The CAR WIZARD talks LS Swaps

I LS Swapped my Range Rover Classic, best thing i ever did with that car, made it reliable and powerful, I daily it everyday now.

I plan on an LS swap, Im just going to buy the whole corvette.

"You don't need to be dying for your LS swap." - Car Wizard

"Surrounded by Hoovie disasters". 😂😂😂 The Wizard has an awesome deadpan delivery. You need to do stand up comedy.

Married couples used to LS swap using a fishbowl filled with car keys back in the day :P

After having done two ls swaps, you are 100% correct Car Wizard. But having a reliable fuel efficient drivetrain in an older vehicle is priceless! Thanks for the video!

I'm still gonna LS swap the hell out of my 64 El Camino. Don't let this guy shoot down your dream swap JUST SEND IT !!!!!!!

I swapped my first ls back in 1997 and since then I have done hundreds of them. A ls engine requires 58 psi of fuel pressure, you do not need a return line, gm switched to returnless fuel systems in the 2004 model year. You absolutely do not need a inertia switch, gm does not use one and the way they deal with rollover incidents is with the ecu cutting fuel flow when there is a loss of fuel pressure. I have seen plenty of stupid people complete ls swaps and the people I am talking about are really stupid. You can purchase stand alone harnesses for $250 that work really well and there is plenty of people like me who program ecu's. The most common oem ecu's used in swaps are p01 and p59 ecu's. You can use a 58x motor on the older ecu's with a lingenfelter converter box. The p01 and p59 ecu's are 24x only so a converter is required if you want to use a 58x engine. There is actually 2 companies making ls swap mounts for the lamborghini Gallardo. With a stand alone harness you only need to hook up around 6 wires to make run. Ac is not a problem in any way with all of the aftermarket solutions. I can ls swap many vehicles in one day very easily.

you'd find dozens of LS swap kits for a lot of popular cars like old Camaros for instance and such and it probably wouldn't be too hard to put that together (relatively speaking). But if you're putting an LS in a Volkswagen Beetle (I'm sure it's been done) then you're on your own.

Wizard: LS swaps are hard! Me: don't threaten me with a good time, Wizard!

As I see it LS swaps (or any JDM engine swaps like 2JZ and RB26) are usually either only a "meme and dream" or "fun as a project when its actually executed properly".

in my opinion easiest LS swap is 1990s Chevy pickup truck almost everything matches you do have to relocate the AC compressor on top

I'm thinking of LS swapping my toilet.

im glad you made this video wizard. Because lots of people always say LS swap it or i'm going to LS swap it. They dont realize how much work it is! And some of them never held a spanner in their life :)

Swapped a built up carbed 350 Chevy / 700R4 into a 1987 Toyota Supra once and thought that was challenging. Flat sheets of 1/4" steel welded in for motor mounts and a steel bar with a mount for the trans. Exhaust plumbing was also tricky. Muffler shop had to weld in most of it with the engine and the headers in place. To finish getting in the tight spots, the motor had to be pulled back out again. Had to use a drive shaft for a Chevy with the end cut off. Then weld on the very end of the original Toyota Supra shaft with a sleeve to make it connect to the IRS 3.42 limited slip rear diff and balance it. Wired in relays for the cooling fans, find an adequate radiator. Wire up the alternator, wire up the distributor, take out the old shifter and weld in a bracket to hook up a 700R4 Megashifter set up. It was fast when it was done, but it was a never ending project. VT247

I wonder how many engine swaps NEVER get completed. must be quite a few.

smart thing to do is buy a wrecked car whit a good ls in it, and change everything over... But y agree, its a lot of work.

Of all the swaps Ive seen done IRL or on YouTube nobody has ever installed an inertia switch for the fuel system...

Car Wizard: "put an LS into a Lamborghini Gallardo or something"? B is for Build: Hold my beer!

I ls swapped two of my favorite things 1931 five window and my 55 belair THE best! Thing I did and didn't cost a fortune thanks to The driveway engineer!