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Old May 8, 2006 | 05:22 PM
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so is this a good idea or not. i have 100,000 miles on my ls1 now. i want to rebuild it and i was thinking of turning it into a ls6. the price sounds o.k i have a 98 camaro if that helps. and how much power will i put down. i just have a cutout and a lid right now. it's a a4 with 3.42's. thhanks for your help.
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not worth the money. you could go so much bigger for the same price.
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not worth the money. you could go so much bigger for the same price.
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Old May 8, 2006 | 06:51 PM
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OTOH, if you're patient, shop the ZO6 forums for complete engine takeouts. Lots of guys over there are doing new LS2 based stroker engines, and have low mile stock LS6s for sale cheap.
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