QUICK91LX
Founding Member
i for one think its the body that defines a car...does it really matter what engine is in it? the car is still 80% Ford
yeah it does matter, the engine is the heart of what it is. if you get beat by an LS1 powered mustang, what did you really get beaten by? a chevy. it was just moving along a differently shaped hunk of sheet metal.
as for the LS2 in an old malibu...not hard at all to fit, the hard part is the electronics that go along with it. it can and has been done though, for far cheaper than it is to stuff a chevy motor into a ford.
on a more old school 350, non-LS1 note...
the long running joke in my family at classic car shows was that guys who put small block chevys into their ford hot rods didnt have enough $$ to finish the car properly. lol. there used to be a 54 ford truck running around here with a sticker on the back that said "built ford tough with chevy stuff" and he was the laughing stock of the area. it can be a treat to see someone who has built a ford vehicle and actually used a ford engine. the only real benefit i can see of using an old 350 is that they are plentiful and that means cheap. ford stuff runs just as good but just isnt as cheap seeing how chevy, pontiac, buick, gmc, cadillac, oldsmobile for a long time all used the same stuff starting around the mid 70's