{"id":15610,"date":"2017-03-30T23:09:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T03:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=15610"},"modified":"2017-04-17T23:16:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T03:16:21","slug":"building-a-1980-malibu-with-a-turbo-lsx-for-2k-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=15610","title":{"rendered":"Building a 1980 Malibu with a Turbo LSx for $2K &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1980-Malibu-with-a-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=15178\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1980-Malibu-with-a-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1980 Malibu with a turbo LSx V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1980 Malibu with a turbo 6.0 L LSx V8 for $2,000&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1980-Malibu-with-a-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1980-Malibu-with-a-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=620%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1980 Malibu with a turbo 6.0 L LSx V8 for $2,000\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1980-Malibu-with-a-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=620%2C349&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1980-Malibu-with-a-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1980-Malibu-with-a-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1980-Malibu-with-a-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1980-Malibu-with-a-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dario is back with part 2 of his incredibly cheap turbo LSx project. In this episode he reveals the power plant is going into a 1980 Malibu he purchased for $200. Listen below as he explains all the work needed to get this into the 9&#8217;s. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wlGRZ48_NOw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrAh7I5Vx36OdhdvhnliTEA\">The House of Boost<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dario is back with part 2 of his incredibly cheap turbo LSx project. In this episode he reveals the power plant is going into a 1980 Malibu he purchased for $200. Listen below as he explains all the work needed to get this into the 9&#8217;s. Source: The House of Boost<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[387],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-malibu"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1980-Malibu-with-a-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8537,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=8537","url_meta":{"origin":15610,"position":0},"title":"For Sale: 1980 Chevy Malibu with a Turbo LSx","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Although the cutout in the hood might give away something this 1980 Chevrolet Malibu will still sneak up on a lot. 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His goal is to build a 9-sec car out of a busted 1980 Malibu with a cheap turbo LSx V8 powertrain all for $2K. In this episode the turbo V8 is installed in the Malibu. 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His goal is to build a 9-sec car out of a busted 1980 Malibu with a cheap turbo LSx V8 powertrain all for $2K. 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