How consistent is an LS motor?
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How consistent is an LS motor?
I've been wondering this question every since I started to learn about these LS based engines. I race a dragster and I'm a pretty big bracket hitter at most of the bigger meets. As most know, most guys run BBC's etc and run mid to high 4's at 140MPH or so in the 1/8. I'm just curious as to how a LS based motor would run in a 1800lb dragster and if there's any more consistency in it? Or is it not worth the swap? I know the factors of DA, Track temp, engine temp, etc come into factor every round. Besides that, has anyone actually tried this? Any opinions? Consistency is they key in bracket racing .
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I bracket race my car every weekend, its just a stock ls1 with a mail order tune and its VERY consistent. Tonight it only changed about a tenth from the heat of the day to the cool night air.
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I bracket every weekend in our local points and summit series. Its a door slammer but very consistent. Within hunderdths. On more than one occasion have 10-15 passes 6.69-6.71 with 10 of those being within thousandths and always within 1 mph. Our DA is usually 5000+ and over 100 degrees. In a dragster, I would think it would even be more consistent.
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Sounds like a great deal since a lot of people (that I know of) don't know much or use LS based engines/electronics and they seem SUPER consistent. I found a thread kinda o the same base on hardcorels1.com but it was set-up to run super-comp (8.90 index). Maybe some of the bracket guys can chime in on the consistency factors of tuning and such .
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with nitrous, changin the bottle every run I've been able to keep it between 9.59 and 9.53 on the same day.
ls platform can be as consistant as anything else out there if you know what you're doing with them. Put one in a rail car that's got enough tire so it should never spin and enough wheelbase so it can never really get out of shape and I'd think it would be as good as you will find.
ls platform can be as consistant as anything else out there if you know what you're doing with them. Put one in a rail car that's got enough tire so it should never spin and enough wheelbase so it can never really get out of shape and I'd think it would be as good as you will find.
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I've been wondering this question every since I started to learn about these LS based engines. I race a dragster and I'm a pretty big bracket hitter at most of the bigger meets. As most know, most guys run BBC's etc and run mid to high 4's at 140MPH or so in the 1/8. I'm just curious as to how a LS based motor would run in a 1800lb dragster and if there's any more consistency in it? Or is it not worth the swap? I know the factors of DA, Track temp, engine temp, etc come into factor every round. Besides that, has anyone actually tried this? Any opinions? Consistency is they key in bracket racing .
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My formula has only varied 5-6 hundredths if I can keep the trans and engione temps in check. When they start hot lapping the times drop a little, but I've snagged a track championship and a NHRA national r/u with a 13 second car against 9-12 second footbrake drivers so I'd say it's consistent.
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I have a BBC with a 4:11 gear and last year ran 29x10.5W tires. We'd hook pretty well at the local NHRA track (one of the top national event facilities), but on a marginal track, we'd loose quite a bit on the 60' times.
One of my buddies runs a mild LS-car and can rip off back to back to back 12.0X passes with just putting it in drive and stabbing it. If you can cut a light, that will win you plenty of races.
So if you want consistency, go with the LS1 or a steam roller tire with a BBC.
Also, you have to factor in that the EFI is a substantial help where as my carb tune can go from good to bad over the course of a race day. Good data can help with that and I can adjust the dial in according to the weather station, but still, it will not replace the "brain" of an LS1.
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I've been wondering this question every since I started to learn about these LS based engines. I race a dragster and I'm a pretty big bracket hitter at most of the bigger meets. As most know, most guys run BBC's etc and run mid to high 4's at 140MPH or so in the 1/8. I'm just curious as to how a LS based motor would run in a 1800lb dragster and if there's any more consistency in it? Or is it not worth the swap? I know the factors of DA, Track temp, engine temp, etc come into factor every round. Besides that, has anyone actually tried this? Any opinions? Consistency is they key in bracket racing .
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If you ran an ls based motor would you go carb or injected? Do you run a throttle stop? I am sure that the BBC like stated above is gonna be hard to beat on the stop. The ls motors usually make less torque than hp and thats where the BBC shines. This is very important when the motor is off and back on the stop, instant torque.