Rotary Vs. LS1

[David88vert]

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.

[redrumracer]

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.

actually i do have an fc that im performing(slowly) a 383 lt1 swap in, and a rotary motor will never be as reliable as a SBC at the same power levels and amount of mods. arguing that is a losing battle. and as far as the 302 goes im not a fan of ford. and its not just convertibles that can benefit from it, the coupes or hatchbacks(depending on how you look at it) can also easily benefit from it.