Chevrolet Performance is no longer offering the turbocharged 2.0L I4 LTG engine as an available crate motor, GM Authority has uncovered. The LTG engine’s departure from the Chevrolet Performance lineup follows its departure in GM’s production vehicle lineup as well.
LTG engine
As we covered earlier in the week, the GM turbo LTG engine is now only available in the Chevy Camaro and Chevy Malibu. Originally debuting in the 2013-model-year Cadillac ATS and Chevrolet Malibu, the LTG is part of General Motors’ large-displacement four-cylinder Ecotec engine family, and features dual overhead cams, Spark Ignited Direct Injection, a steel crank, forged powdered metal connecting rods, and a cast-aluminum block and head.
The LTG engine was recently discontinued in the Chevrolet Equinox and Chevrolet Terrain. GM is now phasing out the LTG in favor of the newer turbocharged 2.0L I4 LSY, which can be found in a variety of different vehicles, including the GMC Acadia, not to mention every model in the Cadillac lineup.
Chevrolet Performance introduced the LTG engine as an available crate motor at the 2014 SEMA show. Producing 272 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque, the LTG crate motor was designed for longitudinal, RWD, manual transmission applications, and was offered either as a standalone unit, or coupled with a six-speed manual transmission.
The crate motor originally cost between $8,000 and $9,000.
Now, however, as GM phases out the LTG engine in favor of the newer LSY, there is no longer capacity to offer the LTG as a crate motor.
LSY engine
Notably, the turbocharged 2.0L I4 LSY produces less power than the LTG, and was designed for smoother operation and cleaner emissions. For reference, the older LTG engine produced 272 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque when equipped in the Cadillac ATS, while the LSY produces 237 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque in the 2020 Cadillac CT5.
The LTG engine is currently produced at the GM Tonawanda facility in New York, but was previously produced at the automaker’s Spring Hill facility in Tennessee, which now produces the LSY.
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Now if they get rid of the 2.0T LSY, all will be good !!
Of course replace them both with the 2.7T !!!
GM is slowly shooting them selfs in the foot
Build up the turbo 4 ,,,, and charge a mint for a Pickup with a 6 or a V8 …. …. and poof you go broke trying to reinvent yourself after the government bails you out again … I own a 2012 Impala VVT DI 3.6 and a 2019 silverado LS 5.3 great motors … and just when you stat getting it right you axe the CTS 3.6 …. turbo charged motors are great for 80K miles and then the back pressure creates blow-by and the tranny stays in passing gear on the highway… yea great grocery getter but beyond that they are junk
and why in the world would you axe the SS … you had a package to compete with the other guys … 50k was a little steep …. but ooo yea you were threatening the rarified air of the vette … cant have that … need to protect the vette … so chop anything your loyal buyers can afford and force us to the Mustang, Charger, Challeger …. you even failed to build a tranny that could hold up to anything stronger than a 3.6 and so you come up with Torque Management and take all the fun out of driving … Fire the soccer mom and start building some real GM muscle