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They will go the way of the LT5 soon enough. No one will touch them, due to the rarity/complexity of em.
spitfirebill wrote: Those are handsome motors. Too bad GM put their typical R&D into it.
Yup those could have really been something if they had, easily on par with the 1UZ.
Spinout007 wrote: They will go the way of the LT5 soon enough. No one will touch them, due to the rarity/complexity of em.
They have already gone that way.....I still believe the 3.4L v8 from the 96-99 sho's were a better done engine, even with their cam issue.
Spinout007 wrote: They will go the way of the LT5 soon enough. No one will touch them, due to the rarity/complexity of em.
We'll work on 'em, the owners are usually too cheap though.
Fixing the bedplate oil leak requires removing the transmission, for example. The only one I ever did had the trans out for other reasons.
yamaha wrote:Spinout007 wrote: They will go the way of the LT5 soon enough. No one will touch them, due to the rarity/complexity of em.They have already gone that way.....I still believe the 3.4L v8 from the 96-99 sho's were a better done engine, even with their cam issue.
That was a really strange engine.
I believe it shares the 60* bolt pattern. You have make provisions (cut a small area at the top of the bellhousing) for the valley mounte starter. I think chrfab has a cast bellhousing for it.
Strike_Zero wrote: I believe it shares the 60* bolt pattern.
Yep. Basically, every transverse GM that isn't a DOHC four uses the 60 degree pattern.
Knurled wrote:Strike_Zero wrote: I believe it shares the 60* bolt pattern.Yep. Basically, every transverse GM that isn't a DOHC four uses the 60 degree pattern.
...and then a bunch of longitudinal ones as well, just to be clear. LOTS of transmissions bolt up to that engine, both manual and automagic.
Bryce
Spinout007 wrote: They will go the way of the LT5 soon enough. No one will touch them, due to the rarity/complexity of em.
What's wrong with the LT5 inre: longevity? They seem pretty cool to me, having never touched one, so I know nothing really.
Nashco wrote:Knurled wrote: Yep. Basically, every transverse GM that isn't a DOHC four uses the 60 degree pattern....and then a bunch of longitudinal ones as well, just to be clear. LOTS of transmissions bolt up to that engine, both manual and automagic.
Verily. What I meant was, every transverse GM engine. The only transverse bellhousing patterns are 60 degree and Quad 4 (I think, but am unsure, that Ecotec is a variant)
So find a RWD trans application for a 60 degree V6 or engines that they never bothered to make a RWD casting for (2.2 or 3800 Series II) and you're in business. Those ones will have a left-side starter pocket vs. the RWD blocks' all having right-side, although for the starter-in-valley engines it should not matter.
pres589 wrote:Spinout007 wrote: They will go the way of the LT5 soon enough. No one will touch them, due to the rarity/complexity of em.What's wrong with the LT5 inre: longevity? They seem pretty cool to me, having never touched one, so I know nothing really.
It's a DOHC 350, not a darn thing, but fitting it in an anything but a ZR1 requires a truck sized engine bay due to the width of the engine. I SERIOUSLY looked into swapping one into my 3rd gen camaro with a T56, but it would have required cutting into the shock towers.
In reply to Spinout007:
They run really nice though......I loved the valet key in front of the shifter proclaiming "Engine Power" followed by 2 selections on the rotation...."Normal" and "Full" Needless to say, first thing I did was switch it to full......
If these are the INDY packaged engines, they were modified by Shelby and are worth more than $500 easily, But most likely are the stock L47.
That being said, I would have loved one a year ago when my Aurora puked it's guts all over I-69 in Lansing.
Grtechguy wrote: If these are the INDY packaged engines, they were modified by Shelby and are worth more than $500 easily, But most likely are the stock L47. That being said, I would have loved one a year ago when my Aurora puked it's guts all over I-69 in Lansing.
That's right I forgot about the roots those engines had.
GM did some weird halfbaked stuff in the 90's that had so much squandered potential.
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