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[300hp owen]

Originally Posted by racepar1

It is no cheaper to do an LS1 swap then it is to build a badass KA, PERIOD.

I think you are dead wrong if you compare an LS1 and a KA that put down the same power numbers thru the same type of durable drivetrain. reason being the KA is more stressed, high strung, on the edge to produce the same numbers. I'll concede the difference probably isnt much, but I do believe the LS1 is cheaper, hp for hp... especially in the long run when you have to consider rebuilding and general maintenance.

imho the SR's (w/coil packs) and LS1's both have better ignition than the KA, stock for stock and I think the LS1 wins hands down in the stock computers tuning capabilites and low costs of tuning.

[racepar1]

Originally Posted by 300hp owen

I think you are dead wrong if you compare an LS1 and a KA that put down the same power numbers thru the same type of durable drivetrain. reason being the KA is more stressed, high strung, on the edge to produce the same numbers. I'll concede the difference probably isnt much, but I do believe the LS1 is cheaper, hp for hp... especially in the long run when you have to consider rebuilding and general maintenance.

imho the SR's (w/coil packs) and LS1's both have better ignition than the KA, stock for stock and I think the LS1 wins hands down in the stock computers tuning capabilites and low costs of tuning.

If you are looking at it as a ratio of hp/$ of course the LS1 is cheaper. It comes stock with more than double the hp of the KA. A high HP KA is definitely high strung, any 4-cylinder motor pushing that king of hp is high strung. There is really no comparing an LS1 to a KA though. The LS1 is the superior motor, HANDS DOWN. But to say that an LS1 swap is any cheaper or easier than building a good KA is wrong. IF the LS1 swap is any cheaper it is only marginally so and only if you are doing an all-out GT3 KA build. You can build a 200hp or so, pump gas burning, all motor KA for way less than swapping an LS1 and it will still be a ton of fun and outperform most SR cars at the track.