Seized LT5!!!!
I'll admit I'm a Devil's advocate, but you can't even be serious about horsepower. The engine has some "cool" value, but it stops when you close the hood. Wait, an idea! Clear plastic hoods! What a "Bling" adder
Right up there with 24" DubsAl I'm in the shelter, toss all the rusty starters you want
Wow! 4 cams and 32 valves and almost as fast as an LS! No wonder it's discontinued.
I'll admit I'm a Devil's advocate, but you can't even be serious about horsepower. The engine has some "cool" value, but it stops when you close the hood. Wait, an idea! Clear plastic hoods! What a "Bling" adder Right up there with 24" Dubs
Al I'm in the shelter, toss all the rusty starters you want
I'll admit I'm a Devil's advocate, but you can't even be serious about horsepower. The engine has some "cool" value, but it stops when you close the hood. Wait, an idea! Clear plastic hoods! What a "Bling" adder
Right up there with 24" DubsAl I'm in the shelter, toss all the rusty starters you want
Seems kind of silly to bash it - not much stood in its way during its time period.
Here are some LT5's for sale.
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/2379860072.html
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/ctd/2450205929.html
You can have one too
Almost bought one myself. Some clown blew up the LT5 and stuck a 6.2 out of a wrecked GTO in it. Was 85% finished. Had some issues with the exhaust and PCM he was trying to use. Decided it was too much of a cluster for Tucson's smog ****'s. He sold off the LT5 so it would cost tons to return it to stock. The car was and may still be in Silver City NM.
Al
I've seen many zr1's at shows over the years, I'm just saying keep the zr1 engine in them if you can. If you want to build a c4 with an old school carbd engine that's cool, just don't do it to an lt5 car. To me it would be really dissapointing to see anything other than an lt5 in a zr1 car. It was an amazing car and engine in it's day before the ls1 was around, I say keep them original.
I'm not knocking the LT5, but it's a 20 year old engine. And they built less that 7,000 cars. That adds up to a lot of part procurement problems. Us LT1 owners are experiencing a tiny bit of that and there are lots of LT1's on the road.
When the ZR1 came out Ford was building Yamaha headed SHO engines and I thought it was another "Me Too" effort by GM. Like the 409, I was sad to see it go.
Al 95 Z28 going together slowly
When the ZR1 came out Ford was building Yamaha headed SHO engines and I thought it was another "Me Too" effort by GM. Like the 409, I was sad to see it go.
Al 95 Z28 going together slowly
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
Awesome K5 Blazer Restomod Comes With C7 Corvette Power
Verdad Gallardo
10 Camaros You Should Never Buy
10 LS Engine Myths That Refuse to Die
Verdad Gallardo
Contact these guys. The will hook you up. Rippie knows the lt5 inside and out.
http://dougrippie.com/
Lt5 stuff
http://dougrippie.com/?p=926
http://dougrippie.com/
Lt5 stuff
http://dougrippie.com/?p=926
It looks like DRM still does LT5 stuff. I thought I remembered seeing a recent thread from Randy (Doug's son) on the local forum. http://www.mngmp.org/forums/showthread.php?t=5635
As much as I loath LTx ZR1's and furthermore the sledghammer, there is no way I'd own one unless I had $20k to have sit in my garage at my mansion, on my hill, on my island.
Tony.
On The Tree
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 158
Likes: 0
STS would be a place to call if you want something really unique. All your turbo stuff goes on after the cats, which you can do in Cali. Long as your car isnt to loud, which it wouldn't be with a set of turbos. They make those Ls1 car silly fast with low boost, easy packaging. I say get with one of the bigger piston companies when you rebuild it and have some custom forged units, maybe lower a bit on compression, and boost the hell out of it. Enjoy it like you want though.
Some of you guys have grown up I an era where the lsx is the greatest engine out there, which it now is, for the money. In the early 90s before the lt1 was even out the Lt5 zr1 was simply the baddest American car available. This was at the time that 250 hp out of a c4 was considered pretty good.
you can't look at a limited production motor that was manufactured for a very short time and say...wow, what a pos. at the very least, give it the credit it is due. and for god's sake, leave the boat anchor gen 1 motors in the garage, under the work benches...big blocks exempt.
Some of you guys have grown up I an era where the lsx is the greatest engine out there, which it now is, for the money. In the early 90s before the lt1 was even out the Lt5 zr1 was simply the baddest American car available. This was at the time that 250 hp out of a c4 was considered pretty good.
i was just at the corvette museum this past weekend and saw a twin turbo LT5, said it made like 750 horse with what looked like little bitty *** turbos and piping that was far from smooth.