98vortecbw

Well tonight we started the cam swap and we took off the valve covers it said 1.6. If im not mistaken I thought LT1's came with 1.5's and my car is internally bone stock.

-PEPE-

iTrader: (10)

sounds like someone upgraded because they come with 1.5s, not sure if there were rocker options from SLP options from the factory. Are you the original owner? Either way that's cool.

96capricemgr

iTrader: (1)

Stock on an LT1 is 1.5 STAMPED LT4s came with 1.6 rollers though.

98vortecbw

No I got the car about a year ago. The car is SUPPOSED to be a bone stock internals with a"chip and flowmasters." The car didnt have flowmasters. I still dont know if it has a chip. Anyway the rockers were silver aluminum and had GM stamped on them and under that was 1.6. I dunno whats going on. Im sure its not an LT4 though.

TwoFast4Lv

iTrader: (8)

Sounds like some one may have returned it to stock but did not have the stock rocker any more. What do the retainers look like? Are they a bright silver? If so you may have lucked out

98vortecbw

by lucked out do you mean its a LT4 or it has Rockers?

TwoFast4Lv

iTrader: (8)

if it has bright Silver valve spring retainers some one installed a hot cam kit at one time and then pulled the cam out and sold it

2MuchNos93LT1

i might of been cammed up be 4 if it has a chip rocker arms valve springs

Formula96

are they rollers or stamped?

98vortecbw

Sorry im ignorant lol umm please explain what you mean.

Formula96

Where the rocker meets the spring, does it have a roller or is it just an extension of metal, a solid piece.

aboatguy

He said, silver aluminum earlier. So they are rollers. I wonder if it still has the hotcam or other aftermarket cam in it.

Mike

98vortecbw

No what I think happened is that Im the 3rd owner. The guy that had it before me dindt know anything about he just wanted a weekend car. But I think the original owner had the car camming with springs, lifters, rocker rollers and the cam, then when he went to sell it he took out the cam so it wouldnt kill the value. Would that make sense to yall?

98vortecbw

eh eh?

Jeremy95TA

That sounds a lot more like it. Put the car on a dyno and take it to the track and find out.

98vortecbw

When I first got it and couldnt drive and also before the catback I ran a 13.9

98vortecbw

we also found out it has a forged crank, and probably forged rods and pistons. WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?

01WS6/tamu

iTrader: (37)

somebody spent $ You wound up with goodies. Re cam it and go from there depending on what your overall plans for the car are.

98vortecbw

we also found out it has a forged crank, and probably forged rods and pistons. WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?

SAPPER

iTrader: (10)

DAMN!!! my guess is he might have gotten a true LT4 bottom end or like someone else said you got ahold of some goodies. Did you run #'s on the crank or what. If the crank is out, do the "ping test". Stand the crank up on end and tap a throw with a wrench, if it pings and rings loudly it's forged steel, if it pings and dies out quickly, it's cast.