LS swaps are insanely popular throughout the wide world of motorsports, but they seem to be a dominant force in the world of sand cars or sand rails. In the early days, these lightweight off-road vehicles were powered by air-cooled VW and Chevy Covair engines, but today the LS is king of the dunes...

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