinda "get it" in that sense. Would I do it? No probably not I see myself just getting agitated with the problems associated with swaps like non factory gauges, losing AC, having to keep a parts list of what piece or systems comes from what car. By the time I did a swap, with the motor combo I want, done to look and feel totally factory inside the car and functioning as such I could probably have built the stock motor to same power level. And then ironically given this post, I know I'd get tired of hearing everyones unsolicited opinion on the swap. Also I think 90% of LSs sound like a fucking garbage compared to a mod motor or a 302, and somehow that means more to me than a power figure.

If you LS swap a 64.5 to 73 I think you're foolish or possibly mad, maybe both.

2011+ I see no advantages in removing a Coyote for a pushrod Chevy. Seems like hacking up a good car for a lateral move at best.

That's my take anyway,

Depends on what your looking for, while Coyote makes H/P it lacks any real torque which the LS makes in gobs.

[5.4MarkVIII]

Personally prefer at least to stick with the same make.

But sometimes the budget does the deciding and when it comes down to it. Power, economy, reliability and PRICE. Chevy just might have nailed it.

[Uncle Buck]

Nope. Power plant should match the chassis. That’s just my opinion.

That being said, the second most badass fox at track day is a Chevy.

This. Must be an old guy thing.

[RedSN]

“We choose to build Ford Power,” Kennedy said. “We choose to build Ford Power in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.”

[ZR]

This. Must be an old guy thing.

Not for all of us. Lifetime hot rodder, sometimes on a paper thin budget did what funds allowed n put a smile on his face.

[Quicksilver]

A GM engine in a Mustang is sacrilegious. On th other hand, a Godzilla motor: now there's a thought if you want torque

[Laffs]

Depends on what your looking for, while Coyote makes H/P it lacks any real torque which the LS makes in gobs.

A 5.3 LS out performs a Coyote in the down low range?

[Uncle Buck]

All kidding aside, one of the best things about this hobby is you can do what ever floats your boat to your own ride. If someone else doesn’t like it that’s fine, but they should and usually do respect it’s the car owners call what they do.

It would be a pretty boring hobby if we all built the same thing.

[Ponyryd]

A 5.3 LS out performs a Coyote in the down low range?

Yes, even a 2V probably outperforms a coyote, lol, they need to rev for power. Great engines, and sound awesome, but nothing down low.

[ZR]

^ Sure do, out of the corners Ross's 2v will out pull me, hence the gear change + headers. Once the Yote is in the rpm range, pulls well.

[Zippy]

2v best motor ford ever produced.................
:highfive:
(joking)

[Zutz2v]

If the swap makes sense then ya I would do it. LS turbo sounds like pure fun to me.

Anyone want to drop this combo into a mini ? I’m willing to help fund this for a pure track car


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[RedSN]

^^^Would have to be some kind of mad scientist to pull that one off.

[Ponyryd]

^^^Would have to be some kind of mad scientist to pull that one off.

That sounds like a challenge…..

[Quicksilver]

^ Sure do, out of the corners Ross's 2v will out pull me, hence the gear change + headers. Once the Yote is in the rpm range, pulls well.

BAck when you built Noah's Foxbody I saw the same thing. That little 302 would dig out of a corner way stronger than my Cobra, which had double the horsepower.

[ChickenLips]

I had a neighbor with an original mini and 350 chev motor wedged in. The drive shaft was no more than 6 inches long. Major engine encroachment into the passenger compartment, solid rear axle. I forget tranny but assume auto. I heard it start and run a few times but never witnessed it rolling. He moved a few years back.

[Ponyryd]

Wow thats a shame, those cars are awesome in original form, they’re truly something special. Were I to do anything with one it would be a Dohc honda/Nissan 4 cyl swap, but to each his own.

[Zutz2v]

^^^Would have to be some kind of mad scientist to pull that one off.

They put LS in Miata’s so why not a mini ?


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[RedSN]

It took a mad scientist, but I guess anything is possible

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[Zutz2v]

Wow thats a shame, those cars are awesome in original form, they’re truly something special. Were I to do anything with one it would be a Dohc honda/Nissan 4 cyl swap, but to each his own.

They have shops that do that here. Doesn’t cost that much because Honda parts are cheap and plenty. But an LS turbo in that little mini ? Hell yes!


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[1BAD92LX]

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Get a timing cover with a front distributor. Fi- tech or a Holley TBI on a carb intake and I bet you fool a few people thinking it’s a Ford power plant

[Zee]

If I had the money to do it - I would have done it a while back.
Seems to be much cheaper and responds to mods way better than my 2v.

[Zutz2v]

If I had the money to do it - I would have done it a while back.
Seems to be much cheaper and responds to mods way better than my 2v.

2V > then any motor! Lmao


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[ON BOOST]

Don't do it, LS swap mustangs are gross!

[ZR]

Yes, grossly fasssssssssssssssssssssst!!! ;)

[Zutz2v]

Let’s start a YouTube channel and drop a 454 into a newedge lmao [emoji1787]


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[WidowrRacing]

^^^^^^^^^


Boosted LS7 would be cooler!

[FABMAN]

I vote to go with a 2JZ swap!

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[WidowrRacing]

With LOTS of NOZ!

[Gabe]

Lots of Nas

[Zutz2v]

I vote to go with a 2JZ swap!

31520

1 guy on YouTube did it. Very expensive !!! And A lot of fabricating


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[Stephen06GT]

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[ZR]

How about an LS swapped S197??

[bluetoy]

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[ZR]

Naw it's cool as fawk.