Who wants a LS9 Crate Motor?

[JMarsa]

Details Here>

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/28/s...-crate-engine/

--JMarsa

[WILWAXU]

Wonder how much that one will go for?

[camcojb]

Wonder how much that one will go for?

pricing for the crate motor is about $28K

Jody

[Nine Ball]

I'd be more interested in a longblock pricing, sans blower. Wonder what pricing on that titanium rod, low CR shorty would be...

[67ragtp]

28k WOW!!! add ecu /oil tank /pipes over 30k, thats huge cash for 600 ponies. Question, is cool factor worth 10k.

Jody- I hope your wrong. I want one but that number is over the top.

Rich

[CraigMorrison]

Two customers already have them and 2-3 more have them on order.

[Sparky67]

28k WOW!!! add ecu /oil tank /pipes over 30k, thats huge cash for 600 ponies. Question, is cool factor worth 10k.

Jody- I hope your wrong. I want one but that number is over the top.

Rich

It would be cheaper to build an LS3 with a Harrop 2300 Supercharger, you could have it now and still make more power. The price on the supercharger from Australia is cheaper now, since their foreign exchange rate has dropped 1 USD = .61 AUD.

Jeff

[tom_a]

28K is out of my range but I think it is neat they will have a crate for the builders with the means.

Two customers already have them and 2-3 more have them on order.

These cars will have the added cool factor for sure. IIRC I saw a post that Stielow was building a car called Jackass with your sub frame and an LS9. I look forward to seeing more on that.

[camcojb]

28k WOW!!! add ecu /oil tank /pipes over 30k, thats huge cash for 600 ponies. Question, is cool factor worth 10k.

Jody- I hope your wrong. I want one but that number is over the top.

Rich

that price was retail as quoted by a GM employee, pretty sure it's correct.

Jody

[Steve68]

ouch! for sure,

[protour73]

on a sidebar..............what are the ZL1 427's priced at?

[D Rock]

I can only image this motor with a pulley and headers, or even a cam change.

[Grngoat]

That's just plain pornographic.

Could have at least put a NSFW label on it . . .

[CraigMorrison]

on a sidebar..............what are the ZL1 427's priced at?

they are just over $20,000 - Local Chevy dealer just bought one for his own collection.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

i think ill wait for it to come out on dvd..

[BonzoHansen]

Man, that is a lot of $$ for bragging rights.

[wiedemab]

I can only image this motor with a pulley and headers, or even a cam change.

Here is a link to Doug Cooper's with some minor mods.

http://www.musclerides.com/forum2/showthread.php?t=3102

http://www.musclerides.com/forum2/showthread.php?t=3206

[trapin]

If I'm going to spend $28K I might as well toss in another $4K and get a brand new Camaro SS.

Or.......

You can get 600 horse out of an L92 and use the $20,000 left over for your sex change operation.

It's all up to you big guy, err...girl.

[ProVette]

I talked to a guy about a decade ago who worked at Mercury Marine Division’s facility at Stillwater, Oklahoma during the Lotus/GM LT5 production (the 1990-1995 ZR1 engine). Interesting enough, he said that GM had estimated that the average cost of each LT5 (including all overhead for production) was………….you guessed it, $28K.

I had a change to buy a new 1993 405hp LT5 still in the GM create several years ago for $5k.

Mark Campbell at Street and Performance called me a year or so ago and had one they were looking to sell that was new.

I would guess in five to ten years these will fall in value the same……………………

[ProVette]

on a sidebar..............what are the ZL1 427's priced at?

I think you mean Z06 427?

$13K

http://www.jegs.com/i/GM+Performance...65058/10002/-1

Edit, sorry, you are correct ZL1 427

http://www.jegs.com/i/GM+Performance...66392/10002/-1

How about the 454 ZL1 Ramjet from a few years ago.

http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/results...umber=88961499

I think Summit sold the last two ZL1 Ramjets for $13K. I see a few on eBay ever so often