Holley Employee Builds a Wicked LS-Swapped S2000
By Brett Foote

A quest for power led the owner of this S2000 down the old engine swap route.

 

Looks like it's stuffed back far enough to still handle even with that iron block. Seems a bit of a shame to ditch the clutch pedal in such a car but at these kind of power to weight ratios a well sorted TH400 should be a bit quicker in 1/4 ml.

 

I will day after building a really simple turbo 5.3l s10 with a full manual valve body th400 and a 3800 rpm stall I can totally see why people go the auto route so often. There’s just stuff that an auto trans can do with a good stall that can’t be done with a manual trans. Plus the reliability, longevity and ability to handle the power just can’t be beat by a simply built th400 trans. They are beasts.