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Ford Braptor

synonymous

Better than you.
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absolutely. I don't disagree.

just a lousy choice for a body. who restomods a fullsize bronco? meh.

Shit, do a 50's era pickup, you could prob double your money AND have something way cooler.
A FSB compared to a 1950s something are apples and oranges. The 1950s and even 1960s stuff was TINY inside.
 

Ralph

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absolutely. I don't disagree.

just a lousy choice for a body. who restomods a fullsize bronco? meh.
I thought it was a perfect choice. One of today's best platforms in a class of vehicle that's not available from any manufacturer now.
 

Jays89YJ

Udaho
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restore is not restomod.

& no, I don't see many restored FSB's & couldn't give a fawk.
They're fairly common out here. Lots of restored and resto modded FSB's, K5's and Ramchargers. Lots of Cummins swaps in the three here.
 

Brock

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They're fairly common out here. Lots of restored and resto modded FSB's, K5's and Ramchargers. Lots of Cummins swaps in the three here.
No one is swapping anything other than LSs now, even mustang guys. You can cheaply get 400hp out of a stock 6.0. Do you know how much you'd have to spend to build a 302 to get 400? :eek:

Holley did a nice walkthrough series on youtube.

LS Engine Swap On A Budget - YouTube
 

Jays89YJ

Udaho
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No one is swapping anything other than LSs now, even mustang guys. You can cheaply get 400hp out of a stock 6.0. Do you know how much you'd have to spend to build a 302 to get 400? :eek:

Holley did a nice walkthrough series on youtube.

LS Engine Swap On A Budget - YouTube
Buddy of mine down the road from me is a mechanic. He does a ton of LS swaps. He said the aftermarket support for the LS swaps is unreal. Interestingly enough, he doesn't care for the LS engines and refers to them as throw away. He said it is usually more cost effective to pull one that has any problems which requires internal repair and put a different one in. He does it all the time. He has a collection of "bad" LS motors at his shop. He strips them down and builds a few good ones for the next ****ed up one that comes to his shop. He says 80% of his business is swapping puked GM motors for another one. I should have him pull my Ramjet out of my YJ, install a frankenLS and dump it.
 

Ralph

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...refers to them as throw away. He said it is usually more cost effective to pull one that has any problems which requires internal repair and put a different one in.
So, in other words, it's just another small block Chevy.
 

Brock

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Buddy of mine down the road from me is a mechanic. He does a ton of LS swaps. He said the aftermarket support for the LS swaps is unreal. Interestingly enough, he doesn't care for the LS engines and refers to them as throw away. He said it is usually more cost effective to pull one that has any problems which requires internal repair and put a different one in. He does it all the time. He has a collection of "bad" LS motors at his shop. He strips them down and builds a few good ones for the next ****ed up one that comes to his shop. He says 80% of his business is swapping puked GM motors for another one. I should have him pull my Ramjet out of my YJ, install a frankenLS and dump it.
The only ones with known defects were the half ton vehicles with the cylinder deactivation feature. It was causing them to burn oil and some were dropping cylinders. My 6.0 doesn't have it and burns no oil between 7500 mile intervals with royal purple. I'd dump that POS ramjet on someone and go with a nice 6.0 in that rig of yours
 
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