LS swap 1967 Chevrolet Camaro vs 1963 Chevrolet Nova 

I was backing the LS to win but rooting for the Nova, a little surprised it came out on top.

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Easy power and reliability, but i like the original myself.

Stock 6 bolt mains holding the crankshaft to the block and stock cylinder heads that flow 315cfm on the intake side are two very big steps forward that the old smallblock doesn't have or do making 550-575 horsepower with a otherwise stock LS3 stock engine and heads with a decent camshaft and matching valve springs and hardened pushrods that will turn 6800-7200rpm is the kind of power a all forged 406 smallblock makes with expensive AFR cylinder heads and after market crank rods pistons on premium pump gas

Because the ls is waaaay better. Why do you upgrade anything, to improve it. The LS is a VAST improvement over, the best of the original era, hands down.

because the LS is a huge upgrade compared to the sbc and most bbcs. It takes a lot to get the sbc up to the point the LS is from the factory. I'm putting 6.0s in my square body C10s, and a 5.3 in the 88 C1500, but my Pontiacs make more power and torque than the LS does until you do a lot to the LS, so the GTOs, LeMans's and Formulas are not getting LS power. One of the Opel GTs probably will, and the other is getting a Pontiac engine, probably the 467 or another stroked 400. I like the LS, great truck engine, best part is they don't leak like the sbc.

@@gloriamaletta8667 Curiously I threw a 455 together on the cheap($2700), forged pistons, stock rods, mild hydraulic cam with 228/232-110, stuffed it in a 3750lb 79 Formula with a 3.42 gear and it ran 11.40s through the mufflers, oh and a 1900-2200 stall. No nitrous needed, just an 850 Holley. Raced it for ten years. Then I built a bigger, nastier 467 with heads that flow more than the LS3. Fun times making 650ftlbs at 3000 and carrying it to 5500. A bud of mine has a 99 Z28 that had 2.73 gears, he put a 4200 stall, headers, Y pipe, pulleys and a lid on it, with the passenger seats pulled he ran an 11.8 something. That impressed me so I bought a 98 Formula with the LS1 in it, just happened to have 2.73 gears. it might get one of the 6.0s I have laying around now, for science. It was my long distance highway cruiser and daily driven fun toy while I was stationed 1500 miles from where I grew up. All my chevy powered trucks are getting LS swaps. Gotta have decent power, and the sbc doesn't do that easily nor cheap. Gotta spin the snot out of em. The LS does pretty decent in stock form.

Better not be a 283 😂

No

Looks like a 67 to me.

The biggest engine available in a Nova in 63 was a 194 straight 6, so I'm pretty sure it's been swapped or it wouldn't even be out there racing. The 283 didn't debut in the Chevy II lineup until 64.

We’re you guys not listening to the intro of read the Description? The nova has a 383 small block.

@Dan Myers these comments were posted before the video went live in the chat waiting for the video to premiere, so no, it was literally impossible for us to listen to the intro when we posted this.

@@M2fiftycal - Gotcha! 👍

No. The 350 debuted in the ‘67 Camaro SS, as stated. Then the Nova in 1968. Then the rest of the Chevy lineup in 1969.

Definitely Not Me !

Only thing the LS is superior at is holding my boat in place

I agree the ls is a tough motor and is ' easy to make power with , however my little 406 hole shots most of them and pulls lengths on em

What do you mean?

@@redlight3932 it's the easy way out. Boring, unimaginative, bla

LS is just plug in and play, they are the modern small block Chevy, but I did like seeing the old school Duece take it down 💪

@@Welcometofacsistube Ls rules

Still better than a Hemi Mopar