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Originally Posted by shanekennedy

remember seeing some tv show, possibly rides, where there were on 1 of the tours across the country & stopped by some shop that had a dozen or so zr1 engines. they said the shop helped gm tuned the motors during development.

That was probably Rick Kirk's shop in Ripley,OK.

$10K for a 90-92 LT5 and not even guaranteed to run? Better hope it doesn't need a rebuild. Main bearings and oil pumps are unobtanium.

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I'd rather have the whole car for a $5K more.
www.zr1.net I saw one for sale for 16.5, another for 20K.

Marsa
That is understandable. That is why we are not taking any money, only names right now. We have seen motors on ebay for 10+ and we know that these are discontinued motors only true enthusiast would appreciate so we are asking a high price to weed out lowballers. We will not sell them for $3k :lol: . So any hot rodders out there looking for their dream engine get your name on the list, we will work with you.

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I can buy crate 93-95 405hp LT5's for less than $10K. Just passed up a 94 LT5 and ZF6 trans w/5K miles for $10,500.

Clill
That would put the motor at $8.5K and the tranny at $2k.

Mal

man if i had a set of those heads we talked about i'd love to work out a deal. :mad: but i dont think they will ever come around

Hey Ron. How's business? Uncle Sam treating you OK?
PM me, put your name on the list, we can still work something out.

I know what you mean about those heads. When I saw that they raised the price of those heads, I gave up my quest for them. :faint: I am loking at one of these motors if any are left. Funny how thing come full circle.
(Or is that just me :willy: :rolleyes: )

Mal

Like I said ealier $10K is not set in stone; we just want to make sure buyers are serious because these are rare collectibles.

So quick impromptu poll what is the biggest deterrent from LT5s?
Initial cost?
Scarcity and cost of parts?
or Skills required to repair / upgrade performance?

On the last choice I know of 4 performance shops that still work on LT5s,

Doug Rippie Motorsports
LPE
Callaway Cars (I think)
Haibeck Automotive Technology

but then you run into the second choice.

What say yous guys?

Mal

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Originally Posted by 4OfaKind

Like I said ealier $10K is not set in stone; we just want to make sure buyers are serious because these are rare collectibles.
So quick impromptu poll what is the biggest deterrent from LT5s?
Initial cost?
Scarcity and cost of parts?
or Skills required to repair / upgrade performance?

On the last choice I know of 4 performance shops that still work on LT5s,

Doug Rippie Motorsports
LPE
Callaway Cars (I think)
Haibeck Automotive Technology

but then you run into the second choice.
What say yous guys?
Mal

On the poll,the first two items are a major deterrent. Working on them isn't that bad,just different. Kinda like the difference between building a SBC and a LSx.

Doug Rippie and Callaway really don't want to work on LT5's anymore. Mark Haibeck and Aaron Scott (South Georgia Corvette in Thomasville,GA) are the best LT5 tuner/builders for the money,IMO. LPE does decent work but they're overpriced. Greg Van Deventer in Stillwater,OK does some of the best machine work on these engines.(he works at Mercruiser) Bill Kirchhofer in Mt.Washinton,KY is an excellent builder,too.

South GA corvette is just down the road from me. I hope to get that guy to do my dyno tuning once I get my camaro going. LOL I think it is the man around here when it comes to turbos which my car will have.

Mike

Do these engines have starters and water pumps?

Thanks

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Do these engines have starters and water pumps?

Yes

Below are some more pictures.

Mal

The list is filling up. :cheering:
Any more takers?

Mal