...ever produce a 4th gen Camaro with a Vette motor in it?

 

Yes, Every 4th gen formula, z28, Trans-am, and SS. First 4th gen engine they shared was the LT-1 now replaced by the LS-1.


-Adam

 

Exactly what STONES_SS said...........every 4th gen ('93+) Z28 and T/A have "Corvette" engines in them (LT1 from '93-'97, and LS1 from '98-'02).

Don't get confused either --- some guys advertise "LT1" or "LS1" V8 when they sell their cars, but even if they don't tell you what engine, if it's a V8, it's one of the above. (before I found this site and became "educated", I thought that only some Z28's, etc., came with the LT1/LS1, and that there was a "base" model 5.7L V8 engine in others...........WRONG!!!!!! ).

Hope that helps!

 

no, they all use camaro engines. the LT1 from the camaro and corvette weren't identical and originally the LS1's had different cams for the f and y body. if someone advertises their car as having a corvette engine, they don't know anything about the car. it's a shame some people try to make their car sound like it's special because it has something the corvette also has. i'd bet the lug nuts are the same too, people catch on to that and it'll be i have corvette lugnuts too. if it comes in a camaro, it's a camaro engine, if it comes in a corvette it's a corvette engine.

 

It isn't EXACTLY the same as a Corvette engine, but the differences are truly minimal (excluding the Z06). FWIW, F-bodies dyno just as much power to the wheels as Corvettes do.

 

Surely everyone knows the story of how Chevrolet underrated the camaro hp readings out of the factory to make the vette look better. i mean who can blame them why would they want customers to buy the exact same engine car and have the same hp for 10k cheaper? hmmm... chevrolet knew what they were doing.

 

Interesting. I was always under the impression they lowered the HP rating so the insurance rates would be lower.

 

Nah, GM has an "unwritten rule" that nothing they produce can be faster than the Vette.

 

Very true according to what i've heard in the past... a few years ago, I remember seeing a piece that Motor Trend did on the Pontiac Fiero, and how they were discontinued since the GT version for I believe the '88 production year was going to be faster than the 'vette...And of course GM couldn't have a car such as the Fiero, when compared the to the Corvette is a very inexpensive car, being just as fast if not faster than the 'vette.

 

i'm certainly not downplaying the camaro by any means, but identical parts on one car does not make it that car's part. you wouldn't see a corvette guy saying he has silverado pushrods or anything that matches. as far as the power goes, both are underrated. the camaro with the corvette's exhaust and air cleaner would likely put out more power than the vette on the rwhp dyno instead of being about the same do to it's more efficient drivetrain. it also is correct, chevy will not have anything faster than the corvette. the did build some quicker such as the syclone, typhoon, turbo trans am, gnx, gn, etc. as for the fiero, it died for a reason, and it wasn't speed by any means.

 

I'm just repeating what was said in the piece....There were probably other reasons that played a role in getting the Fiero discontinued, but I wouldn't know...

 

I agree that the engines were the same displacement and tune, but didn't the Vette LT1's have 4 bolt mains vs the Camaros 2 bolt mains? Not that it makes any difference in power though.

 

The F and Y body drivetrains are the same...trans, rearend, etc.

 

And don't forget the Indy Pace Car of 1989 - the Turbo Trans Am. It killed all of the top of the line T/A's, Camaros, and Corvettes. It ran just as fast as the LS1's do now...13 years ago out of a 6 cylinder engine.

 

Yep ... except that thier different, the 'Vette's IRS rearend is exactly the same as the f-bod's live axle.

As far as the engine - and I'm speaking for the LS1 only - depends upon your definition of engine? If you define it as everything, the 'Vette has a more effecient intake, exhaust and programing/tuning to take adavantage.

If you're talking just the block, then I believe they are the same. It's not a 'Vette engine or a Camaro engine or for that matter a Trans Am engine ... it's a LS1 engine.