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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 05:04 PM
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Hey guy's in the next year or so I'm going to be selling my ltx car for an lsx more than likely and I just wanted to hear your experiences working on the LSx cars....... I always hear that they're easier than the LTx... why is that ?
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 05:54 PM
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LS is a lot easier to work on. Less crap in the way. Example, I did not have to remove anything to do my lontubes and my friend with a LT1 had to remove the starter, alternator and the stearing shaft to get his in.
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 07:04 PM
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Much easier !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 07:26 PM
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Theres a lot less **** in the way. Ive helped work on an LT1 once...never again. That was only plug wires.
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 07:42 PM
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so much better
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 07:55 PM
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I like my LS1 better then LT1's. Dont get me wrong, 1.) LT1's will always sound better then an LS1. 2.) They can smoke tires like nobodies buisiness with all that torque they are carrying around with them.
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 07:58 PM
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Besides the whole bunch of tires I think the LT1 is physically a bigger engine. I agree with the nice LT1 sound...but...Mustangs sound better...oops! LOL!
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 08:17 PM
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LS1 for sure...my LT1 was a bitch to work on.
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 08:39 PM
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LS1s are easier IMO. Plugs and wires are still a bitch, but when my buddy said he would give me 50 to do his on his LT1 I was like hahah okay, and then I looked under the hood. Never again.
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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i got use to working on lt1s and have no problem. now i got a ls1 and its all different in a way but seems much easier to get to things
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 08:50 PM
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hell ya ls1's are ALOT easier. I was just looking at a friends lt1 ta from underneath it on the lift and i was just thinking to myself, no freakin way i would ever want to work on one of these. Im sure some lt1 guys will chime in and call us pussies lol
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 04:30 PM
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lol well after doing all the mods in my sig im scared of absolutely no task anymore.
how do you guys like the ls1 cars compared to the lt1 ?
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 04:40 PM
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I like to call the ls1 a LEGO engine i loved playin with em when i was a wee lad, and now that im all grown up its like playin with legos again..its just simple and fun, they just snap together
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 04:50 PM
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LS based engines all the way LT's are just a pain in the *** and take too much time to do almost everything.
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 09:18 PM
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Ugh you guys make it hard to stay ltx i can't wait to get my lsx in the next few years !!!
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