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Originally Posted by spearfish25 The problem with swapping motors these days is that the car electronics are all programmed for the stock motor. So swapping for an LS isn't as

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03-06-2010, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by spearfish25

The problem with swapping motors these days is that the car electronics are all programmed for the stock motor. So swapping for an LS isn't as easy as making it fit in the engine bay. In fact, they say the toughest part is fooling the computers and electronics to recognize the new motor as stock.

Yep, just got done reading an article where Hennesay put the LS9 in a Camaro, they stated that 90% of the time was not spent transplanting the engine but working on electronics. I think he stated that at one point the radio was talking to the ECU giving it info.

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