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 Post subject: Colorado motors?
PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 10:08 pm 
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Has anyone looked into how hard it would be to swap the straight five from the Colorados into one the luv? Just brainstorming because the the 07+ had 242hp with VVT and they would probably be easy to find. Probably not worth the hassle to reinvent the wheel but just curious.


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 Post subject: Re: Colorado motors?
PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:58 am 
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You could also look into the 2009-2012 Colorado 5.3 engine. Although that would most likely be like any other v8 swap into these trucks. I used to have a 2012 v8 Colorado. It was a nice truck but not enough room for anyone with kids.


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 4:26 pm 
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5.3's have been done its just a small ls style v8 they go in without much of a fight, I believe powerbyace even makes the mounts. that would be any of the ls engines

as far as the inline 5 goes it depends on how long the engine is try and find the overall dimensions online, if you can make It fit between the radiator and the firewall you can make it work if you want to take the time. if it is much longer than a chevy small block is pretty much wont fit unless you cut into your core support and move the radiator forward and probably replace it with a different one and use electric fans.
you will need to make mounts, trans mounts, new fuel system from pump to engine with new lines, you would need the engine control portion of the Colorado wiring harness and the ecu, and then you would need to figure out your gauges as almost none of them will work with the Colorado sending units for temp speed or anything else... and a ton of misc tweaks here and there that will make you want to smack your head into the hood this is uncharted territory but you may be able to gather up some swap info from other people putting them into something else and see what headaches your looking at after you know it would fit
that being said I do like inline 5 engines my gfs old car was an acura with a 2.5L I5 and it was surprisingly fast and the engine was really smooth even at 130

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:55 pm 
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i have been researching it also this what i have found out so far as to using one of the atlas in family of motors . the pan may need to be changed because of a front sump verses crossmember issue the factory pcm can be reflashed to make it a stand alone engine you can add a turbo and that the 06 and newer are your best bet for a swap still trying to figure out how to use the 4l60e tranny and the factory luv speedo here are the web sites i have found most helpful http://www.vortec4200.com/ and http://www.lime-swap.com/


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:29 pm 
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I was recently just thinking the same thing or the inline 6 4.2 outta the trailblazers .

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 9:32 pm 
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I had themotor out of my colorado sitting next to my luv and they are a big motor... anything is possible but would take a lot of fab due to length


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