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Old Jul 8, 2022 | 07:52 PM
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Are all LS3 Engines Hand Made or is it just the Manual's with Dry Sump?
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LS3's in manual transmission Grand Sports are hand made. No others that I'm aware of.
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Only for model years 2011 and 2012 and 2013, and only Z06s and ZR1s for 2011 and 2012, also included for the 2013 427s. Extra charge of $5800 to allow the buyer to build the engine.
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Originally Posted by cadbob
Are all LS3 Engines Hand Made or is it just the Manual's with Dry Sump?
manual with the dry sump. And you get the name of the builder on it too like the LS7s


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manual with the dry sump. And you get the name of the builder on it too like the LS7s


I Take delivery of my 2012 GS AutoMatic on the 15th, my 1st Vette, I traded my SL500, always wanted a Vette. Where is that labeled located? I'm sure I will be able to hunt it down by pic thou.
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Old Jul 9, 2022 | 06:52 AM
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I Take delivery of my 2012 GS AutoMatic on the 15th, my 1st Vette, I traded my SL500, always wanted a Vette. Where is that labeled located? I'm sure I will be able to hunt it down by pic thou.
There isn't a label on the automatic cars because they don't have the hand built engine or dry sump system.
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Old Jul 13, 2022 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Vette_DD
Only for model years 2011 and 2012 and 2013, and only Z06s and ZR1s for 2011 and 2012, also included for the 2013 427s. Extra charge of $5800 to allow the buyer to build the engine.
2010 manual dry sump Grand Sports were also hand built. I own one.



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I believe that all manual transmission dry sump Grand Sports. Z06's, ZR1's, & 427 verts were hand built
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Originally Posted by Vette_DD
Only for model years 2011 and 2012 and 2013, and only Z06s and ZR1s for 2011 and 2012, also included for the 2013 427s. Extra charge of $5800 to allow the buyer to build the engine.
It's all LS7s btw. My 07 has a name plaque on it, not just 11 and 12.
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Originally Posted by Vette_DD
Only for model years 2011 and 2012 and 2013, and only Z06s and ZR1s for 2011 and 2012, also included for the 2013 427s. Extra charge of $5800 to allow the buyer to build the engine.
To be clear, this includes 2011, 2012, 2013 Base LS3 wet sump cars with MT ?
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Originally Posted by Dzv69
To be clear, this includes 2011, 2012, 2013 Base LS3 wet sump cars with MT ?

No wet sump cars we're ever hand built motors, only dry sump LS3 manual grand sports (all years), z06 (all years) zr1 (all years). Reason being the different crank required to drive the dry sump oil system.
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^^^^ AND 427 verts too
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True, all ls7s
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