{"id":50,"date":"2007-06-28T23:32:37","date_gmt":"2007-06-29T04:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50"},"modified":"2016-06-06T00:49:55","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T04:49:55","slug":"1957-chevy-with-ls6-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"1957 Chevy with a LS6"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This great looking 1957 Chevy is equipped with a LS6 V8, 4l80E automatic transmission, upgraded suspension, Billet Specialties Chicanes 18″ front and 20″ rear. The car was pretty much a body-off restoration. Not one area of this car has missed the eye of this builder. Just the pics of the frame rails and exhaust shows the attention to detail. <\/p>\n

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Source: Sport Machines<\/a> and Pro-touring<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This great looking 1957 Chevy is equipped with a LS6 V8, 4l80E automatic transmission, upgraded suspension, Billet Specialties Chicanes 18″ front and 20″ rear. The car was pretty much a body-off restoration. Not one area of this car has missed the eye of this builder. Just the pics of the frame rails and exhaust shows… Read More »1957 Chevy with a LS6<\/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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chevy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107026,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=107026","url_meta":{"origin":50,"position":0},"title":"Mazda RX-7 with a Twin-Turbo LS6 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1993 Mazda RX-7 left the factory with a twin-turbo 13B two-rotor but is now powered by a twin-turbo LS6 V8. 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