Quote Originally Posted by redrumracer
thats all
Have you ever done the swap, or even driven one? I have done one, and have driven several - including all 3 gens. The only FD had a stock LSx in it, and didn't impress me.
One install did impress me though - that was a 2nd gen vert, with a stock 302. Simple, with lots of torque. The convertibles are heavy enought to benefit from the swap. Plus they were only available N/A.
Let me put it this way. If you had a N/A FC, and you wanted to do the swap, I can see it being worth it - if you were doing it yourself. Otherwise, keeping it a turbo 13B is much more cost effective and is reliable if you know what you are doing. FBs are easy to swap to TII setups, and putting a V8 in them definitely hurts their handling.
By the time you have gone through the cost of putting a LSx motor in a FD, you could have bought a Vette, and would be better off.