Sleeving Ls1
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Anyone who knows handling characteristics will tell you 100#+/- difference WILL affect the balance of ANY normally good-handling car. Actually a drag car is where it does NOT make AS MUCH difference since dragging is strictly a straight line situation anyway.
Getting a ~100 pounds off of the front of a car does make a difference in some cars. It may make more difference in some older mediocre or poorer handling basically stock suspension cars than in newer better suspension cars.
My 72 vette lost a 100 pounds off the nose with aluminum heads & intake, deleted AC and a few other changes. It was noticeable hitting the curves hard in spirited driving - less understeer. Riding down the interstate at 70 mph or normal driving it wasn't noticeable. Later with other mod's the vette lost ~300 pounds that's definitely more noticeable.
My 72 vette lost a 100 pounds off the nose with aluminum heads & intake, deleted AC and a few other changes. It was noticeable hitting the curves hard in spirited driving - less understeer. Riding down the interstate at 70 mph or normal driving it wasn't noticeable. Later with other mod's the vette lost ~300 pounds that's definitely more noticeable.
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On The Tree
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Again, for drag racing, weight in the back isn't a bad thing. Reducing weight in the front is always a good thing. Half these drag builds anymore are $400 engine builds and a churbo and then beat the **** out of it.
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On The Tree
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If you have your car set up right you don't need weight in the back. This car might see the strip twice when I get finished. Mostly it will be street driven.
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There is ALWAYS someone out there That will Kick Your Cars ***. It's pointless to Try and Keep up with the Fastest. Its a Money game....whoever has the Most Wins. Lmao....... I'm building My Car to Have Some Fun, I dont care if it doesnt have the fastest times, as long as it is reliable and pleasing to drive
thats all I need.
No matter How Much You Spend on Your Motor,Turbo,Nitrous, Suspension, etc
There is ALWAYS someone out there That will Kick Your Cars ***. It's pointless to Try and Keep up with the Fastest. Its a Money game....whoever has the Most Wins. Lmao....... I'm building My Car to Have Some Fun, I dont care if it doesnt have the fastest times, as long as it is reliable and pleasing to drive
thats all I need.
There is ALWAYS someone out there That will Kick Your Cars ***. It's pointless to Try and Keep up with the Fastest. Its a Money game....whoever has the Most Wins. Lmao....... I'm building My Car to Have Some Fun, I dont care if it doesnt have the fastest times, as long as it is reliable and pleasing to drive
thats all I need.
Dart iron blocks start around 2300, Aluminum starts at 5k
LSX block is right around 3k, and that's still Iron.
If you mean just a stock block and not a high power motor, then you can get aluminum GM blocks for a little over 1k. But most sleeve for higher power/larger bore than OE liners can handle.