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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 10:54 PM
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Whats the difference between the ls2 corvette engine and the run of the mill 6.0 thats in the rest of GMs stuff ? Well its not bore and stroke,is it just in the crank,heads,fuel injection,ignition etc? Thanks for the input!!!!!!!! 07 C6 Z51 LOVE IT
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The 6.0L engine is the RPO LS2 engine. It is used in:
  • C6 Corvette
  • SSR
  • GTO
  • CTS-V
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 11:09 PM
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and soon the grand prix if you can believe MT
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Originally Posted by calemasters
The 6.0L engine is the RPO LS2 engine. It is used in:
  • C6 Corvette
  • SSR
  • GTO
  • CTS-V
And Trailblazer SS

The other 6.0L engines are mostly iron block truck motors (some are all aluminum too though) and are lower compression motors with a different objective/different uses in mind.
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Originally Posted by LS1LT1
And Trailblazer SS
Yup. GM rated the Trailblazer SS LS2 @ 395 HP. The games we play.
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