Swapping the LT-5 into a '69 Camaro

[JaySS]

Originally Posted by Marq21

Skip,

I have been working on putting an LT-5 in to a 69 Firebird for almost three years so I am intimately familiar with what you are trying to do. I would be happy to discuss with you as there are several issues you will need to address and unless you have EXTREME patience and determination this can be a chore. I just like to create so this is my therapy from work.

Also, I am a lurker for the past couple years so I have never discussed this project on the forum.

Troy Marquis

71 LT-1 ; 91 ZR-1 #1255

Similar here - been slowly working towards putting an one into a '96 Impala - I'd like to join in on this discussion too. Hopefully I will have some info to offer up that may be of use. PM me if you would like join up offline.

Thanks in advance,

- J

[FU]

That is a heck of a NICE 69 Camaro ! If you guy's find a donor Z I need some parts too .

[Z51JEFF]

That 67 is brutal but personally I cant stand these motors polished,it looks like one big shinny blob but I am in a very slim minority on this.

[LT-5 Music]

Originally Posted by Z51JEFF

That 67 is brutal but personally I cant stand these motors polished,it looks like one big shinny blob but I am in a very slim minority on this.

Agreed, I like 'em like this one...

[FU]

IMO LT5's are overweight porkers. See my signature before comment.
Slap a new LS7 in that 69 and it will run past any LT5 around . While costing much much less.

[LT-5 Music]

Originally Posted by FU2

IMO LT5's are overweight porkers.

Yep, it's a porker.

I agree the LS7 is a great motor. To me it is like a super efficient appliance. It just doesn't do it for me. No Corvette past the '95 ZR-1 appeals to me either.

I like the LT-5 despite its limitations and degree of difficulty. It has 'soul' for lack of a better description. I like different and LS7's in Camaros are commonplace now. Want something that sounds unique also.

When you wrote a LS7 will cost much, much less than a LT5, did you mean stroker LT5's or even stock block LT5's?

[Nick]

Originally Posted by LT-5 Music

Agreed, I like 'em like this one...

That sure is pretty!

[FU]

Originally Posted by LT-5 Music

Yep, it's a porker.

I agree the LS7 is a great motor. To me it is like a super efficient appliance. It just doesn't do it for me. No Corvette past the '95 ZR-1 appeals to me either.

I like the LT-5 despite its limitations and degree of difficulty. It has 'soul' for lack of a better description. I like different and LS7's in Camaros are commonplace now. Want something that sounds unique also.

When you wrote a LS7 will cost much, much less than a LT5, did you mean stroker LT5's or even stock block LT5's?

I agree with your outlook.

The LT5 Strokers will cost much more than a built LSX engine. Plus the LSX will pass up most LT5 stroker like they ran out of gas. While stock LT5's will be lower in price than a good LSX . Adapting the LT5 to the car will come real close to closing or maybe exceeding that $$ gap.
hey I love my LT5 strokers , but technology makes it tough to compare one with the other. Technology wins hands down.

[LT-5 Music]

Originally Posted by FU2

The LT5 Strokers will cost much more than a built LSX engine.

Sad but true!

Originally Posted by FU2

Plus the LSX will pass up most LT5 stroker like they ran out of gas.

But not a 427 LT-5 I hope?!...

That would be my choice since I'm building a car that looks like the ZL-1.

Originally Posted by FU2

While stock LT5's will be lower in price than a good LSX . Adapting the LT5 to the car will come real close to closing or maybe exceeding that $$ gap.

That's what we're trying to find out talking to others who have done these swaps. I'm also exploring an aftermarket EMS.

Originally Posted by FU2

hey I love my LT5 strokers , but technology makes it tough to compare one with the other. Technology wins hands down.

What areas of the LT-5 package need 2009 technology to 'compete' so to speak?

Long time Ford guy/recent convert, so I'm still relatively new to LT-5's.

[LT-5 Music]

Originally Posted by Nick

That sure is pretty!

Nick, you may have seen the 'home' for that beautiful LT-5 in some truck mags.

It's in a '48 Chevy pickup I believe.