gforcejunkie

has anyone done a ls1 or ls2 swap into a 2nd gen 4wd s10. If you have or know anyone who has done this could you please give me whatever information you have on this. also i was curious as to wether or not you can pass emissions with the conversion. i am in arizona but will be moving to california shortly.

BLK02TA

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I have no link but I know a guy did it in his zr2 a while ago.

exodus

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I would think that it would be very possible, just finding an exhaust solution may be tricky.

'JustDreamin'

I've done it....

Oilpan and Exhaust are the 2 biggest things to address.....

Republic of Kalifornia emissions are tough to deal with. I'm not sure that there is a legal V8 swap for a S10.

'JustDreamin'

BLK02TA

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What about for a 2wd?

'JustDreamin'

What about it? Specific questions would be good.

There's also a 30+ page S10 swap thread, that has most of the 2wd answers. You might spend some time and read it. I know alot of it is BS, but there is some useful info in there......



2wd doesn't have to clear the front differential, which is good. But you've still got to modify either the crossmember or oilpan to clear.

Exhaust is less of an issue, since you can get headers for a 2wd swap (I think they're 1 5/8" tubing, so probably a bit small, but...)

But the Republik of Kalifornia's emissions laws are fairly strict. You'll need to research whether you can get an LS1 V8 powered S10 through emissions in CA. Because if it fails emissions, you've either got to fix it, move it out of state, or take it off the road (because the emissions ****'s can take your plates). I live in Maryland, and I've got hoops to jump through, they're just not nearly as bad as Kalifornia.

'JustDreamin'

zz4camaro1980

Im not sure what year the S10 was but Linginfelter did a TT427 swap into a 4WD S-10 about 6 yrs ago. Sorry, im not sure what magazine I saw it in.

philntx

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He sold that truck for close to $100,000+ and lost money on it.
An untold amount of labor went into that project.

philntx

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Here's my 2000 Blazer 6 liter Autotrac 4x4 oil pan:

Project96

I know this is old, but is this pan available on the market or was this fabbed at home in the garage? Really want to do the swap in my 02 blazer but not giving up my 4wd.