Old school LS2 crate engine

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by thedude327

That is the same thing I was thinking. Adding up the dist. cover intake and front drive plus the engine didn't seem too bad. I would prefer this crate engine setup using the LS3 with GMPP's Hot cam.I'd bet that a Hot cammed LS3 would produce close to 500hp/tq numbers. I wonder if pace would consider doing that as a crate package? I'll have to call em' and find out. This package does seem like it would get you on the road pretty quick though.

Paul

Took me less that 3 seconds to google -- LS3 CRATE ENGINE and come up with a GM offering - you can even buy it from Summit Racing or any other GM Dealer... Here's the description:

These GM Performance Parts LS 376/515 HP LS3 crate engines use an aggressive camshaft profile and a GM Performance Parts carbureted intake manifold to put out 515 hp and 575 ft.-lbs. of torque. They start out with a cast aluminum 6-bolt engine block with cross-bolted main caps and add a nodular iron crankshaft, powder metal connecting rods, and 10.7:1 compression ratio hypereutectic pistons. They also include a pair of aluminum LS3 rectangular ports, 68cc cylinder heads with 1.7 ratio rocker arms, a GM Performance Parts hydraulic roller "hot cam" and lifters, and a carbureted intake manifold. Those parts allow the GM Performance Parts LS 376/515 HP LS3 crate engines to provide you with a powerful small block that can be driven on pump gasoline.