# What Engine for Muscle car **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 24, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532 "2005-05-24T20:16:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/1 "2005-05-24T20:16:21Z")
I thought this forum was in need of a new thread so I wanted to get some opinions on a topic. Lets say you have a old muscle car like a 70 Chevelle, 69 Camaro, or a 70 Mustang. It needs to b e restored and the engine in it is shot or there simply is no engine. Would you get an old school V-8 to put in it and have it built or get a newer fuel injected V-8 and have it built? Both have their strong points. I can’t decide what I would so if I was given the opportunity. I kinda like the idea of a newer engine in a muscle car mostly b/c it will make it somewhat unique. So I guess my vote goes to New engine allthough I think older v-8 kick your face. Which rout would any of you guys go and what would you like to get(realistic)? ---
**Author:** ![eurodad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eurodad/32/5988_2.png) [@eurodad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eurodad)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/2 "2005-05-24T20:22:55Z")
i have a 305 i’ll sell you. it has way to much power and keeps busting my trannys up. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![boostjunkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@boostjunkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boostjunkie)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/3 "2005-05-24T20:23:50Z")
> [@bics56](#): > > I thought this forum was in need of a new thread so I wanted to get some opinions on a topic. Lets say you have a old muscle car like a 70 Chevelle, 69 Camaro, or a 70 Mustang. It needs to b e restored and the engine in it is shot or there simply is no engine. Would you get an old school V-8 to put in it and have it built or get a newer fuel injected V-8 and have it built? Both have their strong points. I can’t decide what I would so if I was given the opportunity. I kinda like the idea of a newer engine in a muscle car mostly b/c it will make it somewhat unique. So I guess my vote goes to New engine allthough I think older v-8 kick your face. Which rout would any of you guys go and what would you like to get(realistic)? i have a 70 Chevelle SS that i have owned since 1990 and some day when i get time and i am going Big Block Chevy EFI Turbo. a mix of old and new ---
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/4 "2005-05-24T20:26:00Z")
> [@boostjunkie](#): > > i have a 70 Chevelle SS that i have owned since 1990 and some day when i get time and i am going Big Block Chevy EFI Turbo. a mix of old and new Sweet…That is one of my favorite cars. I would love to see it when it is all done. ---
**Author:** ![boostjunkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@boostjunkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boostjunkie)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/5 "2005-05-24T20:30:06Z")
> [@bics56](#): > > Sweet…That is one of my favorite cars. I would love to see it when it is all done. its a real SS 454 LS5 390 HP car some guys would be sick to bust up a all orignal car . i am doing it ! ---
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/6 "2005-05-24T20:36:45Z")
I would never change a car like that up…that engine is one of the best of all time. I am talking about one that had a base motor in it and you wanted to put something better in it. would you go old school or new school? ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/7 "2005-05-24T20:46:52Z")
if i could find a nice 64 1/2 to 66 coupe, 67 or 68 fast back i would drop either built 5 litre block or a SC DOHC 4.6. car would be old shell new technology including suspension and etc ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/8 "2005-05-24T21:11:29Z")
Big Block Chevy. When you build horsepower Torque is Free!! Big cube with EFI would be cool. Wanted to try 496 out of a new chevy truck with its fuel injection setup retrofitted into a chevelle would be cool. ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/9 "2005-05-25T03:15:48Z")
> [@bgblockelcamino](#): > > Big Block Chevy. When you build horsepower Torque is Free!! > Big cube with EFI would be cool. Wanted to try 496 out of a new chevy truck with its fuel injection setup retrofitted into a chevelle would be cool. :boink: ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Silverado](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_silverado/32/5990_2.png) [@Turbo\_Silverado](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Turbo_Silverado)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/10 "2005-05-25T03:28:56Z")
something like…old school look…new school technology like a 68 camaro with a 427 LS1 ---
**Author:** ![smokeyburnouts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/smokeyburnouts/32/5987_2.png) [@smokeyburnouts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smokeyburnouts)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/11 "2005-05-25T05:21:04Z")
i like the idea of new engine just to be different. if i could make a car up it’d be either a 1st Gen camaro like justin said, or an early C3 w/ modern LS6. as far as older cars, for me nothing looks cooler than 1st gen F-body (especially camaro) and flat-window C3s. and i love the LS1 and LS6 engines of current cars, so that would be a cool project i wish i could do. ---
**Author:** ![oneslowbowtie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@oneslowbowtie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/oneslowbowtie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/12 "2005-05-25T05:33:43Z")
fuck old cars I have a chevelle , parts are getting harder and harder to get and the prices are outrageous, thats why I bought a 4th gen f-body. new \> old with current technology. ---
**Author:** ![A468Bu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@A468Bu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/A468Bu)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/13 "2005-05-25T06:14:16Z")
> [@bics56](#): > > I would never change a car like that up…that engine is one of the best of all time. I am talking about one that had a base motor in it and you wanted to put something better in it. would you go old school or new school? The LS-6 was the big one. LS-5 was nothing special. Cut away ---
**Author:** ![A468Bu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@A468Bu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/A468Bu)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/14 "2005-05-25T06:19:28Z")
> [@bgblockelcamino](#): > > Big Block Chevy. When you build horsepower Torque is Free!! > Big cube with EFI would be cool. Wanted to try 496 out of a new chevy truck with its fuel injection setup retrofitted into a chevelle would be cool. I have that motor in my truck. Too much torque for a project like this. And it really depends on what you would wanna do with the car. Drive it? Race it? both? If your gonna drive it alot then i would do something along the lines of a fuel injected small block. Racing it go with a big block. ---
**Author:** ![boostjunkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@boostjunkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boostjunkie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/15 "2005-05-25T06:26:05Z")
> [@A468Bu](#): > > The LS-6 was the big one. LS-5 was nothing special. Cut away GM sold more LS6 cars than the LS5 cars but i would say the LS5 car will still not be worth what a LS6 is LS5- 454-360 hp- 4,298 LS6- 454-450 hp- 4,475 ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/16 "2005-05-25T06:36:28Z")
Lt-1 ---
**Author:** ![smokeyburnouts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/smokeyburnouts/32/5987_2.png) [@smokeyburnouts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smokeyburnouts)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/17 "2005-05-25T06:54:54Z")
old or new(LT1)? :finger: :tool: ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/18 "2005-05-25T06:57:04Z")
dz302\> ---
**Author:** ![ritalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@ritalin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ritalin)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/19 "2005-05-25T07:10:13Z")
LT5 or LS2 :burnout: ---
**Author:** ![smokeyburnouts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/smokeyburnouts/32/5987_2.png) [@smokeyburnouts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smokeyburnouts)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532/20 "2005-05-25T07:20:20Z")
LT5…but i wouldnt want an LT5, i dont think. parts and service on that engine is $$$$, plus most places wont even work on it. also, the low mileage ones commonly have problems w/ the secondaries gumming up from sitting and it costs alot to fix. so when u factor in practicality, then LS2. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-engine-for-muscle-car/174532.md?page=2)