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Old Nov 5, 2005 | 07:20 PM
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Im a complete n00b wen it **** to engine swaps, in fact u could probly say im a complete n00b in general, but is it possible to put an LS1 in a chevrolet colorado pickup (which runs the L5 engine) ??????????? any help would be appreciated, THANX!
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Old Nov 5, 2005 | 09:17 PM
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I think that will become a trend when they get cheeper used colorado's
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Old Nov 6, 2005 | 01:18 AM
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I'm sure it would be similar to an S-10 swap... I've never heard of a LS1 swap in it yet though...
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Old Nov 6, 2005 | 02:29 AM
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its already been done, but ill have to find the pictures of it. its on one of the colorado boards, ill look for it and get back to you.
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Old Nov 6, 2005 | 05:32 AM
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its already been done, but ill have to find the pictures of it. its on one of the colorado boards, ill look for it and get back to you.
thanx alot man, much appreciated
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Old Nov 6, 2005 | 08:38 AM
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yeah id like to see that too. those trucks are nice and better lookin than the s10
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Old Nov 7, 2005 | 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by klw1313
yeah id like to see that too. those trucks are nice and better lookin than the s10
hell yeah, they're the next generation of mini-trucks and i too think they look so much more trick then the s-10's (or any other mini-truck for that matter!) if anybody has any information please post up, it would b interesting to see
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Old Nov 7, 2005 | 07:06 AM
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Here are some pictures I found .

http://webpages.charter.net/skipnpe...ORADO%20LS1.htm
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Old Nov 7, 2005 | 01:44 PM
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Yep you found them just look up colorado cruz and youll find alot of info here is another link http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/2004...test/cruz.html
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