L76 engine
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I believe it has dish pistons if it came with a truck manifold. I would assume flat top pistons if it came with a car intake. I know they called the engine in the G8s L76s, but while I was searching for a LY6, the website indicated they offered L76s in 07 trucks. I THINK it might of been the engine before LY6. I recently read in the trucks it had the DOD and they dropped that feature in the car/G8 version.
I did't help any, huh? lol.
I did't help any, huh? lol.
Pistons are flat top. Blocks are nearly identical to LS2 except for the DOD hardware. I believe the pistons are the same.
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2013 Corvette Grand Sport A6 LME forged 416, Greg Good ported TFS 255 LS3 heads, 222/242 .629"/.604" 121LSA Pat G blower cam, ARH 1 7/8" headers, ESC Novi 1500 Supercharger w/8 rib direct drive conversion, 747rwhp/709rwtq on 93 octane, 801rwhp/735rwtq on race fuel, 10.1 @ 147.25mph 1/4 mile, 174.7mph Half Mile.
2016 Corvette Z51 M7 Magnuson Heartbeat 2300 supercharger, TSP LT headers, Pat G tuned, 667rwhp, 662rwtq, 191mph TX Mile.
2009.5 Pontiac G8 GT 6.0L, A6, AFR 230v2 heads. 506rwhp/442rwtq. 11.413 @ 121.29mph 1/4 mile, 168.7mph TX Mile
2000 Pewter Ram Air Trans Am M6 heads/cam 508 rwhp/445 rwtq SAE, 183.092 TX Mile
2022 Cadillac Escalade 6.2L A10 S&B CAI, Corsa catback.
2023 Corvette 3LT Z51 soon to be modified.
Custom LSX tuning in person or via email press here.
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but there is one point that I am sure our bore is 3.988 and ls2 is 4.000 how is our pistons are the same so that I am asking
I think the pistons are different because of L92 heads and VVT so piston has different intake valve relief. I think block, crank, and rods are the same. DOD hardware on block but same block as LS2. Block part numbers are the same.
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The L76 and LS2 short motors are identical with 4" bores (exception is the crank when it has 24X timing from from an '05). When GM went for the Holden L76 for '06 they added L92/LS3 heads to the LS2 short motor with the L76 car intake and called it an L76 with DOD, and an L98 without DOD.
G8 GT's get the L76.
Truck L76's got VVT as well from '08.
With VVT there is an exhaust valve relief in the pistons as per L92 Truck/L99 Camaro A6.
G8 GT's get the L76.
Truck L76's got VVT as well from '08.
With VVT there is an exhaust valve relief in the pistons as per L92 Truck/L99 Camaro A6.
Some l76 came with dish pistons and valve reliefs and others came with flat tips with valve reliefs. Weird stuff gm came up with but I have seen both engines and they're classified as l76.
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It's all good. I just wanted to clarify that there are both. It just depends on what they come out of.
