Tag: throwback thursday

This week’s Throwback video features a purpose built 1969 Chevrolet Camaro drag car lining up against a 2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport. According to the video description, the ’69 Camaro is packing a 496 cubic inch big block and a 16 year old female driver, who has climbed behind the wheel of her grandpa’s big, […] More »

Today’s Throwback video takes a look at GM’s “fiery new creation” for 1967 – the first Chevrolet Camaro. While the LS1 engine wasn’t considered until some 30 years after this commercial would have first aired on television around the country, with so many LS1Tech members owning and loving the Camaro…this is a chance to see […] More »

This week’s Throwback video features a mean looking 1978 Datsun 280Z that has been granted the power of a built LS1 V8. The result is one smoking fast classic Nissan Z car that packs the power and roar of an American muscle car while maintaining the classic Japanese sports car look. The LS1 engine packed […] More »

This week’s Throwback video features a pair of Chevrolet Camaro coupes – one powered by a lightly modified LT1 and the other powered by a stock LS1 – in a heads up drag race that shows just how strong the LS1 V8 is even when pitted against a modified car. To be specific, this video […] More »

For this week’s Throwback video, I have dug up the original 1998 Pontiac Firebird commercial which introduced the TV world to the LS1 powered Pontiac muscle car. This clip features three late 4th generation Firebirds rolling through a battered urban area (that very well could be Detroit.) The soundtrack is provided by the then-new LS1 V8…revving […] More »

The 1998 Chevrolet Camaro introduced the muscle car world to the LS1 V8 and while it was a beast stock, there were few engines available when the LS1 debuted that would accept mods and make power like the first LS V8. Although GM has a long and storied history of high performance, the LS1 took […] More »

This week’s Throwback Thursday video features a gorgeous 1971 Chevrolet Nova that looks stock on the inside and out, but under the hood is a carbed and cammed LS1 V8 that gives this classic Chevy muscle car a wicked grumble and a whole lot of go-fast power. This is just a walkaround video, so we […] More »