stubbs

I currently have the motor out of my 87 and have been driving my roommates 06 GTO for a few weeks and love the LS2. It got me wondering if anyone offers a kit to install an LS based motor in a C4? Has anyone ever seen one?

Yes I've searched the many old threads but still see no "kit" offered and am just wondering if anything new has since come out...

lcvette

I am sure you can get most of the parts needed but from my understanding there is some work to the lower cross member that will require some cutting and welding. obviously if this is correct there isn't a "KIT" that can provide the clearance but everything else is just a matter of how much work and time you want to put into an 87 corvette?

would likely be cheaper to just buy a 97 C5 in the long run and sell the 87 with the opriginal motor once it is back together and have a factory fit engine and better handling etc.. just a thought

Chris

Mojave

No.

stubbs

Wow thats shocking! I can buy a kit to put an LS motor in my Miata but not my Vette, that's ridiculous.

Vette Threat

Yup it's pretty sad there is no kit ( none that I know of ) to put an LS motor in a freakin VetteC4.

500CI smallblock would have been sweat!!

stubbs

I'm also AMAZED that they JUST came out with a single turbo setup for the C4 TPI cars, only took 20 years I could buy a single turbo kit for my Fox Body Stang 18 years ago. The C4 is the largest production Vette ever made so there is no excuse for the old "there aren't enough of them to turn a profit" excuse, whats the deal with the aftremarket just dropping the ball for parts for this car?

Mojave

Because 90% of them are automatics owned by old white guys who think keeping it stock and never driving it is the proper usage for a Corvette.

mackeyred96

I'm an "OLD WHITE GUY" do i count???

Mojave

Obviously not, but I think you know who I'm talking about.

BlackHarleyMan

Ain't No Pride in a STOCK Ride!

kittmaster

Using it for what its meant for..........sweet....

F1Fan

Exactly, and restoring it is the next owners job, not mine :-)

hexane

I'll be fabbing up my own at my shop. Might have to make the motor sit higher so I won't have to notch the crossmember.

cv67

Most C4 owners dont want to spend the money on product, not a real lucrative deal for a mfr. Heck, look at all the XXX is a pos threads.

Stubbs, just build a big CI Gen 1 for that sucker.Lots of that going on here.

Iroc57

Notching will be easier...mine hasn't broken in half yet

Iroc57

There is a bit of a difference in a Miata and our engine bay. All in all it will fit just fine...you mock it up and move what you need to...
Simple like that
I think that I have seen the motor mount adapters somewhere to make it easier.

You don't need a kit for that part. Now the electronics are a different story I'm sure

Curveit

I take it you've tried a "Search"? There should be a lot of info on this...I know there was a very long post a few months ago.

big_how

There isn't a kit, but Corvette fever has put a gen III small block in a C4. My vote would go to getting a donor car so you have all the sensors 'n stuff, so if that roommate's goat ends up rear-ended, you know what to do.

hexane

Motor mounts seriously should not be that bad. Since I'm gonna use a carb setup, not use AC or powersteering, and plan to fab up brackets in order to use my stock alternator with an LS1 F-Body water pump, I'm sure this will greatly simplify the conversion for me.

Road Agent