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Originally Posted by cf6mech
Hmmmm! Interesting, have you driven a V8 swapped twin?,....I have, everything good about the car and the reasons that I bought it in the first place become that much better, like 3.7 Liters and 200 crank horsepower better....and no it doesnt handle any better or any worse but almost exactly, if not exactly the same.....total drive train weight gain for me was right around 100lbs..most of the weight gain is from the heavy Tremec compared to the Aisen which actually sits pretty far back neutralizing the added weight......re-enforcement for upgrades....really?..you mean like the 20 lb lighter alunimum driveshaft compared to the two piece metal anchor one?......was it wise to spend the time and money for the swap when you could just buy a vette or camaro or stang and be just like everybody else,...another sheep....probably not, but then again Im not a sheep and I love this platform.....now as far as street racing I dont do it, but I use to have punks all the time revving me at stop lights......that doesnt seem to be an issue anymore, my catless exhaust and long tube headers seem to pop a lot approaching stop lights, and sitting next to me you can definitely hear my LS1.
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I am not saying don't do that if that is what you are after simply that it is no longer an 86 and there is no way it can be. You still running all stock parts other than the driveshaft? I doubt it.
Not a Model T
Not a Pinto
Not a school bus
Not a FRS
All very cool in their own right but most certainly no longer what they started as.
And sure everybody that pulls up beside you knows what an LS1 sounds like and are scared to death.