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Old 07-27-2009, 10:15 PM
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Default 81 elcamino or 86 short bed swap

Needles to say i am very excited about doing a swap. Only issue for me, now that i think about it, is what would be the pros and cons of sticking an ls engine in either my elco or truck. I was thinking truck might be the best bet because i have a bit more room to work with but another side says do the elcamino eventhough i think there might be a big more work that would have to be done. What do you all think?
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The only sensable answer to your dilemma is quite simple: Do BOTH!
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thats the plan in the big picture but for now its a question of who is first.
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I would say do the El Camino......but I might be a little biased
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i would just rather go with the less intensive one first so i can atleast get the basics so the second swap wont be so bad.
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only reason im considering the truck is the engine is older..elco does sound tempting but i havent even fired up the 406 i put into it yet.



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