{"id":222,"date":"2016-03-19T15:28:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T23:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/?p=222"},"modified":"2016-12-09T13:11:04","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T21:11:04","slug":"1968-camaro-z06-lt4-superchared-650-hp-650-lbs-torque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/?p=222","title":{"rendered":"1968 Camaro Z06 &#8211; LT4 supercharged Gen V &#8211; 650 hp  &#8211; 650 ftlbs. torque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Just showed up today (3\/22\/16) from Fedex ground.<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/engine2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-259\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-259 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/engine2-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"engine2\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/engine2-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/engine2-768x1365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/engine2-576x1024.jpg 576w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/engine2.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/engine1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-258\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-258 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/engine1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"engine1\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/engine1-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/engine1-768x1365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/engine1-576x1024.jpg 576w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/engine1.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/imagejpeg_0.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-228\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-228 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/imagejpeg_0-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"imagejpeg_0\" width=\"223\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Finally decided to bite the bullet and go with the LT4 instead of the LT1 (at the GM showcase at Barrett-Jackson). The most powerful stock engine that GM has ever built.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-227\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-227 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-300x207.jpg 300w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-768x529.jpg 768w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-1024x706.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image.jpg 2014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/chevrolet-lt4-top-detail.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-226\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-226 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/chevrolet-lt4-top-detail-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"chevrolet-lt4-top-detail\" width=\"319\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What I lovingly call the <em><strong>&#8220;Flat Plane Plenum&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>, if you look closely you can where the fuel injectors are located, halfway down the cylinder wall. \u00a0This photo shows the high-pressure fuel system. \u00a072 psi from the tank into a mechanical fuel pump that runs off the cam, 2900+psi into the engine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160131_154719_RichtoneHDR.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-225\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-225 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160131_154719_RichtoneHDR-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"20160131_154719_Richtone(HDR)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160131_154719_RichtoneHDR-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160131_154719_RichtoneHDR-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160131_154719_RichtoneHDR-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160131_154641_RichtoneHDR.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-224\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-224 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160131_154641_RichtoneHDR-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"20160131_154641_Richtone(HDR)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160131_154641_RichtoneHDR-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160131_154641_RichtoneHDR-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160131_154641_RichtoneHDR-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These are shots from the Factory&#8217;s 1970 Camaro build that I saw at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, showing all the tricks they used to get things to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">First off there is no provision for hydraulic power steering because all of the LT motors use electric power steering and there is virtually nothing on the market right now (03\/19\/2016) that fills this gap other than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtydingo.com\/shop\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Dirty Dingo<\/a>. \u00a0After spending several hours on the phone with the factory reps, they told me the prototype engineers built a 3D printed part and that&#8217;s what you see. \u00a0They used a conventional GM type 2 power steering pump and added it to the serpentine belt system using a longer micro-V belt # K080893. \u00a0If you look closely at the picture (click on it to view full size) you can just barely ready the part number.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They also seemed to have hacked up the original heater core sheet metal and replaced the front panel to get the new E92 ECU in because it appears to be much larger than the ECU for the previous LS based engines, we shall see.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/E92_ECU.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-247\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-247\" src=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/E92_ECU-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"E92_ECU\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/E92_ECU-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/E92_ECU-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/E92_ECU-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/E92_ECU.jpg 916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just showed up today (3\/22\/16) from Fedex ground. Finally decided to bite the bullet and go with the LT4 instead of the LT1 (at the GM showcase at Barrett-Jackson). The most powerful stock engine that GM has ever built. What&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/?p=222\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-z06-camaro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}