This is a great series to have on your channel because most of us would love an LS powered sleeper but really can't afford it, especially if you have to pay someone to do the work for you. Ask me how I know🙄 Really love your content, especially that bad ass Rambler !
Rustomod is living proof... you can build a dream with a little bit of cash and hard work. I'm a complete amateur ( never even built a go cart as a kid) but I've rebuilt a complete 1988 Silverado, Reg Cab, Stepside truck. Every nut, bolt, rubber and wire, all the glass, all the metal (except the gate, it was folded in half like a taco but managed to get it pretty straight) and the fibreglass box sides are brand new complete with a high HP, naturally aspirated, crate V8 from Chevrolet Performance. (I'm not an LS/EFI fan) My cost, was $18K Canadian and the current appraisal dwarfs that investment so I must have done well. Can YOU buy a new Silverado for 18K today? That would be a resounding NO! I built what I call a ground pounder but I'm told I've built a "Restomod?" I'm close to 70 years young and had to look that one up. Health-wise, I'm not supposed to be able to do things like this but I did it over a 15 year period so no one would notice. Hardest part was keeping it a secret. This summer was it's debut on the road and it's now my daily driver. Garage Queen.... pfffttt. The young ones on the street call the truck and myself, "Relics" and that may be but they'll also tell you we're both "hella fast old relics". 😆 Your never too old so don't just dream about it, go build that dream of yours before you regret it.
Great car. I've spent 4k dollars just buying misc stuff after an engine and turbos have been purchased in a car with an already built trans. It was on holley so that adds up but man the nickle and dime stuff will kill you. I went from a big single turbo LS mustang with rods and pistons to a purpose built no prep Trans Am thay cost 41k and made 1230 whp to my current 2010 Z06 twin turbo 380 LS 1561whp that has surpassed 60k dollar building it and there are still things to make better if i want that 200plus in the coming season of roll and drag racing. Best advise for people is take your time, I did not. Lol. Time will allow you to wait for those deals that are too good to be true and will save a bunch, daily market place finds and when you find then buy them immediately because there are another dozen people trying to do the same thing. Good luck to everyone building a LS swapped turbo car. I have 3 under my belt since 2019 and have loved every single one.
We built a turbo ls mustang on our channel spptv with a 5k budget and we put it together including buying hp tuners so we could tune it ourselves and spent $5000 the car ran low 11s on 8lbs.
@Rustomod Yes sir!! I paid $200 for a set of 18" stock Mustang wheel on Market place. C&C Auto i talk to on here has a brother with a white Vic with the same wheels. And it looks way better than the cop wheels. And they are bigger and wider. Like you I am not spending thousands on wheels lol!!!. I have enough in the swap building a sleeper lol. I'm the one doing the Ls3 swap with my grandkids.
Pretty cool video. I don’t think I’d be able to find a chassis in my area for anything around $200 though haha. I also wish I had a buddy with a $100 turbo 400 😂
I like the premise of this, I've done something vary similar. But after Consideration of advice given by some big name fellas. It cost me Quite a bit more. I'm not sure how much more because I've not added it up. I do know my piggy bank is hiding under my bed in a fetal position. I didn't buy parts that I might have to change later. So maybe you will catch up and then Surpass my cost? One thing holds true, As steve morris Repeatedly says. Making power is easy, making it live is the hard part. If you just want to say I have a Turbo ls in my swap, it starts and runs, it blows the tires off, And now I'm done. The sickness has not Overcome you as it has myself. Doing that, for this much money. SWEET 🤘🤘 Beats the hell out of a barrel full of monkeys, All day.
@Rustomod One of the things you have over most. Finding someone that will tune on a stock ecu. Or getting a tune by mail that is good from Idle to OH 💩! Because of all the variables. Air intake temp, Quench, Compression, fuel type, Converter, Gear ratio, Weight of the vehicle, Elevation where you live. As you can tell I have jumped head first down the rabbit hole. I found out that Easter eggs do not come from a night in vegas with the Rooster. But the bunny's husband was there for the conversation so... 🤔
There is a huge difference between a 600 horsepower motor and a 1600 horsepower motor which is what you have with the right tuning but that's going to cost you a lot more to get there
@Rustomod Very interesting build. I built a single GT45 turbo 318 Dodge Dart Sport, nearly 10years ago.....non intercooled, blow thru Holley 750DP. Cost me about $4000 from Go. Learned alot in a short period.
No you can't bc LS stuff is too popular now and prices jacked waaay up.... if you want REAL BIG POWER for cheap . Goto the junkyard pick up an LL8 i6 ,60 pound injectors and an Amazon turbo you will have a reliable 650 wheel horsepower for about 600 bucks
@@eriv4735exactly. Lol. I'm like 500 a piece for two gt45s? He could've gotten two t76 Nagasaki swirly boys for 300 total off marketplace. Then fabbed his hot side from flipped truck headers. I run flipped truck headers on my single precision 7675 f body. Saves a ton of money
Yes definitely I had my turbo ls c10 tuned it was around $700 maybe cheaper with remote tuning but won’t get the full potential then a standard dyno tune
This is a great series to have on your channel because most of us would love an LS powered sleeper but really can't afford it, especially if you have to pay someone to do the work for you.
Ask me how I know🙄
Really love your content, especially that bad ass Rambler !
Thanks hopefully this build shows it’s not all that bad and with some marketplace shopping you can find stuff pretty affordable!
Badass Buick with an awesome SBC LS! Love it!!
Rustomod is living proof... you can build a dream with a little bit of cash and hard work.
I'm a complete amateur ( never even built a go cart as a kid) but I've rebuilt a complete 1988 Silverado, Reg Cab, Stepside truck.
Every nut, bolt, rubber and wire, all the glass, all the metal (except the gate, it was folded in half like a taco but managed to get it pretty straight) and the fibreglass box sides are brand new complete with a high HP, naturally aspirated, crate V8 from Chevrolet Performance. (I'm not an LS/EFI fan)
My cost, was $18K Canadian and the current appraisal dwarfs that investment so I must have done well.
Can YOU buy a new Silverado for 18K today? That would be a resounding NO!
I built what I call a ground pounder but I'm told I've built a "Restomod?" I'm close to 70 years young and had to look that one up.
Health-wise, I'm not supposed to be able to do things like this but I did it over a 15 year period so no one would notice. Hardest part was keeping it a secret.
This summer was it's debut on the road and it's now my daily driver. Garage Queen.... pfffttt.
The young ones on the street call the truck and myself, "Relics" and that may be but they'll also tell you we're both "hella fast old relics". 😆
Your never too old so don't just dream about it, go build that dream of yours before you regret it.
That’s exactly right! Thanks for sharing! Keep it up!
Great car. I've spent 4k dollars just buying misc stuff after an engine and turbos have been purchased in a car with an already built trans. It was on holley so that adds up but man the nickle and dime stuff will kill you. I went from a big single turbo LS mustang with rods and pistons to a purpose built no prep Trans Am thay cost 41k and made 1230 whp to my current 2010 Z06 twin turbo 380 LS 1561whp that has surpassed 60k dollar building it and there are still things to make better if i want that 200plus in the coming season of roll and drag racing. Best advise for people is take your time, I did not. Lol. Time will allow you to wait for those deals that are too good to be true and will save a bunch, daily market place finds and when you find then buy them immediately because there are another dozen people trying to do the same thing. Good luck to everyone building a LS swapped turbo car. I have 3 under my belt since 2019 and have loved every single one.
great video! Good information
Appreciate it!
Super awesome
Great video, subscribed!
Thanks for subscribing!
I just found your channel. Seems pretty great! I look forward to watching all the videos!
Thanks!
@ you’re very welcome!
Reminds me a little of the green super sleeper 1972 Nova Kurt Urban and the people at Wheel to Wheel Powertrain built about 10 years ago.
Yeah I remember that car. Twin Rotrex superchargers, blankets in the seats and steelies. That was cool.
Man thats a cool car fella🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
We built a turbo ls mustang on our channel spptv with a 5k budget and we put it together including buying hp tuners so we could tune it ourselves and spent $5000 the car ran low 11s on 8lbs.
That’s awesome!! I’ll check that out for sure!
Heck yeah brother love the build.
Thanks its been fun!
Brother, it looks awesome with those steelies and baby moom hubcaps!!! And the stance sets it off!!!
Yeah man, I love the old-school steelies and hubcaps. It’s crazy how a couple hundred bucks can make a car look completely different.
@Rustomod Yes sir!! I paid $200 for a set of 18" stock Mustang wheel on Market place. C&C Auto i talk to on here has a brother with a white Vic with the same wheels. And it looks way better than the cop wheels. And they are bigger and wider. Like you I am not spending thousands on wheels lol!!!. I have enough in the swap building a sleeper lol. I'm the one doing the Ls3 swap with my grandkids.
car gave a lil wiggle when that door closed like hold on to your 501's son
Pretty cool video. I don’t think I’d be able to find a chassis in my area for anything around $200 though haha. I also wish I had a buddy with a $100 turbo 400 😂
I’m with you on that one! These parts are harder to find now!
I like the premise of this, I've done something vary similar. But after Consideration of advice given by some big name fellas. It cost me Quite a bit more. I'm not sure how much more because I've not added it up. I do know my piggy bank is hiding under my bed in a fetal position. I didn't buy parts that I might have to change later. So maybe you will catch up and then Surpass my cost? One thing holds true, As steve morris Repeatedly says. Making power is easy, making it live is the hard part. If you just want to say I have a Turbo ls in my swap, it starts and runs, it blows the tires off, And now I'm done. The sickness has not Overcome you as it has myself. Doing that, for this much money. SWEET 🤘🤘 Beats the hell out of a barrel full of monkeys, All day.
Definitely that’s kinda why I wanted to try this to see how the “cheap” stuff holds up if it doesn’t I’ll let yall know not to get it.
@Rustomod One of the things you have over most. Finding someone that will tune on a stock ecu. Or getting a tune by mail that is good from Idle to OH 💩! Because of all the variables. Air intake temp, Quench, Compression, fuel type, Converter, Gear ratio, Weight of the vehicle, Elevation where you live. As you can tell I have jumped head first down the rabbit hole. I found out that Easter eggs do not come from a night in vegas with the Rooster. But the bunny's husband was there for the conversation so... 🤔
book that ticket to the duct tape drags
I love me an x body. I’m 22 and my whole life my uncle has owned a 1978 Oldsmobile omega sx
Awesome!
There is a huge difference between a 600 horsepower motor and a 1600 horsepower motor which is what you have with the right tuning but that's going to cost you a lot more to get there
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Lol, def gonna hurst someone's feelings with this sleeper.
If I don’t see it rip then it ain’t done
Charge Pipe couplings,....should be straight....that's all I'm saying.
Yeah might need to revisit that
@Rustomod
Very interesting build.
I built a single GT45 turbo 318 Dodge Dart Sport, nearly 10years ago.....non intercooled, blow thru Holley 750DP.
Cost me about $4000 from Go.
Learned alot in a short period.
Can't get a Cheap ls from the junkyard no more there $1000 for an engine in California
How much horsepower are the turbos good for😮
I think they are advertised at 700
Next question. Can you make the investment work for you?
Probably not 😂
18:45 that shot was a little unsettling
LS the Willy's man... Stop playing around already !!! 🤣
We built that truck for my dad. If it were mine you know I would!
LS is too expensive. Get a Vortex LT1 or power stroke from a Silverado or equinox and transmission.
Idiots will watch this and still say “it costs $20k to turbo LS swap anything”
I’m not an idiot. I’m a realist. It will cost more than $5000 to LS swap a car.
Seems to me the real idiots are the people that believe this 🐂💩.
No you can't bc LS stuff is too popular now and prices jacked waaay up.... if you want REAL BIG POWER for cheap . Goto the junkyard pick up an LL8 i6 ,60 pound injectors and an Amazon turbo you will have a reliable 650 wheel horsepower for about 600 bucks
I’ve been looking at those seem pretty cool!
Atlas 4200 proven over 800 to the wheel on boost @Nivlac57 and @JWitt are proving it
I feel like you are skipping a couple steps there but yes the 4200 is cool.
Nah picked up a junkyard 6.0 LS for $450. Rebuilt it and stuck it in a firebird and made 420 hp for less than $3500 total
@@DomST99right my 5.3 make 500 ish less than 3300
Stop making bs obvious lies how it only cost you 5k
Did you watch the video I went through every cost?
I’m with ya 1000%
There are no “lies” in fact it may even be able to be done for UNDER 5k..you don’t know much about cars do you??
@@eriv4735exactly. Lol. I'm like 500 a piece for two gt45s? He could've gotten two t76 Nagasaki swirly boys for 300 total off marketplace. Then fabbed his hot side from flipped truck headers. I run flipped truck headers on my single precision 7675 f body. Saves a ton of money
michaelmccluskey1155 So neither of you know anything about cars?? 🤦♂🤣🤡
Tuning by anyone competent runs from $1,000 to $2,000 with a dynometer
Yes definitely I had my turbo ls c10 tuned it was around $700 maybe cheaper with remote tuning but won’t get the full potential then a standard dyno tune
Gotta fix that 1 wheel peel...cool car tho...
I know it’s so bad 😂