Fast lsxr intake

[Byron]

Hi. I have had a thing for the 78-84 Malibu wagon & El Camino for quite sometime. Ironically, I'm in a position to get my hands on either, in the next couple weeks. My question is this. If I were to go with an ls engine from a truck, could I avoid swapping the intake manifold, by simply using a harwood w/ a 4' cowl. I'm asking would it affect performance, is it even possible to swap to an ls without changing the truck intake manifold. I have really just learned of how tough this engine is, & I want to know exactly what I am getting into, before I go in........

[Cutlass]

Which ever you choose, swap the hood or swap the intake to make it fit. Both should work fine.

[ls1camino]

I did an LS1 swap in a 1985 El Camino, and there was plenty of room under the stock hood with the stock LS1 Intake. Even with a truck style manifold, you'll still have room.

[transamtom]

The LS car intakes make more peak HP.

The truck manifold is tall and ugly as hell but makes more TQ.

It should fit in a muscle car no problem,the flatter car intakes needed to fit in pretty tight engine bays(Fbody/Vette)