LT1 question
08-26-2015, 09:31 AM
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LT1 question I have a 4th gen Camaro LT1. I was wondering if it would be possible if I could buy an Gen V LT1 Corvette motor and swap it into my Camaro. Is there any possible way to do this?
08-28-2015, 09:31 AM
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08-28-2015, 10:48 AM
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The motor alone is going to cost a substantial amount of money. At that point your essentially doing a complete transplant and just using the shell of the car. Of which I am not familiar with the new LT1 motor but it is 6.2 Liters so I would make the assumption that you could potentially run into general fitment issues upfront let alone everything else associated with putting a new motor in a 20 year old vehicle.
Like I said though anything can be done with the right amount of money and determination. I mean the MSRP is 11K+ just for the stand alone motor. I would just estimate that after everything you would prob have $20k wrapped up in the swap.
You could build your LT1 to make that kind of power a lot cheaper just my opinion though.
EDIT: Did find a sale for a considerable reduction
http://www.schwartzperformance.com/p...en-5-19328728/
Like I said though anything can be done with the right amount of money and determination. I mean the MSRP is 11K+ just for the stand alone motor. I would just estimate that after everything you would prob have $20k wrapped up in the swap.
You could build your LT1 to make that kind of power a lot cheaper just my opinion though.
EDIT: Did find a sale for a considerable reduction
http://www.schwartzperformance.com/p...en-5-19328728/
08-29-2015, 09:41 AM
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Ok lol with the cost being that much I decided to go either LQ4 twin turbos or Dart LSnext 427. What do you think will be good? shooting for 1400hp+ but will de-tune when on the street, which will be 90% of the time.
08-29-2015, 06:19 PM
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Lets say you do end up with a fully built 1400hp engine (will be far north of $10,000 im sure). The rest of the drive train will need to be replaced as well to handle the power, and the car will need to have a cage installed if you plan on taking it to the track and making a fast pass. This is no cheap/easy task.