What would you do with....

a Lincoln LS equipped with a V6, manual transmission, if you could get one for $500 ?

I would build a Locost project.

I think the V6 and the IRS will be great for it, the front suspension will need to be redone using a shorter spindle but it's not impossible.

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In reply to John Brown:
I Googled images of the suspension. The front upright certainly is different.Rear A-arms almost look like they could be used in a front suspension system, too.

LeChump

Assuming I had the money and skills and tools, swap the body with that of the '74 Capri out in Portland from the other thread, mixing with a few choice parts from my '73.

Rallycross the E36 M3 out of it until it died. Then sell it to the junkyard for scrap, considering the $150 hit well spent.

It's a car that was on my radar for Chump, so........ Chump?

Ice racer.

+1 for crapcan racing. Sell parts to pay for reliability upgrades and a brake vent system with cheap performance pads. Cut the springs and maybe put cheap performance shocks on it if it'll fit in the budget.

GRM Challenge?

• Lee

I was thinking Challenge, but it's pretty hefty, but the drive train could be used in something much lighter.

LeChump or buy and flip.

Donk it

Boost, Many many PSI is the ONLY answer.

add a turbo, then daily it?

5.3 LS swap. Seriously.

Jenvey ITBs, stroker bottom-end and Megasquirt?

LS Swap?

Boost?

I think such a car would be a GREAT alternative to an IS300.

Completely gut it, make it run well, add sticky tires, drive to FL in October for the $2014 Challenge...

LS LS

Swap the drivetrain into a miata

I harvested the aluminum rear knuckles from one and fit them with spherical bearings for a home-made IRS I've been trying to complete for 2 years now... and I paid $150 just for those bits.

The rest of the IRS is heavy and not much good for sporting intentions on something as light as a locost - but it fits under a mustang from what I read on the interwebz. So... I'd buy an S197 and upgrade it

Seriously - an LS swapped LS manual would be a sweet cruiser. I'd probably pass if the condition was as bad I suspect a $500 LS would be as I'd want a nice one to cruise in.

One Lap of America.

Lemons. It would be the first Lemons Lincoln LS I believe and that's good bragging rights!

Strip it down and start looking for a V8 SHO that still has the cams attached. Fix up V8 motor and swap in with ITBs coming out of the hood. It will sound glorious and be fairly fast. The trans bolts up.