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What late model car would be the best option for an engine swap into a 79 corvette?
I own a 79 corvette and a year ago the engine blew on me. I have moved around so we never had time to work on it but now we are settled here in arizona. Me and my dad are going to place a new engine in it but we thought of going to a U-Pull It service and take an engine from a late model car. We were just wondering of any recommendations for the best engine to use and from what car to get it from?
With a 79 I wouldn’t do an LSX motor unless you have a lot of time and money on your hands. An LSX has fuel injection, computers, a vastly complicated wiring harness, engine mounts, and a totally different transmission, driveshaft, the list goes on and on.
This will be pretty much the same for any late model engine you pull.
If you have the money for such an ambitious swap go for it, however I would recomend working with a Chevy 350. Bore it out to a 355 and strocker out to a 396. Build up a solid bottom end, camshaft, forged/steel roller rockers/lifters. You now have an engine you can supercharge, or turbo, or both. And it will drop right into the engine mounts the car currently has.
9 cylinder model radial engine
