{"id":84118,"date":"2022-03-25T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=84118"},"modified":"2022-03-25T02:21:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T07:21:42","slug":"opel-ascona-with-a-ls3-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=84118","title":{"rendered":"Opel Ascona with a LS3 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Opel Ascona B was sent to TRS Racing<\/a> in Poland for a powertrain upgrade. The company started by removing the previously swapped 3.0 L V6 and transmission. In its place they installed a 6.2 L LS3 V8 and Tremec TKO five-speed manual transmission on custom mounts. TRS Racing notched the firewall and enlarge the transmission tunnel to get both to fit. They also fabricated custom headers that lead to the previously installed side exhaust.<\/p>\n

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This Opel Ascona B was sent to TRS Racing in Poland for a powertrain upgrade. The company started by removing the previously swapped 3.0 L V6 and transmission. In its place they installed a 6.2 L LS3 V8 and Tremec TKO five-speed manual transmission on custom mounts. TRS Racing notched the firewall and enlarge the… Read More »Opel Ascona with a LS3 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":84122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":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":[1131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ascona"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Opel-Ascona-with-a-LS3-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115486,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=115486","url_meta":{"origin":84118,"position":0},"title":"Nissan S13 with a LS3 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 15, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Brian Hop sent his Nissan S13 to MA-Motorsports in Glen Arm, Maryland for an engine swap. 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