{"id":120,"date":"2007-12-18T22:09:20","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T03:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2007-12-18T22:09:20","modified_gmt":"2007-12-19T03:09:20","slug":"ls6-powered-pontiac-g8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=120","title":{"rendered":"LS6 Powered Pontiac G8"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LS7<\/p>\n

In a recent Motortrend article<\/a>, Holden Special Vehicles has built a Pontiac G8 with a 7.0L 505 hp LS7 from a Corvette Z06. They also upgrade a few others such at 20″ wheels, exhaust, and suspension. Yet another way to get those groceries home ASAP.<\/p>\n

Source: Autoblog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a recent Motortrend article, Holden Special Vehicles has built a Pontiac G8 with a 7.0L 505 hp LS7 from a Corvette Z06. They also upgrade a few others such at 20″ wheels, exhaust, and suspension. Yet another way to get those groceries home ASAP. Source: Autoblog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":91625,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=91625","url_meta":{"origin":120,"position":0},"title":"2002 Porsche 911 with a 6.0L L76 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This 2002 Porsche 911 is for sale on Cars & Bids and located in Raleigh, North Carolina. 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