Beretta RWD/LS Conversion
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Teching In
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Beretta RWD/LS Conversion A friend of mine has offered me his Beretta free. Of course, the motor is in tons of pieces, tranny is shot and drive axles are junk. The body is super clean however. My question is has anyone done a ls & RWD conversion on one and if so, how pricey is it. My friend is hell bent it'll only take some cutting, welding, and only main issue be a back half kit. I know from past experiences, with creativity, desire, patience, parts on hand and a wallet full of cash and plastic, anything is possible. I just don't wanna be in $20,000 for a car that will eventually be wrecked or sold. Thinking of using similar combo that the Big Bang Theory guys used with that 1200hp stock short block lr4.
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From: Elkridge MD
Unless that's some kind of dream car of yours, I strongly suggest using an easier car for your project. I always say that whatever you think you'll pay for a project, triple it and you'll be about right. In your case, I imagine it'll be 4X or 5X what you think it'll be....all for a car you likely cannot sell for anywhere near what you put into it.
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That what I was thinking. Free car but 30,000 in costs makes very expensive toy for resell after few months. Imma keep looking for a lightweight RWD I guess. Looking for something no one would expect to house a beast of a LS series.
Staging Lane
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20 years ago, Hot Rod magazine built a RWD LT1 '95 Monte Carlo, same as a Beretta underneath.
http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/...onte-carlo-v8/
http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/...onte-carlo-v8/
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20 years ago, Hot Rod magazine built a RWD LT1 '95 Monte Carlo, same as a Beretta underneath.
http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/...onte-carlo-v8/
http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/...onte-carlo-v8/
Staging Lane
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35 yrs ago, I bought a brand new Citation X11, just like this one. Good looking car but it was GM's first attempt at a small car FWD, which made it a POS. Most Citations are in the boneyard these days.
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I actually always thought that body style was a RWD. I met someone a while back with a 77 Vega wagon that was already 90% finished pro street with 350/350. He was wanting 2500. I might just bug him until he is willing to sell it again.
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On The Tree
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From: Woodburn, OR
funny you mention that! Im doing an ls swap in mine. If you dont want to put 20 or 30k into it to do it right, then you probably shouldnt do it. not the easiest swap in the world. its never been done, so expect to do a few things more than once before its all sorted out. your literally redesigning a car from the ground up. If you wanna be ghetto and cheap about it, get an s10 frame with an ls swap kit.. weld the beretta to the frame lol. even then its a task.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...t56-build.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...t56-build.html
My advice buy one that has already been done (full chassis), there is one local to me for sale right now- http://www.racingjunk.com/Top-Sports...a-new-582.html
Or you can get a project like this one- http://www.racingjunk.com/Radical-St...is-Roller.html
Or take your pick- http://www.racingjunk.com/search?sea...String=beretta
Or you can get a project like this one- http://www.racingjunk.com/Radical-St...is-Roller.html
Or take your pick- http://www.racingjunk.com/search?sea...String=beretta
