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Please don't give me too hard a time I am just throwing ideas around. I have a 1972 two wheel drive Blazer I plan on LS swapping anyway. I have contacted some chassis builders and none seem to be interested. I would love to find a way to swap my 1972 Blazer onto a C5/C6 chassis. LS2 and LS3 engines used are going for $3000-7500 for just an engine, belt driven assecories, pedal and ECM. Still need transmission etc?
I am seeing C6 rolling Chassis with everything from engine, suspension, wheels, all electronics, brakes, ABS, wheels for under $10,000 delivered. The Blazer wheelbase is 104" and the C6 is 105.7 so I know the torque tube and propeller shaft would need to be shortened by that much. So what do you guys think? Dumb idea? Is it doable? I have a decent budget for the Blazer so I am just trying to get my ducks in a row. I am not a fan of the paint job so it will get painted, new interior, and a repower of some kind.
There are a few that have done it. I have seen a Camaro and a Volvo with the whole torque tube swapped in. There are a bunch more that only have the suspension. Not sure if any have been posted here.
IMO, for the amount of fabrication required, I would do a hybrid setup. The corvettes are front and rear subframes, I would build up a customer box steel frame that allows for attaching the Corvette subframes.
You might find this page handy to have some references.
C5s are a bit shorter, and line up with the wheelbase. Where you may run into issues in either case, is engine setback, with regards to where it's positioned in the front cradle. You might find that you'd need to hack quite a bit of firewall out to make it fit. Looking at the side shots, the engine is quite a bit further back, when compared to my 72 Jimmy which I swapped a 6.0 into.
Should be possible. I don't know that the vette frame can be worked with, its a big bonded aluminum structure, IIRC. But the subframes should be workable. Width seems about right, as well.
Spent some time on all of those sites. I missed some of the measurements on the pages listed, Thanks.
Originally Posted by Haggar
IMO, for the amount of fabrication required, I would do a hybrid setup. The corvettes are front and rear subframes, I would build up a customer box steel frame that allows for attaching the Corvette subframes.
You might find this page handy to have some references.
C5s are a bit shorter, and line up with the wheelbase. Where you may run into issues in either case, is engine setback, with regards to where it's positioned in the front cradle. You might find that you'd need to hack quite a bit of firewall out to make it fit. Looking at the side shots, the engine is quite a bit further back, when compared to my 72 Jimmy which I swapped a 6.0 into.
Should be possible. I don't know that the vette frame can be worked with, its a big bonded aluminum structure, IIRC. But the subframes should be workable. Width seems about right, as well.
Originally Posted by Haggar
Another website to look at. At least gives some concepts. Nothing there that couldn't be replicated by someone with some decent fab skills.
The Blazer wheelbase is 104" and the C6 is 105.7 so I know the torque tube and propeller shaft would need to be shortened by that much.
How you can even consider shortening the mechanical components of the corvette because your wheels will be 7/8" out from center is crazy.
Either let the wheels be very slightly offset in the wheel wells, or shorten the front frame on the corvette to move the front wheels back by 1.7" instead of hacking up moving mechanical parts.
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