Corvette LS swapped tahoe

[Smashleytulsa]

so I had a 2007 z51 Corvette that was a beast and I wrecked it before I got full coverage in bad weather and so now I'm parting it out but we just acquired two 2012 Tahoe ppv that we will be picking up tomorrow and was wondering how hard it would be to do the swap. I know the motors swap right in but would i have to just take it and get a complete tune on it or is there any of the computer from the corvette that I can use on the Tahoe so I don't have to go have a Dyno tune, trying to keep the brain of the motor with the engine if possible

 

[avalonandl]

You need to do a complete custom tune unless the ecm will work but I am not sure about that.

Remember swapping an engine with a radical cam from a 3300 lb sports car to a 5200 lb SUV it may not be as drivable.....

 

[TheAutumnWind]

You need to do a complete custom tune unless the ecm will work but I am not sure about that.

Remember swapping an engine with a radical cam from a 3300 lb sports car to a 5200 lb SUV it may not be as drivable.....

Stock cam in that corvette is not what I would call radical. There is some small tradeoff of low end torque for hp, but I'd imagine you wouldnt notice that. Should save 100 lbs off the front end too going from iron to alum block.

 

[avalonandl]

He mentioned it was a beast so I "envisioned " a cam....

It could happen......

 

[BG1988]

so I had a 2007 z51 Corvette that was a beast and I wrecked it before I got full coverage in bad weather and so now I'm parting it out but we just acquired two 2012 Tahoe ppv that we will be picking up tomorrow and was wondering how hard it would be to do the swap. I know the motors swap right in but would i have to just take it and get a complete tune on it or is there any of the computer from the corvette that I can use on the Tahoe so I don't have to go have a Dyno tune, trying to keep the brain of the motor with the engine if possible

should work


might need a 6.0l intake from a hybrid not sure if the 5.3 or 6.2 will install to the 6.0L LS (if you plan to use the stock air box)

also suggest a transmission cooler

more power = more heat

 

[BG1988]

You need to do a complete custom tune unless the ecm will work but I am not sure about that.

Remember swapping an engine with a radical cam from a 3300 lb sports car to a 5200 lb SUV it may not be as drivable.....

it has enough power to get it going i expect the performance to be close to the 6.0l tahoe hybrid and you will only get 12.85 MPG.. that is how much you get if you run it in performance mode or M4 it has a 10.8:1 which is pretty close to the corvette 10.9:1 ratio..

 

[Monz11]

The PPVs have all the larger & better cooling systems, lowered, etc

 

[swathdiver]

so I had a 2007 z51 Corvette that was a beast and I wrecked it before I got full coverage in bad weather and so now I'm parting it out but we just acquired two 2012 Tahoe ppv that we will be picking up tomorrow and was wondering how hard it would be to do the swap. I know the motors swap right in but would i have to just take it and get a complete tune on it or is there any of the computer from the corvette that I can use on the Tahoe so I don't have to go have a Dyno tune, trying to keep the brain of the motor with the engine if possible

Pretty sure both motors use completely different computers so you'll want BlackBear for example to send you an LS2 tune for the PPVs ECM to get her running. Then you can datalog and have him send over an updated tune file.

Should be fun.