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October 2022

If you want something a bit different, this LS-headed Ford 300 six-cylinder may be just what you're looking for.

- STEVEN RUPP

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Yes, the LS swap has been done to death, but here's an interesting question: Is it still an LS swap if you're only using part of the LS engine? Well, we're here to find out with an engine build that is so far out in left field that it occupies another ZIP code. Enter Ken Hutchison and his out-of-the-box 300-inch Ford inline-six engine build. As Hutchison told us, "My interest in classic inline six-cylinder engines was sparked in 2017 when my dad pulled his 1985 Chevrolet S10 pickup from storage. He had stuffed a Chevy 292 straight-six into it, even though the S10 was only a few years old at the time. He wanted to get it running, and I got that, but the engine swap led me to the question that every gearhead at the time would ask: 'Dad, why aren't we LS-swapping it?""

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