GM 60-degree V6 experts wanted

In reply to BoostedBrandon :

A 32/36 is small on a 2.8 liter even if it only revs to 4500, but it will probably give the least drivability issues right out of the box. If you're willing to maybe have to mess with the carb a bit, i think the bigger ones will give better end results afterwards. 

2013 & up Camaros, CTS and a couple others I believe have the LFX. EDIT: someone already answered it better.

67LS1, my 67 El Camino with a 1994 LT1 only weighted 102 lbs more than your car. It was 3362 lbs with heavy Soft 8 wheels that I had my R-comps on. It had a little bit more weight on the rear than yours, but I can't remember the numbers.

Oh, it's that engine.

81cpcamaro said:

2013 & up Camaros, CTS and a couple others I believe have the LFX. EDIT: someone already answered it better.

67LS1, my 67 El Camino with a 1994 LT1 only weighted 102 lbs more than your car. It was 3362 lbs with heavy Soft 8 wheels that I had my R-comps on. It had a little bit more weight on the rear than yours, but I can't remember the numbers.

According to the base weights on GM Heritage site a 66 el Camino was 20 lbs heavier than a 66 Chevelle hardtop. 67 probably wasn't far off. I assume equipment specified would change that up or down.

I did go with 4 wheel discs, large front and rear sway bars, tubular control arms, and a whole lot of Dynamat. I'll bet if I had been more anal about it I could have easily broke the 3k barrier.

The LFX V6 is pretty light but the 6L50 trans is huge and heavy. I'm also running catalytic converters.

I made a max MPG run from a gas station near my shop on a loop of about 75 miles back to the same station.

Driving  like there was an egg on the gas pedal and on the highway 95% of the time I got 39 mpg. Still averaging just over 30 on normal everyday driving.

I probably need someone with an HP Tuner to adjust the trans shifting because between 60-65 mph the trans hunts some between 5th and 6th. Super annoying.

In reply to wvumtnbkr :

Ikno this thread is old but just seen your post and noticed you mentioned putting a 3400 into a rx7. I had just got an rx8 shell and i have a impala with a lx9 3500 that someone t-boned me in a hit and run so the engine is still good and was thinking of putting that into the rx8 is there any tips you can give to make the RWD conversion and what wiring harness and ecu did you use just basic info. 

I also did a 3400 swap. In a miata 

Lx9 is vvt or non vvt?

Non vvt: i used sinister performance who hacked the 03 malibu ecm for me. Used a 2.2 s10 flywheel and clutch, 3800 camaro five speed. Had to fab accessories, headers, notch the oil pan, and flip the upper intake while deleting the egr. 

In reply to Sh4dow562 :

wvumtnbkr has a rx8 swap going too

classicJackets said:

In reply to BoostedBrandon :

2012–2016Buick LaCrosse303 hp (226 kW; 307 PS) @ 6800 rpm264 lb⋅ft (358 N⋅m) @ 5300 rpm2013–2015Cadillac ATS321 hp (239 kW; 325 PS) @ 6800 rpm274 lb⋅ft (371 N⋅m) @ 4800 rpm2012–2014Cadillac CTS318 hp (237 kW; 322 PS) @ 6800 rpm275 lb⋅ft (373 N⋅m) @ 4900 rpm(2014 Wagon & Coupe only)2014–2015Cadillac CTS321 hp (239 kW; 325 PS) @ 6800 rpm275 lb⋅ft (373 N⋅m) @ 4900 rpm(2014 Sedan only)2012–2016Cadillac SRX308 hp (230 kW; 312 PS) @ 6800 rpm265 lb⋅ft (359 N⋅m) @ 2400 rpm2013–2019Cadillac XTS304 hp (227 kW; 308 PS) @ 6800 rpm264 lb⋅ft (358 N⋅m) @ 5200 rpm2012–2015Chevrolet Camaro323 hp (241 kW; 327 PS) @ 6800 rpm278 lb⋅ft (377 N⋅m) @ 4800 rpm2012–2017Chevrolet Caprice PPV301 hp (224 kW; 305 PS) @ 6700 rpm265 lb⋅ft (359 N⋅m) @ 4800 rpm2015–2016Chevrolet Colorado305 hp (227 kW; 309 PS) @ 6800 rpm269 lb⋅ft (365 N⋅m) @ 4000 rpmGMC Canyon2013–2017Chevrolet Equinox301 hp (224 kW; 305 PS) @ 6500 rpm272 lb⋅ft (369 N⋅m) @ 4800 rpm2012–2013Chevrolet Impala302 hp (225 kW; 306 PS) @ 6500 rpm262 lb⋅ft (355 N⋅m) @ 5300 rpm2014–presentChevrolet Impala305 hp (227 kW; 309 PS) @ 6500 rpm262 lb⋅ft (355 N⋅m) @ 5300 rpm2013–2017GMC Terrain301 hp (224 kW; 305 PS) @ 6500 rpm272 lb⋅ft (369 N⋅m) @ 4800 rpm

Strange that it doesn't list the 2016 to current LFX Camaro, with 335hp.

gumby said:

In reply to Sh4dow562 :

wvumtnbkr has a rx8 swap going too

Thanks.  I need to update that thread....

It really depends on what your intent is.  If it is racecar, it's fairly straight forward.  If it is nice streetcar, it's a totally different animal!

I'm going for nice streetcar with ac and all the bells and whistles.

If you have specific questions, feel free to ask in the linked thread so we keep all the info in 1 place.

Thanks!

The 2016+ 335hp engine is the LGX