LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 11:56 AM
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Default 2 bolt 4 bolt

call me an idiot or a noob but how do you tell the difference and did any camaros come with the 4 bolt main lt1s or just the corvette
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 12:06 PM
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some of the later f-bodies got the leftover 4 bolts from the corvettes when they started putting ls1's in them. there may be a number in the vin that represents if it is a 2 or 4 bolt, but other than that just take the oil pan off and look. if its a 2 bolt it will have 2 bolts on the main caps, if its a 4 bolt it will have 4, if its an ls1 it will have 6.
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 01:28 PM
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My 94 is numbers matching and it has a 4 bolt. My block is a Corvette casting number and the mains do have 4 bolts.
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 01:43 PM
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Yeah they really used what they had when they had them. No way to be sure other than to look or get the casting numbers.
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by sweet-94z28
My 94 is numbers matching and it has a 4 bolt. My block is a Corvette casting number and the mains do have 4 bolts.
There was only one LT block casting, covered the LT1 2 and 4 bolt as well as the LT4.

By the time 4 bolts becomes genuinely a good idea you should be looking at aftermarket caps anyway and might as well go splayed so if anything a factory 4-bolt should be viewed as a NEGATIVE.
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 05:41 PM
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Factory 4 bolt blocks can be expensive. I sold one on eBay a while back and it went for $420. Like Grandpa Caprice said, you can convert to splayed caps for that kind of money.
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