THE LS1 LIVES!!!!!
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Le Mans Master
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From: The Motor City
Originally Posted by 79ls1
Awesome. Just watched it again, it's good for motivation 
(which I have needed as of late).
(which I have needed as of late).
Originally Posted by 80Xflags
Nice!!
I'm curious to know, how did you deal with the F-body accessory set up, and what did you do for the motor mounts??
Thanks!
Matt
I'm curious to know, how did you deal with the F-body accessory set up, and what did you do for the motor mounts??
Thanks!
Matt
Thanks for all the comments!! Hopefully I'll be driving the car around town tomorrow afternoon. I just have a few loose ends to tie up.
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From: The Motor City
Originally Posted by 71coupe
How much weight savings do you end up with?(as opposed to an iron SB with aluminum heads, intake, & water pump)
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From: Charles Town WV
Congratulations! What Trans did you end up using? I'm planning on doing this to my 68 Camaro.
Did you pull the engine from a junked Camaro or did you buy it new?
Did you pull the engine from a junked Camaro or did you buy it new?
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From: The Motor City
Originally Posted by Steve Straus
Congratulations! What Trans did you end up using? I'm planning on doing this to my 68 Camaro.
Did you pull the engine from a junked Camaro or did you buy it new?
Did you pull the engine from a junked Camaro or did you buy it new?
I finally drove the car around the block this afternoon!! It was great. I can't wait to see what 6800 feels like. I'm going to try to keep it under 4k for the first few hundred miles...
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From: Lewiston, Maine
My earlier prayers have been answered
Keeping on the LS1 topic and to those contemplating an LS1 install in the future (myself included), someone finally came out with a carbureted intake manifold for the LS1. The September '04 issue of Car Craft has an article about swapping Gen. III blocks out of platforms you would find them in.
Edelbrock has their carbureted intake manifold out already, it allows you to, "...still use the coil-near-plug ignition with a conversion box." Also, "Finally, GM Performance Parts is close to releasing a carbureted intake manifold and a front cover that will mount a distributor to light the plugs." pp. 72-75; quotes on pg. 75.
If you go to the Edelbrock website (Automotive Parts -> Intake Manifolds -> Chevy LS1), their manifold made 410 HP and 418 TQ in dyno tests using one of their carbs and camshafts.
Why would I (or anyone else) wish to carburete an LS1? For the simplicity. I've already got a perfectly good carburetor and I can find LS1 blocks with heads for le$$ than I can pick up a complete LS1; plus I'd have to do the rest of the conversion to fuel injection with a complete LS1. Further on down the road my goal is to have a SBC 427 made out of an LS1 or LS2/LS6/LS7...? But that's a good decade away yet.
Edelbrock has their carbureted intake manifold out already, it allows you to, "...still use the coil-near-plug ignition with a conversion box." Also, "Finally, GM Performance Parts is close to releasing a carbureted intake manifold and a front cover that will mount a distributor to light the plugs." pp. 72-75; quotes on pg. 75.
If you go to the Edelbrock website (Automotive Parts -> Intake Manifolds -> Chevy LS1), their manifold made 410 HP and 418 TQ in dyno tests using one of their carbs and camshafts.
Why would I (or anyone else) wish to carburete an LS1? For the simplicity. I've already got a perfectly good carburetor and I can find LS1 blocks with heads for le$$ than I can pick up a complete LS1; plus I'd have to do the rest of the conversion to fuel injection with a complete LS1. Further on down the road my goal is to have a SBC 427 made out of an LS1 or LS2/LS6/LS7...? But that's a good decade away yet.
