LS2 in an 87 C4- Z51?

[Darrellg1]

Hey all.
Happy New Years to you all , and your families, I hope you all had a great holiday season!

I got a job 3 months ago, as a fleet mechanic at the city tow yard here in town.

We had a red C5 that got t-boned, come in today and may be a write off.

My question is this. I am pondering buying the drive train, engine, all way back to the rear end, and ecu of course, and dropping them in my 87- Z51. It being a Corvette LS/2 motor with badging, is it considered a resto-mod maybe? I dunno.

Im looking at 400 horsies at least. Up quite a bit from the near 300....260 prob more like it I have now,(estimated because of mods to engine Ive done from stock 245 hp for the L98).

I never DID get the car into the hospital in the summer as it's settled down after the throttling i gave it on the highway racing....ahem......i mean .....comparing paint jobs at higher speeds lets say lol.

Thoughts on value come to mind also, am I hurting the cars already lower value, seeing there are so many still? Compared to other series of Corvettes. IE C5, C6 and so on.

 

[CableGuy]

If it's a C5, it's a LS1 (or LS6 if it's a Z06) not a LS2. Would be 350HP if in stock form.

 

[Darrellg1]

I looked physically under the hood.....says LS2....C6 maybe?

 

[CableGuy]

It would either be a C6 (the LS2 was introduced in the C6), or somebody has previously done an engine swap to a C5.

 

[Keith Tedford]

We have a 2005 Corvette, first year for the 400 hp LS2. The top engine for the C5 was the 405 hp 5.7 litre engine. Either one is a very nice performer.

 

[rvguy79]

Certainly no expert on this but there are numerous articles and support available motor mounts, wire harness, fuel systems, tunes etc., dedicated to a LS swap but you mention a complete drive train swap. The C5 and newer vettes are rear trans-axle cars hence the big fat rear ends to accommodate rear mounted components. Actually this bloated look on C5 is why I continue to like my trim 93 so much. Can a complete drive train swap be done? Has anyone done it?

 

[Darrellg1]

Certainly no expert on this but there are numerous articles and support available motor mounts, wire harness, fuel systems, tunes etc., dedicated to a LS swap but you mention a complete drive train swap. The C5 and newer vettes are rear trans-axle cars hence the big fat rear ends to accommodate rear mounted components. Actually this bloated look on C5 is why I continue to like my trim 93 so much. Can a complete drive train swap be done? Has anyone done it?

Hmmm, yes, I was wondering the same thing, ZR1 axles and have to switch out back body panel to a ZR1 maybe? I know they were wider in the ass end, prob because of the rear axle width, If not im ok with upgrading the pumpkin to handle the extra power.