{"id":46822,"date":"2019-10-03T18:48:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T23:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=46822"},"modified":"2019-10-04T12:50:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T17:50:27","slug":"list-of-upgrade-guides-for-lsx-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=46822","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade Guides for LSx V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/LS3-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46830\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=46830\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/LS3-V8-01.jpg?fit=1008%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1008,720\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LS3 V8\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;LS3 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/LS3-V8-01.jpg?fit=1008%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/LS3-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"LS3 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/LS3-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C429&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/LS3-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C549&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/LS3-V8-01.jpg?w=1008&amp;ssl=1 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On All Cylinders compiled all their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onallcylinders.com\/2019\/10\/03\/the-definitive-guide-to-ls-engine-specs-and-ls-engine-upgrades\/\">LSx engine spec and upgrade guides<\/a> into a single list. Now you can easily find a guide to help upgrade your Gen 3 or Gen 4 LSx V8 engines. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On All Cylinders compiled all their LSx engine spec and upgrade guides into a single list. Now you can easily find a guide to help upgrade your Gen 3 or Gen 4 LSx V8 engines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":46830,"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":[445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lsx"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/LS3-V8-01.jpg?fit=1008%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":117757,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=117757","url_meta":{"origin":46822,"position":0},"title":"Buick Regal with a 454 ci LSX V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 3, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"American Gasser was tasked with upgrading the powertrain and suspension on this Buick Regal T-Type. 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