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**Tomo** · 02-22-2018, 04:55 PM

I’m planning my first ls swap and need some advice. The project is my 70 k5 and my main requirement is that it has to have a manual trans. Since this is my first swap my goal is to buy an entire truck and swap everything over so I don’t end up piecing everything together. My first thought was to find a 6.0 5 speed (nv4500) donor truck but from what I’ve seen those are pretty rare. My question is has anyone done a 4.8/nv3500 swap? And are the nv3500s as weak as most people online say they are?

02-22-2018, 04:55 PM	#1
Tomo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Indiana Posts: 213	LS swap with manual trans I’m planning my first ls swap and need some advice. The project is my 70 k5 and my main requirement is that it has to have a manual trans. Since this is my first swap my goal is to buy an entire truck and swap everything over so I don’t end up piecing everything together. My first thought was to find a 6.0 5 speed (nv4500) donor truck but from what I’ve seen those are pretty rare. My question is has anyone done a 4.8/nv3500 swap? And are the nv3500s as weak as most people online say they are? Last edited by Tomo; 02-22-2018 at 08:34 PM.



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