{"id":35492,"date":"2019-01-25T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=35492"},"modified":"2019-01-24T23:04:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T05:04:10","slug":"katech-lt5-v8-makes-1013-hp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=35492","title":{"rendered":"Katech LT5 V8 Makes 1013 hp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Katech-supercharged-LT5-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35501\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=35501\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Katech-supercharged-LT5-V8-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Katech supercharged LT5 V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Katech supercharged LT5 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Katech-supercharged-LT5-V8-01.jpg?fit=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Katech-supercharged-LT5-V8-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Katech-supercharged-LT5-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Katech supercharged LT5 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Katech-supercharged-LT5-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Katech-supercharged-LT5-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Katech-supercharged-LT5-V8-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Katech-supercharged-LT5-V8-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/katechengines.com\/\">Katech<\/a> started a new engine build series on the supercharged 6.2 L LT5 V8. They started with a stock LT5 and their Xtreme-DI fuel injection system which made 788 hp and 762 lb-ft of torque on 93 octane fuel. Then they upgraded the injectors and switched to E85 fuel where it made 925 hp and 859 lb-ft of torque. With an upgraded pulley, the engine made 992 horsepower and 991 lb-ft of torque. After porting the supercharger and installing a 103 mm throttle body, the V8 made 1,013 hp and 1,011 lb-ft of torque. The company plans to discover what upgraded heads and camshaft will do for the LT5 in a future video.  <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ENwkXIY9RC8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwQ1WCMRUv1uBvJqGAom-qA\">Katech Performance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katech started a new engine build series on the supercharged 6.2 L LT5 V8. They started with a stock LT5 and their Xtreme-DI fuel injection system which made 788 hp and 762 lb-ft of torque on 93 octane fuel. Then they upgraded the injectors and switched to E85 fuel where it made 925 hp and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=35492\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Katech LT5 V8 Makes 1013 hp<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":35501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lsx"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Katech-supercharged-LT5-V8-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36158,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=36158","url_meta":{"origin":35492,"position":0},"title":"Katech Pushes a Twin-Turbo LT5 V8 to 1486 hp","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Katech is back with an update on their LT5 build series. 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