Ls2
Feb 13, 2007 | 02:01 AM
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Ls2
Waht does LS2 stand for ?
Feb 13, 2007 | 02:25 AM
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From: La Center WA
It's the RPO ("regular production option") code for the 6 liter, 400 hp engine used in Corvette coupes (non-Z06) and convertibles. The specific characters don't have any literal meaning; how they're assigned by GM is anyone's guess. Other RPO codes include Z51 (performance handling package), F55 (magnetic selective ride control), C2L (dual roof package), and QG7 (polished alloy wheels), to name but a few examples. There's really not any sense to them as far as I can tell.
Feb 13, 2007 | 02:57 AM
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From: Short Hills, NJ
L acks
S lowness and goes nearly
2 hundred miles per hour.
LS2 =
Feb 13, 2007 | 03:39 AM
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From: Wilbraham Mass.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
LS1LT1
L acks
S lowness and goes nearly
2 hundred miles per hour.
LS2 =
Thats good I like it.
Feb 13, 2007 | 04:27 AM
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From: Hope, Arkansas - '07 LMB Coupe
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L oves
S nakes
2 eat.
Feb 13, 2007 | 06:26 AM
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From: stafford country, va. Avatar: Me on turn 3 @ Bristol (The World's Fastest Half-Mile)
how about...L ongitudinal-mount S eries 2
Feb 13, 2007 | 07:11 AM
Melting Slicks
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From: Acton MA
Quote:
how about...L ongitudinal-mount S eries 2
So LT1 would be
L ongitudinal-mount
T ype
1 ?
Hrm... I dont buy it.
Feb 13, 2007 | 09:12 AM
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From: NorCal
Quote:
Originally Posted by
LS1LT1
L acks
S lowness and goes nearly
2 hundred miles per hour.
LS2 =
You da man!
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Feb 13, 2007 | 09:15 AM
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L ovely
S ounds when
2 ned
Feb 13, 2007 | 09:32 AM
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From: Berkeley Lake GA
Feb 13, 2007 | 10:03 AM
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gota07
L oves
S nakes
2 eat.
Living in the southwestern desert I can assure you there are some snakes that
will bite you. If you’re out in the wild driving a stock C6 and happen-upon a Viper....especially a new-born Viper....handle it with caution. They bite!
Feb 13, 2007 | 10:13 AM
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From: Eastern PA
2021 C6 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
Feb 13, 2007 | 11:04 AM
Melting Slicks
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From: Frisco TX
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petiebear
Waht does LS2 stand for ?
L eaves
S uckers in
2 nd Place.
Feb 13, 2007 | 12:00 PM
Cruising
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Can you have a Z51 and a F55 package on your car at the same time?
Feb 13, 2007 | 12:29 PM
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Can we get some badges for it?
Feb 13, 2007 | 12:31 PM
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From: St. Louis Mo.
Light Speed 2 (no wonder LS7 is so fast
)
Feb 13, 2007 | 12:32 PM
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From: Bonita Springs FL
Quote:
Originally Posted by
LS1LT1
L acks
S lowness and goes nearly
2 hundred miles per hour.
LS2 =
Excllent! Gotta love that one.
Feb 13, 2007 | 12:34 PM
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From: Hurst, TX USA
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C6_Cav_Scout
Can you have a Z51 and a F55 package on your car at the same time?
No, one or the other (or neither if it has the base suspension). However you can add Z51 torsion bars to a F55 and have some of the best of both worlds.
Feb 13, 2007 | 12:39 PM
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Wait the Z51 has a different engine which allow for the different badges, right?
Feb 13, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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From: Short Hills, NJ
Quote:
Originally Posted by
DarthStimpy
So LT1 would be L ongitudinal-mount T ype 1 ?
No silly, that would be the LS1 (
L ongitudinal-mount
S eries
1 ).
LT1 obviously stands for
L ooking
T o get LS
1 .
)
