1970 Pontiac GTO

[jade spindle]

Last February I picked up a 1970 GTO for 19.5k, I had it for a few months and enjoyed driving it around town. I started to enjoy it as a daily vehicle but suddenly it decided to seize up on me while cruising on the highway, When I popped open the engine to take a look I soon discovered that the Original Cast Pistons decided to shatter into large chunks but it thankfully left all cylinder walls untouched. I'm planning to throw a LS3 in the GTO for the moment while I keep its original engine on the side to be sent to a machine shop. Afterwards I plan on replacing all cast internals with forged internals(on the 400)

[short kettle]

ooo love that color

[trail summit]

That’s amazing

[desert path]

Build a 400 not ls that’s lame

Or get a butler kit for the 400

[dim glacier]

nice wheels

[wise cargo]

I agree.

[jade spindle]

I am building a 400..

The LS is the motor that I'd have for when I'm dailying it.

The 400 is going to be built on the side since it exploded on me

[rich vault]

don't put an ls in it pls

ls motors are too basic

plus it's worth more with the 400 if it's numbers matching

[wise cargo]

I completely agree.

[jade spindle]

Why not have both?

One to have a good daily driver and another to have a numbers matching car right?

[desert path]

He’s not gonna buy a second car I’m almost certain

[rich vault]

oh

your putting the ls in it until you can put the 400 back in?

[dim glacier]

don’t put a ls in it please 🙏

[jade spindle]

Yeah

[rich vault]

epic

[nocturne solstice]

Make the 400 the most gas guzzling, scariest piece of machinery that any gto has ever seen

[jade spindle]

Thursday I'm dropping off the engine at a shop to have it rebuilt, they are charging me $2000.. They told me the price is so low for the rebuild since I already tore the engine down for them.

So It may end up back on the road within a month or two

[spiral briar]

Yo this thing is awesome

[short kettle]

def the best method, mine was 1500 with rebuild and bore cause it was already torn down

[south olive]

Just curious you know how much is involved in doing an LS swap on that because I’m doing one to my c10 when I can because I currently daily with a 350sbc getting around 19mph but I have to change the motor mounts’Trans cross member mounts’ Driveshaft’ Wiring harness’ and there’s a few more things I believe

[wise cargo]

Commas go at the bottom; you used apostrophes.

[south olive]

I totally agree it was late so I didn’t care much lol

[jade spindle]

Yep its a lot of work.. I know a guy he'll install an LS start to finish including the harness and crossmember for $500

[south olive]

That’s including materials? Or just labor

[jade spindle]

Labor

[south olive]

That’s not bad at all

[jade spindle]

Kits are cheap though

[south olive]

What drives you away from doing it your self?

[jade spindle]

Very time consuming especially since I haven't ever done that type of job.

I'd rather spend the $500 to have it get done

[wise cargo]

So you're going to LS-swap it, rebuild the original engine, then un-LS-swap it, redoing all the mounts and stuff??

[south olive]

Probably not going to after he does it he will get hooked on the LS lol

[wise cargo]

Yeah, I know.

[jade spindle]

That's pretty much the plan

[wise cargo]

If you say so...

[dim glacier]

at that point just keep the ls inside

[thorn elbow]

A GTO, I love those cars

[amber cradle]

😻