{"id":3229,"date":"2014-03-12T16:25:10","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T16:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3229"},"modified":"2026-05-05T14:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:49:44","slug":"opel-gt-powered-by-ls3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3229","title":{"rendered":"LS3-Powered Opel GT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3230\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3230\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3230\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3230\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_01.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Opel GT with 550 horsepower LS3 engine swap&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_01.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_01.jpg?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_01\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_01.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_01.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_01.jpg?resize=624%2C351&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Take a look at this very nice Opel GT (Saturn Sky) with a 550 horsepower LS3 motor specifically built to compete on the track. When you couple that level of power with a weight of only 2,425 lbs (1,100 kg) you will have something that should put down really great numbers. For more images click the source link below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3231\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3231\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3231\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3231\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_02.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Opel GT with 550 horsepower LS3 engine swap&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_02.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_02.jpg?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_02\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_02.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_02.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_02.jpg?resize=624%2C351&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/H6f3XXdKIAc?si=r5_6ol3xhWc58ww_\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evocars-magazin.de\/2014\/03\/11\/opel-gt-v8-umbau-biest-fuer-piste\/\">EvoCars<\/a> via ESD reader Chris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a look at this very nice Opel GT (Saturn Sky) with a 550 horsepower LS3 motor specifically built to compete on the track. When you couple that level of power with a weight of only 2,425 lbs (1,100 kg) you will have something that should put down really great numbers. For more images click&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3229\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LS3-Powered Opel GT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"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":true,"_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":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opel_gt_with_550hp_ls3_01.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4673,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4673","url_meta":{"origin":3229,"position":0},"title":"Erben Engineering&#8217;s Opel GT Track Monster","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Erben Engineering, located in Gro\u00dfen Buseck, Germany, completed their Opel GT project we first mentioned back in March. 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