Engine, 2.5L (151 cu in) L4, electronic fuel injection

Years 1982–92 Models 3 Factory citations 15

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Also described as 2.5 L (151 cu in) L4, throttle-body fuel injectionEngine, 2.5L L4, electronic fuel injection

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Documented applications

Celebrity — A-body (1982–1990)

1982–1990 Factory-verified

Base engine every year

GM Heritage factory kit — 1982 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.6.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.5, p.6.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.10, p.15.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.5, p.8.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.5, p.6.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.4, p.6.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.7, p.8.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.6, p.9.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.5.

Citation — X-body (1983–1985)

1983–1985 Factory-verified

151 cu in; the base engine on the power team pages; the Celebrity doc reads it as throttle-body fuel injection

GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet Citation, p.10.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet Citation, p.10.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet Citation, p.6.

Lumina — first generation, W-body (1990–1994)

1990–1992 Factory-verified

base engine of the Lumina coupe and sedan; the 1990 power-teams page writes throttle body injection, the 1991–1992 pages electronic fuel injection; the 1991 order-guide power teams print LA8; celebrity-gen1 reads LR8 as "2.5 L (151 cu in) L4, throttle-body fuel injection"

GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet Lumina, p.7, p.40.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet Lumina, p.12, p.18.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1992 Chevrolet Lumina, p.6.

This page aggregates every documented appearance of LR8 in the Chevrolet reference. Confidence and citations are shown per application — the same code can be better documented in one year than another.