Would you believe A SOHC LS1 ??

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Mar 5, 2005 | 02:20 PM

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Would you believe A SOHC LS1 ??

I was reading the Feb 05 issue of Camaro Performers and on page 91, there is a little article with a pick of a LS1 with SOHC and get this a Magnacharger on top of it.

Done by Pete Aardema from Escondido Cali.

Not much details except the pick but I'll be damned, I think I've seen it all.

A nice write on this is warranted.

Mar 5, 2005 | 02:52 PM

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As long as it's faster than Ford's SOHC, that's fine. Haha...

Mar 5, 2005 | 03:04 PM

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hmm, i wonder if he'd let me drive up to the shop and check it out.

Mar 5, 2005 | 03:21 PM

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I'd love to see a picture. I can imagine a 4-valve sohc, with small pushrods in the head, that wouldn't have much bigger packaging than the current heads. However, with 4 valves and no pushrods blocking the ports, it would probably breath rather well.

Mar 5, 2005 | 03:49 PM

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lets see it

Mar 5, 2005 | 04:01 PM

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It just doesnt seem physically possible to me to convert a pushrod engine into an overhead cam and still use the same engine. How the heck would you do something like that?

Mar 5, 2005 | 04:03 PM

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Here's a pic.

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Mar 5, 2005 | 04:33 PM

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Reminds me of the 24 valve LT1 heads I saw in a magezine last Thursday. Pretty cool

Mar 5, 2005 | 05:49 PM

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He did the same thing with an sbc. Its a stock head w/sohc bolted on top of it.

Mar 5, 2005 | 10:40 PM

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That is what I would call innovative.
I wonder how reliable it would be and how much more efficient?

Also what cam profiles do you think he is using?

Mar 5, 2005 | 10:46 PM

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ummm...

Mar 5, 2005 | 10:48 PM

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Here's a pic.

That's gotta be the crazyest thing I have ever seen don to an LS1.

Mar 5, 2005 | 11:23 PM

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It boggles the mind lol. I still don't understand how it's physically possible. What did he do with all the empty space, like where the cam used to be? ARGH! My brain hurts!

Mar 5, 2005 | 11:27 PM

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I remember seeing **** like that in old hot rods. They did it back in the 60's.

Mar 6, 2005 | 01:50 AM

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It looks like it still has rockers...running off the cam directly. That belt is way exposed...

Mar 6, 2005 | 02:39 AM

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The belts is just as exposed as it is for superchargers. Anyway, the engine bay of a C5 stays pretty damn clean.

Mar 6, 2005 | 08:04 AM

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ohc is such a waste of time its not even funny. one of the great things about ls1s is the simplicity of a proven design(pushrod) why throw that away with that garbage?

Mar 6, 2005 | 08:42 AM

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8000+ RPM, anybody?

Mar 6, 2005 | 08:58 AM

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I was hoping an SOHC or DOHC LSx would be..well...cleaner. My car actually turned its nose up and drove away when it saw that ugly engine. Now I have to run after it and bringer it back...

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