{"id":2167,"date":"2011-09-20T03:26:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T08:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2167"},"modified":"2015-04-04T23:46:12","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T03:46:12","slug":"how-to-swap-lq9-into-1982-chevy-k5-blazer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2167","title":{"rendered":"How To: Swap LQ9 into 1982 Chevy K5 Blazer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"swapping<\/p>\n

Truckin’ Magazine has a how-to article on swapping a 6.0L LQ9 into a 1982 Chevy Blazer. This swap how-to would also be helpful if you were swapping a LSx motor into any 1973-1987 GM truck or 1973-1991 GM SUV.<\/p>\n

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

Truckin’ Magazine has a how-to article on swapping a 6.0L LQ9 into a 1982 Chevy Blazer. This swap how-to would also be helpful if you were swapping a LSx motor into any 1973-1987 GM truck or 1973-1991 GM SUV. Source: Truckin’<\/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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2570,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2570","url_meta":{"origin":2167,"position":0},"title":"For Sale: Custom 1972 C10 Blazer","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Up for sale is this custom 1972 C10 Blazer with a 6.0L LQ9 swapped from a 2005 Silverado SS. 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