94 z24 with corvette engine LT5

[Dr.Mambo666]

My friend is buying my 1994 3.1l Z24 from me and he told me he wanted to put a corvette engine he found out of a 1993 corvette with the LT5 engine(dont know the liter size) Is that even possible to fit that in there.That would be so bad ass if you could seeing as that engine has about 400 whp and torque,and putting it in a cavalier would be insane.So can it fit or no?

[jakegday]

oh heck anything will fit with the right amount of money, converting it to rear wheel drive should be fun....

[millrtime]

it would proly be a lot cheaper just finding that same model corvette with a blown engine or something and putting it in there. but the thought of having a 400+ hp rwd cavalier would be clownin. hope ur friend has endless pockets cuz the costs are gonna be astronomical. and as jake said, yes, anything will fit anywhere with money. hell there is even an audi tt with 2 v6's in it.....just when i thought one was too big

[Schister66]

Does it fit? Hmmm....last i checked, the Cavalier is front wheel drive w/ a transversely mounted 4 cylinder. I"m thinking no....if you wanted to murder that car, which is a viable option, you could eventually make it fit. That option is not going to be cheap however.

[Ronnie_1981]

Well on JBO there is a guy putting a 427 BBC into a 3rd gen, so I suppose a small block would fit, if you know what you are doing, you are going to need some skill in engineering and fabrication, or it is going to cost out the ass to do it

[OverAllComa]

Originally Posted by Schister66

Does it fit? Hmmm....last i checked, the Cavalier is front wheel drive w/ a transversely mounted 4 cylinder. I"m thinking no....if you wanted to murder that car, which is a viable option, you could eventually make it fit. That option is not going to be cheap however.

Actually his is a transverse mounted 6 cylinder (with a hefty 185 ft/lbs torque, yummy), but that's neither here nor there.

One of the perks of the cheap-ish construction of these cars is that its a lot easier to tear apart than more well-built vehicles. Its possible to get it in there, it will fit. The trick is getting it converted to RWD, which involves all kinds of funs stuff like:
Cutting a firewall
Relocating a gas tank
Various Frame modifications
Installing a rear-end to the car
Wiring! WOOHOO!

I mean, a RWD conversion for a V8 is more viable than swapping a FWD V8 (read:Northstar) in there. You can usually figure out ways to compensate cutting a firewall, and the tranny doesn't need to be so much in the engine bay. However, if you ever tried to stick a northstar in there you're going to have to cut strut towers. That's no fun.

I hope you guys have a lot of metal stock, spare time, tools of all sorts, and a whole lot of beer. Oh, and money. Lots of money. Lots and lots and lots of money.

[Ronnie_1981]

the main problem with the northstar swap is going to be cutting the frame rail to make it fit, thats all that has stopped me from actually doing it. cutting the strut towers is nothing and i wouldn't hesate for a moment to cut them

[Dr.Mambo666]

o he has the money and he knows some people that can help out everything he just wants to read corvette on the engine when he pops the hood on a cavalier.I really dont know why?But w/e thanks guys for your input

[OverAllComa]

Originally Posted by Ronnie_1981

the main problem with the northstar swap is going to be cutting the frame rail to make it fit, thats all that has stopped me from actually doing it. cutting the strut towers is nothing and i wouldn't hesate for a moment to cut them

Its not the motor that'd be blocked by the strut towers, its the transmission. And if you'd be down for cutting those up...yikes...

[chevyboy12921]

i put a ford 302 Winser in my cavy, it took me 6 months to finangle the thing in their after pretty mutch putting the cavy body on a 93 ranger splash regular cab short box, it only cost me $2000.00 so putting a vett motor in is doable with the right tools and a little bit of money. i say go for it as long as its not going to be a rush job!!!!