Hey guys, I really need an answer right now because I've got my car apart. My car has an early '00 LS1 and I just took out a couple of the rod bolts to replace with Katechs, but I cannot seem to find the ferrules. I have looked really closely, but nothing is there. My bolts look identical to the ones in post #6 of this thread: https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...light=ferrules
So, does my car have ferrules or not?

 

If its an early 00 model its more than likely it doesn't have them. If you could easily pull the bolts out of the rods once they were loose then you don't have them. If you had to unscrew the bolts out of the rods even after they were loose then you probably do have them.

 

My wife's car is an early '00 model as well (we bought the car in Dec. 99) and she DID have the ferrels. The ferrels did not easily come out with all of the bolts. I had to play with some of the bolts to get the ferrels out too.

 

Thanks a bunch guys! My bolts came out without any problems once they were loose. I'm working on making a write-up with this install, so hopefully all goes well!

 

It would be nice to know the answer to this question before i get into this swap since i am in the same boat as well (early 2000 built in June of 1999 if memory serves me correctly). Mine has the older casting heads if that makes a difference, which heads did your 2000's have.

 

Mine had 853 casting heads from the factory. Check post #6 in the thread I posted to see if your rod bolts look like that.

 

What about you Brian, do you know which head castings you had? Just curious if they switched to the ferrels at the same time they switched the head castings. Mine was purchased in either late Sept or early Oct of 1999, but if I remember correctly the build date was 06/1999.

 

As soon as I get home I will check the heads.

 

My wife's also has the 853 castings.

 

did the 98's have ferrels?

 

That's a good question that I would like to know as well.

 

So does anyone know what years did and didn't have ferrels?

 

X2 i have a 99 and want to do rod bolts in mine.

 

mid 2000 they switched over

 

Well, I just did a rod bolt swap on a '98 car over the weekend and that ls1 had the exact same rod bolts I had in my car. It had no ferrules in the bore, so I just installed the rod bolts per the ARP specs and called it a day.

 

OK... switched over as in having ferrels in the rods? Just making sure.