LT-4 and Camaro's

[Justin Harrison]

I know the LT-4 engines came in all '96 Corvettes but only with the 6-speed.

My question is, did the LT-4 engines come in any other year Corvette or any
other GM vehicle like the Camaro/Firebird?

Thanks to all.

[Jim Strathearn]

Well, the LT-4 came only in '96's with the 6-speed. Automatic '96's came
with the LT-1. I don't know if the engine was available in any other
vehicles... An old copy of Hot Rod Magazine I have rates the LT-4 as the
most powerful small block ever produced by Chevrolet.

Jim
'85 Coupe
'95 Coupe
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[Romesh Prakashpalan]

It was a 96 Option in the Vette only. In 97, they made a limited edition
(like 200?) TransAms and Z28s with the LT4 option. 330hp in both trims...
Amazing motor, had a redline HIGHER than the LS1? WTF? Isn't the LS1
supposed to be a clean sheet redesign, and yet some tweaks to the SBC from
'55 yields almost as much power and higher redline?

Oh well, LT4's were amazing motors. Don't get me wrong, the LS1 is nice -
but they should have been able to get 400hp easily out of it if it was a
clean sheet design.

Romesh
97 Torch Red C5

[Erebus_]

According to http://www.f-body.org/tech/ there were a total of 400 LT-4
powered f-bobies. It doesn't say how many of each though. I also read
more than once(on alt.autos.camaro.firebird) that SLP was involved in
there preparation in someway. Don't know specifics but I believe that it
was said that SLP installed the engines.

----------------------------
Scott
'98 Carmine 6-Spd Coupe
www.erebus.com/myvette

[jaso...@m1ndspr1ng.nospam.com]

Romesh Prakashpalan <SPAMpra...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Amazing motor, had a redline HIGHER than the LS1? WTF? Isn't the LS1
> supposed to be a clean sheet redesign, and yet some tweaks to the SBC from
> '55 yields almost as much power and higher redline?

Keep a few things in mind. 1) in designing the LS1, GM was really trying to
improve upon the LT1, not the LT4. Some of the tricks they learned while
creating the LS1 were applied to the LT1 in 96 to give you the LT4.
Confused yet? :-) 2) the LT4 is more than "some tweaks to the SBC from
55." It was some tweaks to the second generation SBC (remember, the LS1 is
actually the 3rd generation, LT1/LT4 motors are 2nd gen.)

I've been through this LT4/LS1 comparo several times in the past. ;-) I
think it's safe to say that the LS1 was *one* way to improve upon the
already potent LT1. The LT4 was another (less expensive) way. Both have
their merits and drawbacks.

> Oh well, LT4's were amazing motors. Don't get me wrong, the LS1 is nice -
> but they should have been able to get 400hp easily out of it if it was a
> clean sheet design.

They can, real easily. There's just no reason to. The 345HP versions are
selling like hot cakes. A mere porting of the heads and opening of the
exhaust passages will easily yield that kind of power, if not more.

As an American auto manufacturer, GM has several things to worry about when
introducing a car such as a Corvette. CAFE and the gas guzzler tax are a
couple of them. Laws that govern pollution from autos aren't getting easier
to live with, they're getting harder to. Every year, the gov't tightens
down, making it harder and harder for companies like GM to produce powerful
cars.

GM would love to give us more power. With racers like Minneker at the helm
of the powertrain organization, you can bet they're just drooling at the
idea of cranking the power up to '11.' But...

jas
99 Magnetic Red/Z51/MN6/JL4
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[Ryan]

Justin Harrison wrote:

> I know the LT-4 engines came in all '96 Corvettes but only with the 6-speed.
>
> My question is, did the LT-4 engines come in any other year Corvette or any
> other GM vehicle like the Camaro/Firebird?
>
> Thanks to all.

The LT4 was put in (with the six speed) the SLP made 30th Aniversary Edition of
the SS Camaro's. You can tell one because it is white with two rally strips
down the middle of the car.

[vette...@my-dejanews.com]

Not all of the anniversary Camaro SS had the LT-4 though, only a limited
number of them. The easiest way to tell is the red plenum on the LT-4,
compared to silver on the LT-1... also, only Camaro Coupes, without T-Tops
could get the LT- 4, because it was thought that the convertibles and T-Top
coupes could not handle the extra HP

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[bmxman69]

In article <36F06CA7...@geocities.com>,
Ryan <xhe...@geocities.com> wrote:
>
>
> The LT4 was put in (with the six speed) the SLP made 30th Aniversary Edition
of
> the SS Camaro's. You can tell one because it is white with two rally strips
> down the middle of the car.

That's wrong!!!! Where did you hear that they put the LT-4 in SLP's camaro?
The ONLY cars the LT-4 was used in are the 96 vetts. The LT-4 is also offered
as a crate motor by GM, but never in the camaro. The motor in SLP's camaro is
simply an LT-1 with a modified induction system, and a new exhaust, JUST LIKE
the SLP firehawks. Very different from the LT-4 in the corvette. In fact the
pontiacs are a bit faster on the track, it's the same car under the skin
anyways.

Later

[Fearbird]

bmxman69 wrote:

> In article <36F06CA7...@geocities.com>,
> Ryan <xhe...@geocities.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > The LT4 was put in (with the six speed) the SLP made 30th Aniversary Edition
> of
> > the SS Camaro's. You can tell one because it is white with two rally strips
> > down the middle of the car.
>
> That's wrong!!!! Where did you hear that they put the LT-4 in SLP's camaro?
> The ONLY cars the LT-4 was used in are the 96 vetts. The LT-4 is also offered
> as a crate motor by GM, but never in the camaro. The motor in SLP's camaro is
> simply an LT-1 with a modified induction system, and a new exhaust, JUST LIKE
> the SLP firehawks. Very different from the LT-4 in the corvette. In fact the
> pontiacs are a bit faster on the track, it's the same car under the skin
> anyways.
>
> Later

Not only did they make it into 30th Aniv SS LT4s...there were also 27 Pontiac
Firebird Formulas to receive this powerplant, in the SLP Firehawk guise in 1997.
all were hardtops, all were six speed...red, or black..

Fearbird

[vette...@my-dejanews.com]

Actually, a limited number of LT4 SS's were made... all 6-speed, no T-Tops,
all anniversary.

In article <7cvbc2$k6m$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,

bmxman69 <bmxm...@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
> In article <36F06CA7...@geocities.com>,
> Ryan <xhe...@geocities.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > The LT4 was put in (with the six speed) the SLP made 30th Aniversary Edition
> of
> > the SS Camaro's. You can tell one because it is white with two rally strips
> > down the middle of the car.
>
> That's wrong!!!! Where did you hear that they put the LT-4 in SLP's camaro?
> The ONLY cars the LT-4 was used in are the 96 vetts. The LT-4 is also offered
> as a crate motor by GM, but never in the camaro. The motor in SLP's camaro is
> simply an LT-1 with a modified induction system, and a new exhaust, JUST LIKE
> the SLP firehawks. Very different from the LT-4 in the corvette. In fact the
> pontiacs are a bit faster on the track, it's the same car under the skin
> anyways.
>
> Later
>
> >
> >
>