{"id":2887,"date":"2013-10-22T03:46:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T03:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2887"},"modified":"2013-10-22T03:53:23","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T03:53:23","slug":"ls9-powered-fisker-karma-will-cost-you-200000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2887","title":{"rendered":"LS9 Powered Fisker Karma Will Cost You $200,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the electric motor in your chrome wrapped Fisker Karma is busted and you want to go back to burning that sweet fossil juice, VL Automotive is ready to help. For $100K VL Automotive will install a 638 horsepower LS9 motor. If you don&#8217;t already have a Karma, Bob Lutz will sell you one of his 25 (with the same motor) for $200K. Start saving your pennies now.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/gmauthority.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/corvette-powered-fisker-karmas-coming-next-year\/\">GM Authority<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/ls1tech.com\/forums\/conversions-hybrids\/1683861-electric-fisker-karma-turned-ls9-swapped-destino-coming-next-year.html\">LS1Tech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the electric motor in your chrome wrapped Fisker Karma is busted and you want to go back to burning that sweet fossil juice, VL Automotive is ready to help. For $100K VL Automotive will install a 638 horsepower LS9 motor. If you don&#8217;t already have a Karma, Bob Lutz will sell you one of&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2887\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LS9 Powered Fisker Karma Will Cost You $200,000<\/span><\/a><\/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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2632,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2632","url_meta":{"origin":2887,"position":0},"title":"Fisker Swaps Electric for Big GM Muscle","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Are you in the market for a Fisker Karma without those exploding batteries? 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