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v6 roller worth the upgrade?

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Old 04-14-2016, 04:16 PM
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Default v6 roller worth the upgrade?

Busted up the front end of my 99 ls1 pretty well. Haven't had luck finding a low cost v8 roller so was curious if its worth getting a fairly low cost v6 (roller or otherwise) and doing a full swap over?
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If you don't mind the extra work then go for it. Personally I would go the cheaper way
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I would just look for another LS1 Fbody. A lot needs to be changed over.
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I would do it. even if your K-member is messed up I see them all the time on craigslist under $100 bucks. you will save $$$ on insurance in the long run lol. there's a lot of nice, cheap, and clean 6 cylinder firebirds out there! I'd look for a hardtop!
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Go with the v6 that's what I did and save a lot of money going that route
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Like others have said, it'd be a fair share of work, but if you've got the time and know-how, sure. I'd personally just wait for a v8 roller.
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It's really not that bad to swap everything over. If your afraid to turn a few wrenches 4th gen F-body's probably aren't what you should be driving anyways.



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