Alrighty, my interests are piqued... Would a Northstar engine be a good swap in a 3rdgen or is it too much trouble? It got a lot of power, is light weight, and got great MPG to boot!

Has anyone done it? Has anyone tried it but did not work out? Let me know!

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Ack! My bad! I just discovered that they are FWD. Dang it!!!

 

assuming you can fit in inbetween the shock towers, you can use a tranny from a 2.8, 3.1, or 3.4 v6. Or get and adapter from www.advanceadapters.com that would mount one of those engines to a v8 tranny.

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FWD doesnt mean you cant use it, there are lots of hotrods running around with northstar engines in them. I know some are using overdriver autos, presumably the 700.

IMO for the cost of the swap, the LS1 is a better choice. The only thing the Northstar would get you is 'unusual' even though there are not many LS1's in thirdgens right now, I really think it will become more common in the future.