General LSX Automobile Discussion - Whats it like driving a cammed full bolt-on LS1?

So I've been attempting to get my build done but every time I buy something I read about something else I might as well buy when I'm in there and the list keeps building. My garage is full of "soon-to-be-installed" parts yet all I've gotten on so far is my damn lid and p&p'ed TB.

So what was your initial reaction and what was it like when you finally got all your stuff on and tuned? I still need at least another $400 in parts and I'm planning on doing my headers and cam with a knowledgeable friend but I know I'm going to have to pay someone to put in my 4.10's... So help inspire me by telling me how great it is to finish your build.

its a blast..the first startup just makes you grin from ear to ear. havent got mine fully tuned yet but really look forward to it! I put in torquer 2 cam with ported 5.3 heads pacesetter lt headers to xpipe and dumped bullets.

Warm Apple Pie.... nuff said..

Warm Apple Pie.... nuff said..

Not in your mouth though....... ;)

Its great!

Long tubes and a cam with 410s will really wake it up. You will not be disappointed

It's great until you drive a bone stock C5 Z06. Then its like damn, I wish my Fbody felt like this.

Pretty awesome feeling actually!

My fathers LS2 C6 has full bolt-on's and it just recently got a cam. I'm impressed with how much the cam woke the car up, pulls super hard and that sound is just insane, was definitely worth it.

I just installed an EPS 222/226 113lsa with Kook headers y pipe a 3200 Yank stall and 3:42 gears and its a blast wow I dynoed at 360rwhp a gain of 47rwhp and at 5500rpm closer to 60rwhp gain My car is a blast to drive now and the whole thing sdhakes with the brake on at the light. I feel like a really have a muscle car now and I set my shift point at 61-6200rpm it pulled on the dyno until 6400rpm. I tried my car at 6400rpm and it was crazy but I decided to dial it down it did an extra 4-5hp and 10ft lbs of torque but I daily drive it and wanted no break down so I'm keeping the revs down

Warm Apple Pie.... nuff said..

http://girl-vs-food.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/AmericanPie.jpg

I guess...we'll just tell your mother..that we ate it all.

First start is the best, but everytime I start my car up in the mornings to let it warm up for work it just livens me up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvtpsaEQXCE

It feels awesome....for about 2 weeks, then you WILL want more.

A doctor cannot remove your smile.

So I've been attempting to get my build done but every time I buy something I read about something else I might as well buy when I'm in there and the list keeps building. My garage is full of "soon-to-be-installed" parts yet all I've gotten on so far is my damn lid and p&p'ed TB.

So what was your initial reaction and what was it like when you finally got all your stuff on and tuned? I still need at least another $400 in parts and I'm planning on doing my headers and cam with a knowledgeable friend but I know I'm going to have to pay someone to put in my 4.10's... So help inspire me by telling me how great it is to finish your build.



i havent been in a built LS1 yet, but you know the holocaust? yeah its the oppisite of that. :D

It's great until you drive a bone stock C5 Z06. Then its like damn, I wish my Fbody felt like this.

This^^

It's pretty cool at first, but sometimes I would just like a nice quiet/smooth car.

I'm an old timer when compared with the rest of the forum. I grew up around BB Chevys. So it feels like it takes me back to years gone by.

It's a lot more fun to drive and pulls pretty hard, but another 100rwhp and I'd be satisfied.

What is it like to drive a bolt on/ cammed ls1? It's like doing 1 pound of uncut Columbian Bam-Bam by yourself and then hopping onto an Atlas shuttle that has wheels.










Shit in front of you comes up VERY quickly now! Letting it warm up in my garage usually attracts a crowd of neighbors. :) But I warn you... you WILL get bored and want more

It's like this..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_4PJGb4oac

OP its great to start it and drive it for the first time. I LOVE the shake that my car has from the cam it definitely feels more like a muscle car than before the cam. Its almost as good as your first time...you guys know what i mean.

?OP its great to start it and drive it for the first time. I LOVE the shake that my car has from the cam it definitely feels more like a muscle car than before the cam. Its almost as good as your first time...you guys know what i mean.

Oh why what do you mean?:confused:

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Oh why what do you mean?:confused:


You know the first time you have relations with your lady friend. LOL Btw man I absoloutely LOVE your third gen. I've always had a thing for the "turd gen" camaros. I'll get one and do a LS swap someday.

Ohhhhhh! Thats the "casual encounter" for me:lmao:
Thanks man! And i wouldnt sell her for anything!

I don't have a cam just yet - next thing to do but loving the upgrades.

It's like this..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_4PJGb4oac

Can't wait for mine to be like that. Awesome!!

^ that shit was cool.

It feels awesome....for about 2 weeks, then you WILL want more.

:werd:

I'm so ready for mine =)

I almost forgot, then it's like this... lol

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t272/fccs/2012-04-18_16-44-13_929.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t272/fccs/2012-04-18_16-45-04_4.jpg

^ lol

haha.. 10bolt no likey.....

Bump.


Its sick. I got the 228R and even old people tell me it sounds aweome. It gained power through out the entire power band.

Remember you are building the car for you. It's never finished, but the first startup is incredible. You realize it's something you put together.

its a lot of fun. that lope scares imports everywhere you drive. :D

Not sure how it is to drive a cammed/bolt-ons LS1 as all the f-bodies I have driven have been stock or close to it, but I have ridden in my cousin's Vortech supercharged C5 and it was a lot like this...

http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles19/967673/projects/3550133/1a8181fdca4c70e292047f69d9016958.jpg

That picture makes my day lol.

feels great for a couple weeks and then you want more ;):cool:

Orgasmic.

it was like driving a sports car for the first time all over again. made me realize how little of a response the motor was giving. Its like waking a bear up in the winter time by smacking him on the nose while wearing a salmon suit.

I took mine to church, and yes indeed, the old people did think it was cool. Old car guys ya know.

My gramps made my grandmother drive stag. lol

we pulled out from the church to go eat chinese and i hit it a lick in first and threw it sideways and smoked the tires and left some good 40 footers that are still there today.

he was smiling and told me to make sure i was careful to make himself feel better about enjoying it so much. then a honda tried a ricer flyby, and we made a quick meal of him. he got home, and i think inside he felt like he was in his 20's again.

thats what its like.

but yes you will want more power. i was at stock then 400rwhp was a must have... got 400....few months later had to have 600! oh man! 600. then got it, blew the motor...had to have 700...swapped a few things and now were shooting for 800-1000. lol. i dont know where it ends.

heres my car with just the cam. no stall. (lot faster with a stall and shift kit)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al-4PuBDdSQ inside speedo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWczHF4f7sw outside idle revs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKnvDruC0zA flyby

and heres the car in its current state for shits and giggles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKnPa6_jgzE

what tires do you have to be able to hook like that from a dig?

Whatever they are I want some too:)