A buddy of mine has a 07 ss. he has a lsj but he is thinking of getting a turbo.

he is thinking of turboing the lsj.

also, a friend with the 2.4 LE5 N/A engine offered him a trade. he will give his LE5 + 500 cash, + he is going to have a shop do the swap for him, for the LSJ.

which one should he go for? im thinking take the LE5 and turbo that.

 

Why? He will have to spend a load more than that to build the LE5 anyways, then you still have to deal with the computer/etc.

 

hes not going to boost it high i dont think...
how much boost can they run stock internals?

 

like 10 psi

 

and how much boost can a lsj run? without building the engine?

 

There is no set, "It can run XXpsi". 12psi on one turbo could equal 27psi on another.

And having a shop swap all that... $$$$

 

There are stock lsj's running 400whp, how many 2.4's can say the same.

 

There's a reason why gm supercharged a lsj and not a 2.4

 

yea, my friends not paying for the shop to swap it, the guy with the 2.4 is going to pay for it, and put 500 cash on top as well

 

Yeah..point was he could have a built engine and a nice turbo set up likely cheaper. I don't see it happening.

 

so he should keep the lsj, and turbo that?

 

Yes

 

i dont know a lot about lsj, how much power can they run without any work done to the engine.?

 

Neither engine is "built" not sure what you mean

 

It's simple..For the LE5 to pay a shop to swap two motors, deal with the wiring/computer, and still put cash on top of it he could just build his 2.4..

 

380-400whp is safe on stock internals on an lsj. ur tranny will start hating you but the motor will love it

 

Ohhh I see what you mean now

 

he got the le5... that idiot... now he is trying to get a turbo kit... lol

 

lol nice. shoulda bought an ss/na balt, was his car only $500 more expensive?

 

im not sure what you mean...

he traded his LSJ, for the LE5, someone to install the engine(do the swap) correctly, and 500 cash.

 

It would be cool to swap a LE5 or LSJ into a LT. Would the harness for the body work? Or is there more than just a motor/tranny swap and plugging everything in?

 

actually... tranny swap is not needded...

maybe if you do it in a LT, the stock LT trans wont be able to handle the power... but my friend just did engine swap. same trans

 

no point in swapping to any variant of the Ecotec motor unless you're looking to do some type of hybrid build

they can all be built for relatively the same price

 

ha well i read until u said the idiot got the le5. ha ive lost all interest. someone said it already. there is a reason y gm force inducted the lsj not the le5.

 

its not cost effective