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Old Dec 6, 2015 | 07:33 PM
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I've been on the fence to either do my ls1 243 heads ms3 cam ls6 intake and shot of nitrous with 100k miles or ls3 with 102mm fast intake and headers and cam on my 2000 camaro SS

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Big cash difference... Ls3 if you have the funds then spray it later on
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Old Dec 6, 2015 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Jtm2085
Big cash difference... Ls3 if you have the funds then spray it later on
Yea my buddy just got rear ended he gave me a very good price . How will swap be will it go on my t-56?? do I need switch rear ends?? It will come with transmission and wireharness and rear end
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Trans and rear will swap over
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Originally Posted by HCI2000SS
Trans and rear will swap over
Thanks man by any chance will the ls3 best performance come from supercharged down the road or nitrous . I'm not really going to be using it for racing maybe couple freeway pulls . I'm getting the ls3 for about 4500 with 26k miles on it
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Is that a real question? SC or nitrous? put on the blower, 24/7 power compared to just whenever you hit it with a shot.
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Originally Posted by Unertl42
Is that a real question? SC or nitrous? put on the blower, 24/7 power compared to just whenever you hit it with a shot.
Yea I like blower but my bro was running nitrous with his ls1 he was pretty happy but might as well be charged up 24/7 basically a zl1 motor
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as said before if you can afford the ls3 go with that.... a bolton ls3 will make about the same hp as most h/c ls1's and have more torque. Mod for mod the ls3 will basically always be better. Btw from what i have heard doing the fast intake on a ls3 is kind of a waste most people see little to no gain.
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