{"id":802,"date":"2017-07-20T08:56:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T16:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/?p=802"},"modified":"2017-07-20T09:03:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T17:03:18","slug":"gen-v-l86-truck-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/?p=802","title":{"rendered":"Gen V L86 6.2LTruck Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here&#8217;s a surprise from last weekend&#8217;s cruise-in, a new L86 Truck engine installed in a &#8217;56 Belair, 430hp and 470 ft\/pds of torque. \u00a0They machined up some spacers and managed to fit a Vintage Air serpentine belt system. \u00a0Turns out the guy&#8217;s son lives a few doors down from me.<br \/>\nThe truck engine L86 (6.2L) and the L83 (5.3L) have this funny upward tilt to the intake manifold, which is exactly opposite to the LT1 and the LT4, and presents a challenge trying to plumb in an intake system.<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/L86.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-801\" src=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/L86-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/L86-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/L86-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/L86-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/L86_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-804\" src=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/L86_2-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/L86_2-1024x819.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/L86_2-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/L86_2-768x614.jpg 768w, http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/L86_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a surprise from last weekend&#8217;s cruise-in, a new L86 Truck engine installed in a &#8217;56 Belair, 430hp and 470 ft\/pds of torque. \u00a0They machined up some spacers and managed to fit a Vintage Air serpentine belt system. \u00a0Turns out&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/?p=802\">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-802","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\/802","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=802"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":810,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802\/revisions\/810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}