LS7 transplant

[red1ss]

Hi all i am looking into puting in a LS7 into my vy ss
just wonted to now how hard it would be to do
who would be the best to talk to about this as i wont to find out prices
and has anyone on here got a LS7 in there car

thanks guys

[KPWISHN]

Not that hard but very expensive. Don't think you will get any change from $40,000 or $50,000 though.

I'm sure PT would be able to do it. Ring them up and see what they reckon.

[LSX-438]

My mechanic is putting an LS7 based motor into my monaro atm, i could put you in touch with them. It will be much cheaper than buying a factory crate motor, and a lot of your ancilliary LS1 parts will retrofit.

[vt350phantom]

Speak to Sonny, he will be able to advise you how best to go about it

[planetdavo]

A search in the LS powertrain sub forum is where you need to look mate, as this is the wrong section. Plenty of info is already in this link....
http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=34096&highlight=ls7

[red1ss]

would it be better to put a 408 stroker kit in the ls1 instead i didnt think it would be $40k i wont to spend around $15 to $20K what do u guys think
There so many options it so hard to no what to do
my target is to have around 500 to 600hp at the treads by the time i finished allready have the clutch and a new stronger tail shaft as i broke it at the drags a while back now all i need is the hp
It is my weekend driver and i take it to the drags although not that often at the moment but wont to get into it more seriously

thanks guys

[KPWISHN]

Depending on what you already have you might get a 408 for that.

If stock you need a fuel system, full exhaust, tune and all the other little things that make it work. If you could get the whole lot done for $20,000 it would be a good price.

An LS7 by itself costs approx. $34,000.

[Alex81]

If you get an LS7 you have to change the reluctor wheel on the crank so that computers in our cars can be used and there is a few other things that need to changed, so it not cheap.

[red1ss]

Thanks kpwishn good info the car is stock with
twin 2.5inch gonzos
mafless tune
otrcai
rip shifter
its at 324hp at the wheels with standard diff gears and best run so far is a 13.1 at 107.9mph with street tyres of my vz one toner but i wont something different now. Something with more go go in the mojo.
will just have to keep looking into it

[KeenGolfer]

You can buy the LS7 in the US for around $14k USD, so probably around $20k AUD landed (approx). Budget another $10k at least for fitting and sorting all the issues out, tuning etc, and that should be close.

$15-$20k will get you a mid range 408 making maybe 350 rwkw (depending on specs). There's no way you'll get anywhere near 600 rwhp without spending at least double that, close to 500 rwhp maybe.

You'd also need to factor costs for twin 3" exhaust and 1 7/8 headers ($3000 ish) + $2000 for a Tex clutch on top of $30k odd.

[red1ss]

at the moment have around 15 to 20 to put towards my goal of 500 to 600hp
my first step with the 15 to 20 is to get a good strong base to start with and do more later in the year just wont to do it the right way the first time and get as much info as i can to deside were to start
thanks guys this web sit is realy good keep it coming please

[VooDoo]

talk to Howquick @ SQP, he has done a few now. Mark at PT can also help out.

[HRT 8]

at the moment have around 15 to 20 to put towards my goal of 500 to 600hp
my first step with the 15 to 20 is to get a good strong base to start with and do more later in the year just wont to do it the right way the first time and get as much info as i can to deside were to start
thanks guys this web sit is realy good keep it coming please

Yor 15-20 would be well spent on a nice little forged 346 with two turbos hangin from each side. 500-600hp, no probs.