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An LS swap is a type of engine swap using any form factor of General Motors's LS V8 engine series. [1] [2] Motor Trend noted in 2020 that "the Chevy LS V-8 engine has become the de facto engine swap suggestion for anyone seeking to add power to their existing platform" due to the engine's relatively compact size and light weight. [3]
The 4L30-E was an automatic transmission developed and produced by General Motors.It was developed for light-duty use in longitudinal engine rear-wheel drive vehicles, replacing the similar TH180/3L30.
The LS nickname has since been used to refer generally to all Gen III and IV engines, [14] but that practice can be misleading, since not all engine RPO codes in those generations begin with LS. [15] Likewise, although Gen V engines are generally referred to as "LT" small-blocks after the RPO LT1 first version, GM also used other two-letter RPO ...
A G82-generation BMW M3 Competition was totaled, so someone placed a much less powerful naturally aspirated inline six from an E46-gen 3 Series in the car.
The recipients of an "LS swap" are too numerous to list In 1997, General Motors began producing a new family of engines that had been designed with a clean sheet of paper, based on their experience over the previous decades. The "L" family of engines (LS, LT, LY, etc) were compact and light.
The P60B40 was the powertrain for the BMW E46 M3 GTR from 2001 to 2005. The BMW M3 GTR competed in the GT Class of the American Le Mans Series in 2001. There was opposition to the car being allowed to race, rivals stated that the car was a prototype as a road going version was not available to buy.
The resulting E46 GTR racing car was introduced in February 2001 and was powered by a 330 kW (443 hp) version of the 3,997 cc (4.0 L) P60 V8 engine. [ 87 ] [ 98 ] With a more powerful engine than the straight-six powered M3 versions (which were outpaced by the competition), the GTR won the 2001 American Le Mans Series GT category, driven by ...
BMW M3 E46 GTR: 562 +34 Laps BMW 4.0 L V8: 5 GT3 8 Eclipse Motorsport Del Delaronde George Haynes Martin Rich Adam Sharpe Mosler MT900R GT3: 558 +38 Laps Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8: 6 GTC 26 GTS Motorsport David Leslie Joe Macari Rob Wilson Stuart Wright BMW M3 E46 GTR: 553 +43 Laps BMW 3.2 L I6: 7 GTC 20 911virgin.com Henry Firman Peter Morris ...