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2017 Silverado 1500 - LT to LS 427 engine Swap

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truckguy82 Senior Enthusiast

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8 minutes ago, M1ck3y said:

 

My previous employer owns a highly modified 2010 ZL1 capable of 900 whp on race fuel. His brother, who was also an employer of mine.. owned a highly modified C6 Z06 capable of 570 NA whp. Neither know what brand of exhaust they have or the specs of the cam without looking at a spec sheet.

 

When you have money you tell people what you want, AND you get it.   

 

There a huge difference between bolting on some parts to highly capable sports cars

and 4-5x the oem power in a non performance oriented pickup

 

he’s also not just handing over the truck to a shop like your friends.

 

He doesn’t realize what 4-5x the power of stock means. Its not some engine trans/package you plop in.

 

 

 

 

 

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I disagree. Money is clearly not a barrier, so the sky is literally the limit. You guys are thinking whats the most cost effective; he's thinking 1000 hp.    On that note, Holley's new Sky R

shakenfake
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Exactly ^^^   I figured stand alone wasn't what he wanted to do, that is a whole 'nother can of worms

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x2 what these guys said above!  Can only imagine what a blown 427 with a trans would cost from a catalog 😳

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18 minutes ago, Blackwidow_Chevy said:

Your thoughts on OP are wrong and OP knows what he wants to get into and OP don’t have race buddy’s or need to tell them that when OP can get it and the truck is not a daily driver at all moves around about once a month I’ve been actually upgrading the truck for 2 yrs now and focused on other things for the truck not just HP. I never stated one thing I was trying to do or talked about my build list or what’s else the truck going to have or direction it’s going. Honestly in my shoes it’s just better for me to buy something ready cause I don’t have the time and Iam new to swap not new to performance parts and if I don’t have time why would I get into upgrade after upgrade after upgrade to build up the engine if I don’t have time now I won’t have just to repeat to reach something I can do now. Just looking for advice.

 Because we’ve been on forums for a long time and are not new to these dream builds that never happen. This is a textbook one. 1500-2000hp LS swap is hysterical. Like do you know you’ll be rebuIlding that thing after a few dozen pulls. Maybe 100-150 at most.
 

If it does happen. I’ll be the first to congratulate you. I’ll stop posting negative things in your thread. But you are asking totally different questions than people that actually understand what they are getting into.

 

people with open wallets that don’t have time to build the cars also don’t make forum posts on what parts to buy

 

good luck to you. If it actually happens i’ll be impressed

 

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2 minutes ago, truckguy82 said:

 Because we’ve been on forums for a long time and are not new to these dream builds that never happen. This is a textbook one. 1500-2000hp LS swap is hysterical. Like do you know you’ll be rebuIlding that thing after a few dozen pulls. Maybe 100-150 at most.
 

If it does happen. I’ll be the first to congratulate you. I’ll stop posting negative things in your thread. But you are asking totally different questions than people that actually understand what they are getting into.

 

people with open wallets that don’t have time to build the cars also don’t make forum posts on what parts to buy

 

good luck to you. If it actually happens i’ll be impresses

 

I don’t need to prove anything to anybody and I like staying informed your just sharing your failures here thats all.

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I don’t need to prove anything to anybody and I like staying informed your just sharing your failures here thats all.

No you don’t, but I’ll paypal you $5 if you post a video doing a pull with 1500hp in your truck and hold up a sign saying “i’m an ****”

 

99.99% chance I will not be doing those things

M1ck3y Senior Enthusiast

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47 minutes ago, truckguy82 said:

 

There a huge difference between bolting on some parts to highly capable sports cars

and 4-5x the oem power in a non performance oriented pickup

 

he’s also not just handing over the truck to a shop like your friends.

 

He doesn’t realize what 4-5x the power of stock means. Its not some engine trans/package you plop in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I do agree with you when you say it's A LOT of power for a truck. It could be a death trap and have to be driven as such, unless its tuned for safety along with suspension upgrades. But not 4-5 times the power, its a 1000 bhp which really isn't that hard to come by anymore. Stock Silverado's have run upwards 700-750 bhp with the right blower or turbo's. And that's with the stock drive line (which will fail sooner rather then later). 

 

You can modifiy the 6.2 block to hit 1000 🤔 Now if he said 2000 😬

 

 

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12 hours ago, M1ck3y said:

 

Nope, It screams you're jealous OR your are assuming he's full of it and doesn't have the money to achieve his goals. In either case you responded incorrectly. He's looking for help, not judgement.

LOL ok I do think OP is full of it. You are the one bringing money into the argument, not me.

 

 

12 hours ago, Blackwidow_Chevy said:

I’ve been actually upgrading the truck for 2 yrs now and focused on other things for the truck not just HP.

All you have to show for it is an exhaust and some headlights lol

 

 

The fact that this guy wants an LS7 instead of doing an LT4 swap or something that is going to be in line with the generation vehicle he has just tells me that he reads to many truckin mags. 

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Not that there is anything wrong with truckin mags but they make people do dumb stuff sometimes.

Anyways, OP my advice is to not get an LS and go find an LT and build that instead.

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LOL ok I do think OP is full of it. You are the one bringing money into the argument, not me.

 

 

All you have to show for it is an exhaust and some headlights lol

 

 

The fact that this guy wants an LS7 instead of doing an LT4 swap or something that is going to be in line with the generation vehicle he has just tells me that he reads to many truckin mags. 

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Not that there is anything wrong with truckin mags but they make people do dumb stuff sometimes.

Anyways, OP my advice is to not get an LS and go find an LT and build that instead.

 

I wasn't necessarily talking about you or anyone in particular when I said, "you guys" are thinking about money. That was overall what I took away from the thread, complexity of the project put aside.

 

You can put any engine/transmission in any vehicle as long as it fits, and you have money. Someone has LS swapped a Telsa, LS swaps are popular popular with jeep owners. I've seen a LS7 swapped into a Mazda Miata.

 

Magazines have nothing to do with what is, or isn't possible. Hell, I bet you can find a golf cart that's been LS swapped.

 

Also, you can no longer buy an ls7 crate engine. You can purchase a race spec'd block from gm and build an ls7 out of that, but that's it.  

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