vipert/a

my engine shakes is that normal for ls1's? i didnt think anything of it but when i went to my oil changer and he saw my engine bay while my car was on and on [P]ark he said that it should be smooth and not "shakey". my car is a 98trans am and is 53,045 miles old. what do you guys think?

Ell Ess Won

impossible for any of us to tell. These engines move quite a bit though, if it's overly apparent check your engine mounts.

vipert/a

i understand. the shaking isn't nasty i dont think. but yeah it "moves quite a bit" i think. how about when i'm idleing on [D]? should it be moving quite a bit as well?

ICEMAN 31

i have not seen an LS1 engine that did not shake when reved,makes u wonder don't it.

Blk97WS6

iTrader: (19)

mine, and every other LS1 f-body ive seen all shake a little, and even more when revved.

ICEMAN 31

if they weren't freed up a bit those 346's would break something everytime you rev it

stokedporcupine

mine shakes for sure. its not stock though. but, i'd imagen they shake when stock too.

vipert/a

hmm so basically my oil changer knows nothing about the underrated monsters called the ls1? he's probably familiar with rice rockets and pustangs.. thanks fellas! i am at rest now!

LS1>girlfriend

iTrader: (19)

post a short clip with a camera or something...then u will have an absolute answer instead of a bunch of i assume they shake or that sounds normal

CRAGER

My Camaro shakes a little.

They all shake a little, don't worry about it unless its throwing some SES codes.

Peace,
Craig.

stokedporcupine

agree about the video. you might want to do that. semantics are funny like that. my "shakes alittle" could be different then your "shakes alittle" though i will say when i first bought my LS1 i was very surprised to see how much the engine shook. so who knows.

lsx24

iTrader: (45)

That's totally normal, they are mounted to rubber mounts, they are meant to shake a certain amount.

BirdsOnly

Yea shaking mounts is better than braking mounts

elevario

Mine definately shakes. Good to see this is normal hehe.

jewbacca

iTrader: (5)

Well al I can say is that when i have my LT1 camaro, it shook pretty good at idle. I loved it when people would ride in my car and see their head bobbin a little bit. Now that I have me LS1, it shakes 10x more! I love it. To me, its not a muscle car unless it shakes.

ricethis

stock, mine shook, now that its modded it shakes a lot more, especially when the cam went in. its not a civic, it supposed to shake

vipert/a

**** YEAH!

BLKWS.6

Mine shakes like a virgin on a date with Ron Jeremy!


seriously though, an I6 is naturally balanced in motion, a V8 is not. A V8 will "quivver" a bit compared to I6's and V12's (both of which are naturally balanced in motion).

TheClassic

The best part about my GTO was that the whole car would shake just barely noticably while sitting at a traffic light. I loved it. Anyone else get that with their f-body?

BLKWS.6

Yes, I asked about it before, its normal, car kinda "shudders" ever 5-10 seconds.