{"id":78283,"date":"2021-10-26T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=78283"},"modified":"2021-10-26T00:28:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T05:28:03","slug":"1986-corvette-with-a-ls2-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=78283","title":{"rendered":"1986 Corvette with a LS2 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sinister Performance’s<\/a> 1986 Corvette came with a 5.7 L L98 V8, 4+3-speed Doug Nash manual transmission, and a Dana 44 rear end with 3.07 gears. They replaced the L98 V8 with a 6.0 L LS2 V8 using modified Dirty Dingo<\/a> mount adapters and a PSI Conversions<\/a> wiring harness. The LS2 features CNC-ported 243 heads, 227\/235-113 camshaft, 50 lb\/hr injectors, and E38 ECU tuned by Sinister Performance. Other supporting upgrades include Summit radiator (SUM-384080), MuscleRods 1-7\/8\u201d stainless steel heads, and DeatchWerks DW200 fuel pump. They also swapped the 4+3 transmission for a TR6060 six-speed manual transmission with a Tick Performance LS7 clutch. <\/p>\n

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Source: Sinister Performance<\/a> and Corvette Forum<\/a> (build thread)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sinister Performance’s 1986 Corvette came with a 5.7 L L98 V8, 4+3-speed Doug Nash manual transmission, and a Dana 44 rear end with 3.07 gears. They replaced the L98 V8 with a 6.0 L LS2 V8 using modified Dirty Dingo mount adapters and a PSI Conversions wiring harness. The LS2 features CNC-ported 243 heads, 227\/235-113… Read More »1986 Corvette with a LS2 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":78288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corvette"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134040,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=134040","url_meta":{"origin":78283,"position":0},"title":"1957 Corvette with a Supercharged V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Lingenfelter Performance Engineering (LPE) spent over 3,000 hours building this orange 1957 Corvette. 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