GM really wants people to build LTG race cars!

ChicagoTommy · 11-29-2017, 10:10 AM

I was bored and looking at Chevrolet Performance's website and found this interesting contraption....

http://www.chevrolet.com/performance...-rwd-automatic

A transmission with an adapter bellhousing to bolt to the LTG. Comes with the bellhousing, a new GM 4 speed trans, and a 3800RPM torque converter! Yes please!!!! Now they just need to make some mounts to fit it into a 4th gen chassis! I'd be on that like white on rice!

ChicagoTommy · 11-29-2017, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by cooper1965

Yeah that 65-e is a sweet option for guys when it starts to get serious around here!! With a dealer cost of 3095.00 , its really nice!!

I saw a couple online part warehouses selling it for less than $3095... But you also need the $1200 controller, and I haven't found a price for the converter yet.

Jason@JacFab · 11-29-2017, 10:58 AM

That's rad! I bet if someone could dump the stock tune out of the gm crate engine ecm, there's a possibility that it could just be written right into the stock ECM in the car and have the 4 speed control.

Jason@JacFab · 11-29-2017, 11:19 AM

I wish that converter would work with the a8!

ChicagoTommy · 11-29-2017, 12:39 PM

You're welcome.

Ashium · 11-29-2017, 01:25 PM

Full manual TH400 and call it a day. Sure you’re mpg might suck, but if you are at this point you wouldn’t give a shit.

geoffchad · 11-29-2017, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ChicagoTommy

Now they just need to make some mounts to fit it into a 4th gen chassis! I'd be on that like white on rice!

I worry it'd be too tall to clear the cowl covering half the engine bay - and if it wasn't, good luck getting the camshaft cover & plugs out with the engine installed.

The engine bay isn't as tight as a 3000GT VR4 or 300ZX TT, but it's not much better.

Put an LTG into an old Datsun though and give it a shaker hood or a hood bulge and now we're talking. You could set the LTG really far back into a really lightweight chassis.

ChicagoTommy · 12-01-2017, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by geoffchad

I worry it'd be too tall to clear the cowl covering half the engine bay - and if it wasn't, good luck getting the camshaft cover & plugs out with the engine installed.

The engine bay isn't as tight as a 3000GT VR4 or 300ZX TT, but it's not much better.

Put an LTG into an old Datsun though and give it a shaker hood or a hood bulge and now we're talking. You could set the LTG really far back into a really lightweight chassis.

Overall height might be an issue, but the I4 isn't much taller in the 6th gen engine bay than the LT1. If I ever got around to doing the swap, the car would be gutted for racing anyway, so there would be PLENTY of space.

Evil-Bee-NH · 12-01-2017, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ChicagoTommy

Overall height might be an issue, but the I4 isn't much taller in the 6th gen engine bay than the LT1. If I ever got around to doing the swap, the car would be gutted for racing anyway, so there would be PLENTY of space.

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11-29-2017, 10:10 AM	#1
ChicagoTommy Drives: 2017 Camaro; 2017 Acadia Denali Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Chicago, IL/Williams Bay WI Posts: 1,022	GM really wants people to build LTG race cars! I was bored and looking at Chevrolet Performance's website and found this interesting contraption.... http://www.chevrolet.com/performance...-rwd-automatic A transmission with an adapter bellhousing to bolt to the LTG. Comes with the bellhousing, a new GM 4 speed trans, and a 3800RPM torque converter! Yes please!!!! Now they just need to make some mounts to fit it into a 4th gen chassis! I'd be on that like white on rice! __________________ This is in no way a personal attack or confrontation, and is not necessarily the view of the management or sponsors, and the thoughts contained herein are mine, and is not intended to hurt anyone's feelings or ruin their delicate self esteem, or to invalidate anyone's personal views or thoughts, nor is it a condemnation of anyone's race, religion, sex, sexual preferences, handicaps, or intellectual abilities.

11-29-2017, 12:39 PM	#5
ChicagoTommy Drives: 2017 Camaro; 2017 Acadia Denali Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Chicago, IL/Williams Bay WI Posts: 1,022	You're welcome. __________________ This is in no way a personal attack or confrontation, and is not necessarily the view of the management or sponsors, and the thoughts contained herein are mine, and is not intended to hurt anyone's feelings or ruin their delicate self esteem, or to invalidate anyone's personal views or thoughts, nor is it a condemnation of anyone's race, religion, sex, sexual preferences, handicaps, or intellectual abilities.

11-29-2017, 10:58 AM	#3
Jason@JacFab Drives: 2016 1LT RS Camaro; 72 Chevelle Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Point, OR Posts: 5,685 View My Garage	That's rad! I bet if someone could dump the stock tune out of the gm crate engine ecm, there's a possibility that it could just be written right into the stock ECM in the car and have the 4 speed control.

11-29-2017, 11:19 AM	#4
Jason@JacFab Drives: 2016 1LT RS Camaro; 72 Chevelle Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Point, OR Posts: 5,685 View My Garage	I wish that converter would work with the a8!

11-29-2017, 01:25 PM	#6
Ashium Drives: Camaro 2.0t, 300zx TT, LSTT Mustang Join Date: May 2016 Location: Miami Fl Posts: 109	Full manual TH400 and call it a day. Sure you’re mpg might suck, but if you are at this point you wouldn’t give a shit.

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