Ls1 cam into lt1?
04-15-2012, 09:00 AM
#61
and they will promptly ask you "year, make and model?" and type it in their little computer, so thats irrelevant.
and they were called "the small block LS series" to be exact.
regardless of what you, me or anyone else calls it, GM calls it and always has "a small block" so thats what it is.
and they were called "the small block LS series" to be exact.
regardless of what you, me or anyone else calls it, GM calls it and always has "a small block" so thats what it is.
And back to the OP, the question deserves ridicule. It's obvious he hasn't put any time into research. Understandably rookies have to start somewhere, but that question was offside in this case.
04-15-2012, 09:41 AM
#62
Not trying to fan the flames here but:
As I recall, when the LS engine first came out in the 90's, GM sales people were careful not to call the new engines "small block" as they were trying to identify it as a completely new from scratch design that had nothing to do with the soon to be phased out decades old small block design.
I think over the years, GM guys like to whimsically refer to the LS engine as a small block to tie it back to a continuous design that's soon to be 60 years old. It is not.
Call it what you want, I'll call it what I want.
When I think of a Small Block Chevy engine, visions of carburetor fed points fired 283, 327 and 350 cubic inch iron block & head engines of my youth come to mind, not the current high technology LS engines of modern times.
As I recall, when the LS engine first came out in the 90's, GM sales people were careful not to call the new engines "small block" as they were trying to identify it as a completely new from scratch design that had nothing to do with the soon to be phased out decades old small block design.
I think over the years, GM guys like to whimsically refer to the LS engine as a small block to tie it back to a continuous design that's soon to be 60 years old. It is not.
Call it what you want, I'll call it what I want.
When I think of a Small Block Chevy engine, visions of carburetor fed points fired 283, 327 and 350 cubic inch iron block & head engines of my youth come to mind, not the current high technology LS engines of modern times.
Last edited by Paul Bell; 04-15-2012 at 10:51 AM.
04-15-2012, 12:39 PM
#63
The first sentence from SAE paper #970915 published by GM back in 1997...
"General Motors Powertrain Group (GMPTG) has developed an all new small block V8 engine, designated LS1..."
So enough with the butt-hurt about calling the LS1 a small block. There are no flames to fan.
