I have found a killer deal on a 2004 caddy XLR.I am looking for any info or input on doing a LS motor swap.Does anyone know if any of the v stuff would help?Mounts,ac,ps?I am thinking about a ls with a auto trans and a maggi! Any info?Thanks

 

youd prolly be better off looking into all of the equpiment used on the XLR-V. might find it as an easier swap with less customization. anything can be done it all depends on time and budget.

 

Both the XLR and the XLR-V have a northstar power plant. I would assume that parts from neither would let you swap an LS into the vehicle. However, all it is is a Corvette with caddy clothes on. I would assume that you could use Corvette parts to swap to an LS power plant

 

dude, just swap it to the XLR-V motor or supercharger.. i was coming back from a bike night and ran into one on the highway on my bike..(a blk convertible) i ride a 07 zx10 for a street bike that dyno'd at 187 to the wheel...that thing hung with me all the way to 150 before i blew by...granted he came flying by me before i knew what it was,and i had to drop 2 gears to catch him but man is that thing fast on the highway..made me wanta go get my V..lol

i know this prolly dont help but figured id share...blk convertible looks pretty nasty at 150

 

xlr v motor? a ls motor with the caddy ac compressor,alt,ps pump?wont waist my time on that n star thing!


So it has a c5 vette chassis under it(04 caddy xlr)????

 

Thats exactly what it is. Dont know how much they changed to put the caddy clothes on it but thats all it is is a C5

 

I'm curious to see how much room is under there?

I read somewhere about the new XLR-V having the LSA???? OMG

-Nathan

 

nathan, i thought they killed off the xlr line

 

it is actually a c6 chassis

 

LS3 swap and that would be a sweet ride

 

I just saw something in a magazine about the XLR....

I'm pretty sure they are keeping it.

-Nathan

 

I learn something new every day!

 

Even the 04s XLR?

 

even the 04s

 

How much difference between the C6 and the C5 chasis? I was under the understanding that the C6 is really a c5.5, very minor if any changes to the main structural components.

 

http://www.corvettemuseum.com/specs/2005/chassis.shtml

 

found this on some web site

 

If you decide to take a pass on this one, I might be interested (price dependent, of course) if you wouldn't mind sharing the info.

 

Anyone swap an xlr yet?

 

I would Imagine buying a wrecked C6 would give you most of what you need and would allow you to recoup cost by parting out the C6 parts not used. Wiring may be a pita, but car is setup for the intake and i can imagine mounts being too hard. Engine bay is a little narrow, may require fab of custom headers?
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