Lt5
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All the stink the LTx's get from the LS guys, why does nobody bring the lt5 onto the table? Kind of wondering if ANYONE has ever drove one? I bet the DOHC V8 drives very different. Also, anyone ever tried swapping one into a f-body??
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Yes, LT5's are cool, I have a couple. But, stroker cranks are $5-$6K, CNC porting heads is $3k, "putting a cam in" turns into pulling the engine, having the stock 4 cams turned down to a smaller base circle so the peaks are higher than stock & then reinstalling 4 cams & phasing them in to each other, but they do run. A stock cammed 350 with porting makes 510 flywheel horsepower with headers & good exhaust, pretty impressive.....but to have this done, it's $10k.
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The LT5 weighs something like 600lbs, more than 150lbs heavier than even a 7.0 LS7 and all that top heavy valve train with 4 cams doesn't make for a low center of gravity either. The OHV pushrod design simply produces more power and torque per pound than DOHC designs at much lower cost, end of story. I'd much rather have a 505HP 7.0 LS7 than 415HP LT5 any day.
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Tim Allen has a Impala SS, Binford 6100, with the LT5 and TKO 5 speed. IIRC Jon Moss did it for him
ironically just read the article in a old copy of Hot Rod while waiting for a smog check about the car
ironically just read the article in a old copy of Hot Rod while waiting for a smog check about the car
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I seem to remember back when people were still looking at it and asking the question, it was figured to be too big to fit the F body engine bay. The other thing about that engine was not that it made gobs of power, but that it could run flat out WOT for 24 hours continuously and not come apart, which is kind of cool, but where you gonna go and do that?
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