From the eight coils perched like warts on top of the valve covers to the front accessory drive that is, at best, utilitarian, the LS essentially has a face that only a mother could love.

In terms of other later-model swaps, it appears that swapping an LS-style engine into a C4 also has significant merit. As for an accessory drive, it appears that a Corvette (Y-car) front dress ...

Well, Holley is fairly new to the complete drive system ... Mount Complete Accessory System from Holley has zero brackets to support all the needed accessories to the front of LS and LT engines.

From the eight coils perched like warts on top of the valve covers to the front accessory drive that is, at best, utilitarian, the LS essentially has a face that only a mother could love.