As I mentioned, the base model with the options I wanted was very close to what I paid for my GXP. Not really saving anything apreciable there. Plus, I'm a year away from doing this, so in the mean time I like having the power I do have.

I have thought that turboing an LS motor would be cool though. In a dream state, I was thinking I could purchase an LS block take it to the local speed gurus, have them build me a 5.3L and then twin turbo it. That way, I'd have a bit of bottom end torque, mid and upper horsepower, all while having some "fuel efficiency" LOL.

Regardless, I'm not planning on trading this car in, I'm just looking at the pros and cons of upgrading the stock 2.0 or peforming a swap. Thanks again.


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