Engine swap ?

[Lenie]

Jeff and Anthony, those are two ah inspiring cars you have there, and yes, money is always the issue or decisions would be pretty easy.

[awr68]

Thanks for the kind words...Jeff's is WAY nicer than mine though!

So what kinda resale value does the 400 have? And remember that when you go LSx damn near everything has to change. That's the reason I don't switch over, way too many parts come into play! Do you have a tranny, headers, radiator, ext. yet?

[67blackbird]

You know, when you introduced the car somebody said - "not another red Camaro". I'd like to see you keep th ePontiac motor, if you need more speed , try the new CV-1 cylinder head (canted valves!). Of course, I could be biased to the Pontiac 400 in my garage...

[Rybar]

Lenie, if budget weren't a concern I'd go LS7 all the way. I am biased though towards the LSX motors.

I think your car would be killer either way though, not too many Birds done to the level of yours so at least it's different.

Here's a couple videos that may sway you in the LSX direction :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxEgUMZqJbE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el6t9I5TvjA

[Lenie]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate all the replies. Every time I think I have my mind made up, a new reply is written and my response is, yeah, he's right, that's what I'm gonna do, screw the cost. Then reality sets in, The 400 I have now has already been fitted into the car, the wayne due front clip has already been powder coated, car has been final wet sanded and I'm painting this weekend I hope. The currie rearend by DSE has 3.08 gears and would have to be changed if I went with an LS, (tunnel mods, motor mount mods etc.?). As much as I'd like to put in an LS because of reliability, gas economy, horse power and so on, there's as many reasons to stay with the 400 and the biggest one is I need to get the car finished, it's all I think about these days. The change would feel like I'm going backwards and with all the new products that come out weekly, I could make changes that would last a life time and never be finished. So as of now, I'm going to put some more dinero into the already rebuilt 400 and go with it. I'm open to suggestions on what all to do to it. Who knows, maybe tomorrow I'll change my mind again Thanks again

[Lenie]

Thanks for all the replies. I've finally elected to keep the car pontiac powered. I'm currently stroking the 68 400 block to a 461, installing a new cam, aluminum heads and the accessories to make it work. Thanks again for all the input.

[COYBILT]

LS7= nothing in comparison to pontiac torque.
I have a LQ9 with a cam,longtubes,etc in my 2000 gmc 2500 and I would rather have a 455 in the damn thing. The gen 3/4 small blocks are good motors they just dont have the down low torque a pontiac has. It all depends on what you are looking for. You want modern easy to get cheap performance parts Gen3/4 and if you want ground pounding low end mid range power with slightly pricier parts, pick pontiac. Lenie Please give me a call again

[72blackbird]

Another vote for pure PONTIAC power here- nothing wrong with the latest-and-greatest Chevy V-8 but as mentioned before it will never out torque a Poncho. A stroker 400/462 with good aluminum heads, roller cam, enough induction and decent exhaust will make 525+ hp/ 600+ ft-lbs. easy.

Geno