LS4 swap

[Timeless]

Anyone here?

https://youtu.be/a5Qfow2S2Uk

[Helirich]

Sounds good! Are doing this by your self or working with a vender. I know LS might be one of the easier swaps, but still is nice to buy “off the shelf stuff” on a project like that. What tranny?

[Timeless]

Not my car. Wondering if the owner/builder is a member here.

[Josh]

This is one of my customers, located in TN. If you PM me I can give you his contact information.

He is using an LS4 (mostly stock, just a cam) with the stock transaxle. He is running a Holley Terminator X ECU.

It is open headers so it is very loud. Exhaust to come. He hopes to have it driving in the next month or so.

[StainlessBullet]

That’s my car. As Josh stated I bought most of the swap components from him. I highly recommend his stuff if you’re thinking about doing a swap. Great quality and great customer support. I’m hoping to have the car finished next month. The motor is a 2007 LS4 with a Lunati VooDoo cam, Holly Terminator X, LS1 intake, LS1 throttle body. Still running the UN1 transmission but upgraded the input shaft coupler and roll pins. In the video it’s open headers. Will be running Borla mufflers once the exhaust is fabricated.

[Timeless]

Thanks! I look forward to photos/videos of the completed car.

[Nicholas R]

This is one of my customers, located in TN. If you PM me I can give you his contact information.

He is using an LS4 (mostly stock, just a cam) with the stock transaxle. He is running a Holley Terminator X ECU.

It is open headers so it is very loud. Exhaust to come. He hopes to have it driving in the next month or so.

Do you know the current count on LS swaps? Something like 20 finished LS swapped cars with another 10-15 in progress?

[Helirich]

That’s my car. As Josh stated I bought most of the swap components from him. I highly recommend his stuff if you’re thinking about doing a swap. Great quality and great customer support. I’m hoping to have the car finished next month. The motor is a 2007 LS4 with a Lunati VooDoo cam, Holly Terminator X, LS1 intake, LS1 throttle body. Still running the UN1 transmission but upgraded the input shaft coupler and roll pins. In the video it’s open headers. Will be running Borla mufflers once the exhaust is fabricated.

May I ask how long it took to get to that point? Are you working full time on it? Build thread anywhere?

[Josh]

Do you know the current count on LS swaps? Something like 20 finished LS swapped cars with another 10-15 in progress?

There are 40 LS swapped deloreans in the world that i know of.

43% of these swaps are running driving cars. The remainder are currently in progress.

I have sold 22 swap kits to date.

[StainlessBullet]

May I ask how long it took to get to that point? Are you working full time on it? Build thread anywhere?

The build started in the fall of last year and we've been wrenching on it almost every weekend since then. Not sure how many hours have been invested in it. I don't have a build thread but planning on posting some videos in the future on my Youtube channel. Going Broke Garage (https://www.youtube.com/user/StainlessBullet/featured)

[OverlandMan]

The build started in the fall of last year and we've been wrenching on it almost every weekend since then. Not sure how many hours have been invested in it. I don't have a build thread but planning on posting some videos in the future on my Youtube channel. Going Broke Garage (https://www.youtube.com/user/StainlessBullet/featured)

Curious if you have any updates on your build. I'm starting to entertain the notion of doing an engine swap at some point down the road. I currently have a stock engine and automatic transmission. I did a carburetor conversion a few years ago but at the end of the day its still just a PRV. At this point in my ownership (over 10 years now), I'd rather have something fun to drive than a big desire in keeping things stock. I do want to change out the transmission to manual above all else. Would y'all recommend trying to get an OEM setup for that or go the Porsche-96 route?

[dmcman73]

Curious if you have any updates on your build. I'm starting to entertain the notion of doing an engine swap at some point down the road. I currently have a stock engine and automatic transmission. I did a carburetor conversion a few years ago but at the end of the day its still just a PRV. At this point in my ownership (over 10 years now), I'd rather have something fun to drive than a big desire in keeping things stock. I do want to change out the transmission to manual above all else. Would y'all recommend trying to get an OEM setup for that or go the Porsche-96 route?

If you're going to swap out the automatic to a manual, and you're doing an LS swap, you may as well go all in and go the Porsche transmission route.

[Josh]

Curious if you have any updates on your build. I'm starting to entertain the notion of doing an engine swap at some point down the road. I currently have a stock engine and automatic transmission. I did a carburetor conversion a few years ago but at the end of the day its still just a PRV. At this point in my ownership (over 10 years now), I'd rather have something fun to drive than a big desire in keeping things stock. I do want to change out the transmission to manual above all else. Would y'all recommend trying to get an OEM setup for that or go the Porsche-96 route?

While I do feel the stock 5 speed transaxle is up to the task of the swap, if starting from an automatic is makes more sense from a budget standpoint just to go for the Porsche trans. Sourcing a 5 speed transaxle with the associated components will run your costs up to a similar number as just going the Porsche route. The only major hurdle converting from the auto is the pedal box (Shifter, cables, and hydraulics all carry over from the Porsche so no DeLorean part sourcing needed here). However, I am working on a solution that retains the stock auto pedal box but adds a clutch pedal. No ETA on a release yet though unfortunately.

[Henrik]

I changed mine from automatic to manual before the engine swap and it was more involved than I had anticipated. From a technical standpoint it was no big deal; just a lot of stuff that had to come out and the work was really hard on my back. I had purchased the pedal box sight unseen and it turned out it was missing several springs and washers etc so that took a little bit of research to figure out what was missing etc. Another little wrinkle was the change of the shifter mechanism. Again, not complicated but a little more work to get it right than I had thought.

FWIW, my stock manual transmission (also purchased sight unseen btw) along with the upgraded input coupler has served me very well since the engine swap so if a Porsche tranny is not in your budget there is still a way forward, Jeff! :)

[OverlandMan]

Thanks for the feedback, everyone! An auto to manual swap has always been on my radar regardless of the engine situation. Lately, I've been leaning towards dumping the PRV for something more entertaining from a performance and reliability perspective, which in turn equals more enjoyment. I'm still a ways out on doing anything but I'd like to start working on a plan forward.

[Josh]

Thanks for the feedback, everyone! An auto to manual swap has always been on my radar regardless of the engine situation. Lately, I've been leaning towards dumping the PRV for something more entertaining from a performance and reliability perspective, which in turn equals more enjoyment. I'm still a ways out on doing anything but I'd like to start working on a plan forward.

Feel free to give me an email/call when you get around to planning out a potential swap. Im here to help.

[MrChocky]

Waiting to see an auto PRV -> auto LS swap. I don't think there's any reason it can't be done, but I don't know if it has. What I don't know is if the existing
DeLorean auto transmission would be up to it in the same way the manual is.

[Ron]

:histerical1:

[Josh]

Waiting to see an auto PRV -> auto LS swap. I don't think there's any reason it can't be done, but I don't know if it has. What I don't know is if the existing
DeLorean auto transmission would be up to it in the same way the manual is.

Stage 2 is about the maximum you want the stock auto transaxle handling.

[OverlandMan]

Feel free to give me an email/call when you get around to planning out a potential swap. Im here to help.

Will do!

[Sulley]

While I do feel the stock 5 speed transaxle is up to the task of the swap, if starting from an automatic is makes more sense from a budget standpoint just to go for the Porsche trans. Sourcing a 5 speed transaxle with the associated components will run your costs up to a similar number as just going the Porsche route. The only major hurdle converting from the auto is the pedal box (Shifter, cables, and hydraulics all carry over from the Porsche so no DeLorean part sourcing needed here). However, I am working on a solution that retains the stock auto pedal box but adds a clutch pedal. No ETA on a release yet though unfortunately.

So with an LS 4 swap, even if you already have a manual Delorean, to use the Porsche gearbox you have to swap out the pedal box, shifter, cables, hydraulics? Sounds like using the original Delorean gearbox saves on the extra work and cost of changing to the Porsche gearbox.

[Josh]

So with an LS 4 swap, even if you already have a manual Delorean, to use the Porsche gearbox you have to swap out the pedal box, shifter, cables, hydraulics? Sounds like using the original Delorean gearbox saves on the extra work and cost of changing to the Porsche gearbox.

The manual pedal box stays if you already have it. I certainly do prefer doing swaps with the stock 5 speed transaxle as I feel it is more "bang for the buck"