{"id":17263,"date":"2017-07-27T16:51:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T21:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=17263"},"modified":"2017-07-27T16:51:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T21:51:46","slug":"turbo-lsx-powered-malibu-chevette-and-two-s-10s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=17263","title":{"rendered":"Turbo LSx Powered Malibu, Chevette, and Two S-10s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/House-of-Boost-Dario-Turbo-LSx-Malibu-Chevette-S10.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17265\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=17265\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/House-of-Boost-Dario-Turbo-LSx-Malibu-Chevette-S10.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"House of Boost Dario Turbo LSx Malibu Chevette S10\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;House of Boost Dario Turbo LSx Malibu Chevette S10&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/House-of-Boost-Dario-Turbo-LSx-Malibu-Chevette-S10.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/House-of-Boost-Dario-Turbo-LSx-Malibu-Chevette-S10.jpg?resize=620%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"House of Boost Dario Turbo LSx Malibu Chevette S10\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/House-of-Boost-Dario-Turbo-LSx-Malibu-Chevette-S10.jpg?resize=620%2C349&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/House-of-Boost-Dario-Turbo-LSx-Malibu-Chevette-S10.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/House-of-Boost-Dario-Turbo-LSx-Malibu-Chevette-S10.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/House-of-Boost-Dario-Turbo-LSx-Malibu-Chevette-S10.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/House-of-Boost-Dario-Turbo-LSx-Malibu-Chevette-S10.jpg?resize=30%2C17&amp;ssl=1 30w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/House-of-Boost-Dario-Turbo-LSx-Malibu-Chevette-S10.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dario is back with another episode of his Extreme Cheapskates series to talk about his Malibu, Chevette, and two S-10s that he built. Very little is said about the Malibu except the converter is struggling and he is switching to different tires. Even with these issues it was able to go 10.90 sec at 129.05 mph. Then he goes on to talk in detail about his <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=14624\">Chevette with a twin-turbo LSx V8<\/a>. After that he talks about an S-10 truck and S-10 Blazer with turbo LSx engines he built.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GpLYahVHaQQ\" 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 another episode of his Extreme Cheapskates series to talk about his Malibu, Chevette, and two S-10s that he built. Very little is said about the Malibu except the converter is struggling and he is switching to different tires. Even with these issues it was able to go 10.90 sec at 129.05&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=17263\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Turbo LSx Powered Malibu, Chevette, and Two S-10s<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17265,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[375,387,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chevette","category-malibu","category-s10"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/House-of-Boost-Dario-Turbo-LSx-Malibu-Chevette-S10.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30943,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30943","url_meta":{"origin":17263,"position":0},"title":"LSx and LTx Engine Part Information and Compatibility","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Dario from The House of Boost has a lot of experience building LSx V8 engines. We shared just a few of the projects he's built like the turbo LSx Chevette and turbo LSx Malibu at his company Infamous Racecraft in Strathmore, Alberta, Canada. 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The entire chassis was removed to make way for a 25.1 spec tube chassis and roll cage certified for going 6.0 sec in the 1\/4. Power comes from an aluminum 5.3 L L33 LSx V8\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Chevette&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Chevette","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=375"},"img":{"alt_text":"Chevette with a Twin-Turbo 5.3 L LSx V8","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Chevette-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Chevette-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Chevette-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Chevette-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Chevette-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16358,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16358","url_meta":{"origin":17263,"position":2},"title":"Building a 1980 Malibu with a Turbo LSx for $2K &#8211; Part 6","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Dario is back with another episode of his incredibly cheap turbo LSx project. 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 Dario explains all the last minute work needed before going\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Malibu&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Malibu","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=387"},"img":{"alt_text":"9-sec Malibu with a turbo LSx V8","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1980-Malibu-with-a-turbo-LSx-V8-06.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1980-Malibu-with-a-turbo-LSx-V8-06.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1980-Malibu-with-a-turbo-LSx-V8-06.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1980-Malibu-with-a-turbo-LSx-V8-06.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1980-Malibu-with-a-turbo-LSx-V8-06.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15610,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=15610","url_meta":{"origin":17263,"position":3},"title":"Building a 1980 Malibu with a Turbo LSx for $2K &#8211; Part 2","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"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's. 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