The First-Gen Chevrolet Silverado 1500 (Engine Swap) Chevrolet has never built a Silverado with an LS3 as a stock engine option, but, the LS3 has been a popular engine swap for the full-size ...

BluePrint Engines has been working on mating a ZF 8-speed to the LS3 and other V8s, with plans to launch the combo by this fall.

It's going to be a vibrant life, too, courtesy of a 600-horsepower Chevy LS3 V8 swap - Ford V8s powered stock Pantera models - but we're not going to complain about the car's Bowtie engine transplant.