what year was ls-1 first introduced?

The LS1 was first offered in '97 in the vette. A year later, '98, us F-Body Owners got the LS1.

The 1997 corvette was the first year it was offered to the public.

So you could have actually bought one in 1996. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

you didnt give me an email address (mividalowcar) But to answer your question the internal parts do differ. The C5 has a different cam than the f bodies, the crankshaft is the same, as of 01-02 the F bodies have the LS6 intake, previously they had the LS1 intake. Does that answer your question?

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by 02 SOM WS6:
<strong>So you could have actually bought one in 1996. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">sure could My uncle had one of the first C5's in West Texas! He had to go to east Texas to take delivery of his white '97 C5. He bought it in June of '96, and I remember being excited as a kid in a candy store when he let me drive it. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> That was my first LS1 experience, and it's been downhill ever since then.

02 SOM, and Trevor.

C4's were built up to June 21st 1996.

June 11th 1996 GM holds a press conference to talk about the new GEN III engine.

August 29th 1996 the first pre-pilot C5 rolls off the newly retooled Bowling Green assembly line.

Sept 3rd 1996, Bowling Green workers begin assembling the first C5's for production.

The 1997 Corvette is unveiled to the press Nov. 1996.

The first C5 wasnt available for sale to the public until March 7th 1997.

Yup that is correct because I remember going with my dad to order his on March 14, 1997, that was one week after they were first available to the public...........

Wait could it be this one?

Cobwebs a foot deep.... this IS the oldest SO FAR... LOL

and the least interesting too...

Oh so true.... LOL