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James Froese · 11-10-2021, 09:03 PM

Having done some research on the LT2, it is totally unfit for a front engine layout without major modification.

LT2 is significantly taller from the intake and up, which is fine in the C8, but they would have to use a raised hood to allow the engine to fit the bay properly in a 6th gen. The intake manifold is completely reversed. The ignition coils are also located below the exhaust manifolds rather than on top like the LT1, which means the headers are located high above the valve covers which wouldn’t fit whatsoever in a 6th gen. Not to mention that the LT2 was designed to be paired with the 8 speed DCT, not the TR6060 or the 10 speed. It’s not as simple as just bolting the 2 together, there’s some major tuning that would have to take place on the backend.

The LT2 was literally built around a mid engine layout, if they do this they’ll need to completely redesign a large portion of the external components of engine. Just doesn’t make much sense considering it’ll only be used for 2 model years before inevitably killing off the car for good.

Only way I can see this taking place is if they had planned this from the inception of the LT2 and have already done all of the R&D in the background over the past few years, this is most certainly not a simple engine swap.

11-10-2021, 09:03 PM	#19
James Froese Drives: Satin Steel Camaro 2SS M6 (ordered) Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Vancouver BC, Canada Posts: 10	Having done some research on the LT2, it is totally unfit for a front engine layout without major modification. LT2 is significantly taller from the intake and up, which is fine in the C8, but they would have to use a raised hood to allow the engine to fit the bay properly in a 6th gen. The intake manifold is completely reversed. The ignition coils are also located below the exhaust manifolds rather than on top like the LT1, which means the headers are located high above the valve covers which wouldn’t fit whatsoever in a 6th gen. Not to mention that the LT2 was designed to be paired with the 8 speed DCT, not the TR6060 or the 10 speed. It’s not as simple as just bolting the 2 together, there’s some major tuning that would have to take place on the backend. The LT2 was literally built around a mid engine layout, if they do this they’ll need to completely redesign a large portion of the external components of engine. Just doesn’t make much sense considering it’ll only be used for 2 model years before inevitably killing off the car for good. Only way I can see this taking place is if they had planned this from the inception of the LT2 and have already done all of the R&D in the background over the past few years, this is most certainly not a simple engine swap. Last edited by James Froese; 11-11-2021 at 02:47 AM.