General Motors option code

LS5

LS5: a General Motors factory option code reused for more than one part across 1971–1981 and 4 models — see the table for what it named each year, with installs and price where a source states them.

General Motors reused this code for more than one part over the years — read the "as named that year" column for what it meant on each row rather than assuming one meaning throughout.

4 models · 5 model years · 11 sources

Red 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle SS two-door hardtop at a downtown car show, front three-quarter, with the single-headlamp 1971 front end, SS grille and fender badges, black hood stripes and hood pins
1971 Chevrolet Chevelle SS sport coupe in red with black hood stripes Photo: MercurySable99, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Every sourced appearance

Year Model As named that year Price Installs
1971 Chevrolet Chevelle and Malibu SS 454/365 hp engine RPO $279.10 9,502 Reported
1971 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am 455 ci HO V-8 4BBL (sales code 34U) RPO/UPC $236.97 Unknown
1971 Pontiac Tempest and LeMans 455 H.O. V-8 in T-37 and LeMans coupes and convertibles RPO $358 Unknown
1972 Chevrolet Chevelle and Malibu SS 454/270 net hp engine (not available in California) RPO $272 5,333 Reported
1972 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am 455 ci HO V-8 4BBL (sales code 34X) RPO/UPC $231 Unknown
1972 Pontiac GTO 455 HO V8 RPO $349 Unknown
1972 Pontiac Tempest and LeMans 455 four-barrel H.O. V-8 (GTO; LeMans/LeMans Sport 2-doors via WW5; not Luxury LeMans) RPO Unknown Unknown
1973 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am 455 ci V-8 4BBL (sales code 35W) RPO/UPC $154 Unknown
1980 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am 4.3 Litre 2bbl V-8 RPO/UPC Unknown Unknown
1981 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am 4.3 Liter V-8 2V, Base Firebird and Esprit RPO/UPC $50 Unknown
1981 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am 4.3 Liter V-8 2V, Formula RPO/UPC $50 Unknown

Every row traces to the source it links from on that model's own year page; this table only collects them in one place.