Question about the Ls1 engine and high miles
08-31-2007, 05:54 PM
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Question about the Ls1 engine and high miles What do you guys think is a good limit on miles for buying a 01-02 F body? A friend of mine with a 2000 Z28 told me to keep it under around 50k miles and apparently after 90,000 you run the risk of getting "piston slap". I will have about 15,000 to spend
08-31-2007, 06:03 PM
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Ls1 motor is a good, reliable motor. Depending on how it was taken care of i wouldnt be worried about it having more then 50k. I found my 02 with 46k on the clock. As for piston slap, lifter tick etc. Ive heard the ls1 is a noisy motor, mine sounds like a sewing machine alot of the time but it seems to be a common problem.
08-31-2007, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by z28bryan02
Ls1 motor is a good, reliable motor. Depending on how it was taken care of i wouldnt be worried about it having more then 50k. I found my 02 with 46k on the clock. As for piston slap, lifter tick etc. Ive heard the ls1 is a noisy motor, mine sounds like a sewing machine alot of the time but it seems to be a common problem.
08-31-2007, 10:05 PM
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mine has 150k+ dont let mileage scare you....i run faster than lower mileage cars or have...lol lsx engines were designed to reach 300k.....
It depends how hard to run it and how much power u are making
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08-31-2007, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by TA1364
they arent hondas.
It depends how hard to run it and how much power u are making
It depends how hard to run it and how much power u are making
Ever heard of an open deck block?? Yea, that means almost the entire circumference of the cylinder wall floats in the block, the cylinders are surrounded by coolant. All Honda blocks are like this, they are weak as hell, and need an insert called a "block guard" in any type of real aftermarket performance application.
09-01-2007, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by TA1364
they arent hondas.
It depends how hard to run it and how much power u are making
It depends how hard to run it and how much power u are making
Anyway The LS1 is a reliable engine. My 98 Trans Am has 142,000 on it and dynoed at 336hp. I don't worry about miles unless the car looks really abused. If it was taken care of you should have no wories.
Check out this Z28
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...0&cardist=1416
09-02-2007, 09:38 PM
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ls1's are very strong, you need to find out how well it was taken care of more importanely than the milage really, unless its like over 150k, even then if i was babied it could see 200k+ no problem.
09-02-2007, 09:48 PM
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i saw a post on here one time, a guy wanted to buy this camaro, it had like 330k on it, hwy mileage. stock motor, still running strong. it's all in how they are driven.
09-02-2007, 11:40 PM
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I have two friends with 94 lts, i know not a ls1, but the lt1s are known to have more problems, one has 165k and the other 175k both never had anything done engine wise, 1 had a tranny mount after he blew it racing. I would say that camaros are rather reliable
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Mine has 121k on the clock. Had 107ish with Vengeance tune and put down 342hp-351tq. No oil burn between oil changes. From what I understand with no power adders, weakest link is oil pump on high mile cars. They put my cam in at 120k and said pump and chain was fine. Motors are unbelievable tough if taken care of. Oh btw, mine is not babied by no means.lol
Got you all beat...196k, going fine and about to get a healthy shot of gas 
09-04-2007, 02:03 AM
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im looking at a 1998 formula with 98k miles on it, it was stock most of its life until Lt headers and Y pipe + catback were added 2 years ago and then 300 miles ago when a cam and stall was added.....the car is a FL car and has "been taken care of well"......from the mileage you guys are talking about, this formula doesnt sound too bad
