this is way to cool I'm subscribed

 

Cool, thanks for sharing.

...and I had a feeling there might be some GM peeps occasionally poking around in here, heh.

Rob (Bad30th)

 

interesting

 

 

LOL & who the F*%# are you?

 

Thats pretty bad ***. Id love to get my hands on one of those blocks.. after being hot tanked/cleaned though. lol.

I hope busta doesnt show up on the side of a milk carton for posting these pics lol.

 

if i was busta i woulda set the engines by the dumpster as non rebuildable.
and made sure they got taken care of

seriously though, thats neat to see an original ancestor.
its a big deal for ls nutsos like me.

 

''We are watching you guys...''

Almost like a X-files episode!

Nice stuff OP. What car had this?

 

I want to know more about these, as I'm sure busta does to I would love for some gm brass to say ohh yeah thats were those ended up

 

a cut and paste from this site:http://www.idavette.net/hib/ls1c.html

The C5 "alpha" build, which produced the first prototype cars that were reasonably close to how the 1997 Corvette would look, began in June of 1994. By late-summer, the alpha phase was in high-gear and most all used iron block/aluminum head Gen IIIs at first, with a few all-aluminum units showing up late that year.

The next C5 iteration, the "beta," began to appear at the end of June 1995. Betas were very representative of what production C5s would be and were the last cars built in Michigan at GM prototype assembly line. Betas used mostly, aluminum LS1s. By fall-'95, the beta build was complete, but the number of cars in testing, believed to have been about two dozen, sometimes exceeded the supply of reliable, all-aluminum engines. Betas not used in development where vehicle mass approximating production intent was necessary, sometimes got iron block/aluminum head engines.

By late 1995 or early 1996, the aluminum block shortage was less of a problem and the LS1 progressed to the point that final development in prototype C5s was underway. That continued into the April of 1996 when the engine was released for production.

An interesting aspect of the engine program was the "Cormaro". In the first six months of 1995, twenty C5 structure/chassis/powertrain combinations were fitted with modified ’95 Camaro bodyshells. These cars were used well into 1996 for powertrain development and were a perfect way to put street miles on the LS1 without drawing attention...at least until ace spyshooter, Jim Dunne, published a picture of a Cormaro in AutoWeek magazine and identified the car as a Gen III V8 "test mule."

There was also an unknown number of C4s that were fitted with Gen III engines. These cars were used to develop cold-start ability and the traction control system software.

 

in bowling green they have one of the camaro's with vette drivetrain, I remember looking at it at the museum but hell that was years ago but I remember something about the fuel tanks and stuff from the vette but like I said that was years ago, 02 I think the last time i was there

 

Very good catch. You have to think how low the odds are that, that core got in to the hands of someone that new what it was and not a junkyard or someone who just rebuilt it and sent it out as a stock replacement.
Also I wonder how it got out in public?

They better let you keep it.
If not I'll come down and swap it with one of the production ones I have, when no ones around

 

Awesome thread!!

I wonder what there working on right now??

 

Who??

 

I met one of the "we's" on a hike through the Grand Canyon, a couple of years ago.
It's a small world.

 

Coincidentally, this thread appears in the Gen III External section...https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...l#post16668718

 

Very cool to see the bridging of the gap between lt1 and ls1...as an engineer it is very exciting to see the GM prototype for an engine that revolutionized the hot rod world...

 

This is amazing!!!

Chris

 

Ummmm, GM????

 

AKA, Mr. Goodshaft.