Hi, I am John the sales manager here at MARS! This is one of my personal builds/ideas. Check it out! We are beginning a project that I have had for many years now. Using a Corvette trans-axle to make a mid-engine vehicle! Of course, with the Corvette trans-axle design it is not very useful in most vehicles because of the …
Update: 1991 Corvette LS3 swap!
We made it to the drag strip! The Corvette surprised us with an 11 second pass the first time down the track. Here are pictures of the car all detailed for LSFest. Next for the Corvette is a trip to LSFest. We will drive it to the show from Ohio, a 7 hour trip. We have already taken the Corvette …
1966 Chevrolet Impala LQ4 6.0L & 4L80E Swap
TIME FOR AN UPGRADE Just freshly dropped off at the shop this Friday, July 12, 2019, is this customer’s 1966 Chevrolet Impala. He brought it to us for a drive-train upgrade. Looking for better reliability and power at the same time from his current 283ci and Powerglide, we sourced him a LQ4 6.0L and 4L80E. We are currently trying to …
1991 Corvette C4 LS3 TR6060 swap
We picked up a 91 Vette that we were going to make into a road race car, but when it arrived we decided that the car was too nice to do that. So we thought it would be a good idea to make it the shop test car. The car has only 68,000 miles on the clock and is overall …
1970 Nova RESTOMOD LS2 MagnaCharger Build
A customer who purchased the LS2 MagnaCharger & PerformaBuilt 4L65E is doing a full restomod with their 1970 Nova! “This car was in a barn for 25 yrs when I found it in 2016.” It was a V8, automatic, A/C, disc brake, and factory power steering car. “Plan is to upgrade power plant, frame, a/c, brakes and fuel system. Paint …
1962 Corvette LS2 6.0L and 4L65E Swap
Back in January a customer ordered a LS2 6.0L and 4L65E kit from us. He recently received his kit and has been working many hours since. The end goal is a nice resto-mod Corvette. In test fitting the 2005 GTO LS2 6.0L and 4L65E on the 1962 Corvette frame he ran into fitment issues with the GTO front accessories. The …
24 Hour LS Swap Install
Here is a time lapse of the full 21 hours it took us to complete the LS swap!
E36 BMW LS1 and T56 Swap
A good friend of ours who races with and against us in the ChampCar Endurance Series (Formerly Chump Car) brought us his E36 BMW 325i seeking to fill his empty engine bay. His LS1 and T56 Swap kit cam from a 1999 Camaro SLP that had a front end wreck. With an hour of mending the factory front structure harness …