The Chevrolet Performance E-Rod line of crate engines offer car builders the opportunity to upgrade their hot rods and muscle cars with modern power plants, without breaking any laws in their county or state. Particularly, if you live somewhere like California. Bringing all of the performance and reliability of your standard crate engines offered by Chevrolet Performance, they’re CARB-certified and legalized for cars built before 1995. You can source them directly from Chevrolet Performance, or third-party outlets like Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center.
Official Release:
LT4 E-Rod Crate Engine from Chevrolet Performance
As the heart of the Corvette Z06, the supercharged LT4 6.2L SC is the second most powerful engine offered in a regular-production Chevrolet. Chevrolet Performance’s lineup of E-ROD high-performance crate engine systems are eligible for installation in millions of 1995 and earlier vehicles in California.
Engineered for supremacy
The LT4 features a 1.7L Eaton R1740 TVS supercharger, which spins at up to 20,000 rpm. That’s enough to generate more than 9 pounds of boost and help produce 640 horsepower and 630 lb-ft of torque.
LT4 Tech Specs
- Engine Type: Direct-injection spark-ignition Gen-V Small-Block V-8
- Displacement (cu. in.): 376 (6.2L)
- Bore x Stroke (in.): 4.065 x 3.622 (103.25 x 92 mm)
- Block: Cast aluminum with 6-bolt nodular iron main bearing caps
- Crankshaft: Forged steel
- Connecting Rods: Forged powdered-metal steel
- Pistons: Forged aluminum
- Camshaft Type: Hydraulic roller
- Valve Lift (in.): .492 intake / .551 exhaust
- Camshaft Duration (@ 0.050 in.): 189° intake / 223° exhaust
- Cylinder Heads: A356-T6 rotocast aluminum; as cast with 65.5-cc chambers
- Valve Size (in.): 2.130 intake / 1.590 exhaust
- Compression Ratio: 10.0:1
- Required Fuel: Premium pump
- Maximum Recommended rpm: 6600
Rick Seitz is the owner and founder of AutoCentric Media, the parent company to Timeless Muscle Magazine, and has a true love and passion for all vehicles. When he isn’t tuning, testing, or competing with the magazine’s current crop of project vehicles, he’s busy tinkering and planning the next round modifications for his own cars.
