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Old 10-28-2008, 05:33 PM
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i have a question about LS1s. i have been told a few different things. some people have told me that all LS1s are aluminum blocks. someone else told me all corvettes have aluminum blocks but the earlier camaros and firebirds had both cast iron and aluminum blocks. he got an LS1 out of a 1999 firebird that has a cast iron block. was that not the origional engine or is it possible it came stock with an iron block? thanks for the help
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Originally Posted by origional stangfreak
i have a question about LS1s. i have been told a few different things. some people have told me that all LS1s are aluminum blocks. someone else told me all corvettes have aluminum blocks but the earlier camaros and firebirds had both cast iron and aluminum blocks. he got an LS1 out of a 1999 firebird that has a cast iron block. was that not the origional engine or is it possible it came stock with an iron block? thanks for the help
LS1 is all aluminum... Ie in the F-Body or the Y body. LQ9 in the trucks is a 6L with an Iron block.
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so the cast iron block in the 1999 firebird is probably a truck engine?
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my lq4 is a 6.0 and it is a cast w aluminum heads, all ls1s are aluminum
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my lq4 is a 6.0 and it is a cast w aluminum heads, all ls1s are aluminum
my engine was in a 2007 2500 hd
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straight up not oem if it had an iron block
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cool guys, thanks for the help




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