ls swap in a 2005 sts

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Aug 13, 2013 | 10:23 PM

mightybird

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ls swap in a 2005 sts

Hey guys a buddy of mine and I where speaking about engine swap options for his 2005 sts with the northstar we are currently looking into doing a 5.3 truck motor with a single 76mm is there any one out there that has done a ls motor swap into one of these chassis's?

Aug 13, 2013 | 10:35 PM

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This might help.....

https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...eel-drive.html

Aug 13, 2013 | 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Aceshigh

This might help.....

https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...eel-drive.html

its not a fwd car ! 2005 sts is rwd !

Aug 14, 2013 | 06:27 PM

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Wiki shows that the CTS is on the same platform. I'd imagine the swap shouldn't be terribly difficult if you can source CTS-V mounts and manifolds.

Aug 14, 2013 | 10:22 PM

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I think the north* uses the smaller metric bell housing so the truck engine won't just bolt up to it. I would find engine/trans combo and as stated above find CTS-v mounts etc. is the 4.6 shot or just wanting more power? How about STS-v it has the 4.4 supercharged north* I think 470 something HP