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Dec 31, 2007 | 11:07 PM

ryanfx

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The LS1 fbody

is now officially 10 years old

Dec 31, 2007 | 11:08 PM

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So is my car

Dec 31, 2007 | 11:09 PM

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New years years! and more importantly, happy Anniversary.

Dec 31, 2007 | 11:14 PM

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well not really dude, 1998 LS1 F-Bodies were available for sale to the general public around the end of Sept 1997 as the 98 Model

Jan 1, 2008 | 12:53 AM

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My '98 won't be 10 until 3/23/08.

Jan 1, 2008 | 12:58 AM

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My '98 won't be 10 until 3/23/08.

lol the date and your gear ratio

Jan 1, 2008 | 01:29 AM

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Ha nice catch there on the gear ratio but I think he has a 2.73 in the rear. My car 10yeard old also 98 t/a. She still runs good and with minimal mods will still hang with an 02 ws6 with similar mods were deadeven. So thankfully shes in good shape

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Jan 1, 2008 | 01:46 AM

quadd2244

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Yes so did the ss and some z28s along with some regular trans ams. All auto equipped ss and ws6s came with 3.23s
Good eye though I would not of caught that

Jan 1, 2008 | 02:04 AM

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is now officially 10 years old

LOL @ thread. Look at build dates, you're probably 3-4 months too late...

Jan 1, 2008 | 02:21 AM

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^^^

i still got another year

Jan 1, 2008 | 02:27 AM

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All auto equipped ss and ws6s came with 3.23s
Good eye though I would not of caught that

No they didn't.

Jan 1, 2008 | 05:08 AM

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Hard to believe really if you think about it......seems like only yesterday they came out

Jan 1, 2008 | 05:51 AM

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it does, seems like you just saw the car for the first time and bought it...few thousand miles later majority of us have our cars far beyond what are cars were when got them.....time flies by

Jan 1, 2008 | 11:14 AM

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Ha nice catch there on the gear ratio but I think he has a 2.73 in the rear.

Yep, both my '98 & '02 Z28s have 2.73s. My '99 Z28 came with 3.23s though. Some people don't like the 2.73s, but I really don't notice a difference other than a slightly weaker launch. Not really an issue unless you're drag racing, but I don't spend much time at the track these days.

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No they didn't.

Yes, they did.

Every '98-'02 WS6 or SS car with the 4L60E auto trans was factory equiped with a 3.23 gear. The GU5 (3.23) option was manditiory with RPO WU8 (SS) or WS6 when an automatic trans (RPOs MX0 & M30) was selected.

The only way you could possibily have a gear other than 3.23 in an automatic SS or WS6 would be if someone changed it, or the unlikely event of an assembly line error.