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Old 09-22-2004, 06:30 PM
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So I work at a dealership that shares it's shop with Pontiac, and today they had an intersting car come in for PDI (pre-delivery inspection..new car inspection). I had my camera phone on hand to take pics of the NEW LS1.5!!!!

Yes, these pics are from the SAME CAR, and apparently Pontiac is getting ahead of themselves with their new product deliveries..Too bad it didn't come with the partially advertised goods..look and you'll see what I mean. -Gabe

Old 09-22-2004, 06:33 PM
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I only see one picture of a badge
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i'll bet that got your hopes up.
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I only have one thing to say.

WTF?
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that's funny.
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Originally Posted by CamaroCain
I only see one picture of a badge
Compare the badges.


What he means is (LS1+LS2) / 2 = LS1.5
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That's some funny stuff .... and also something that might make that car kind of a collectors item in years to come. I wonder how many cars will ship like that ?
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Too funny, 6.0 badge on oneside and a 5.7 badge on the other side
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So does it have the LS2 in it or what? They wouldn't even produce that badge if it didn't exist.
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Thats great, I want a ls1.5!!!
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im sure thats a givin sign that its getting a 6.0L soon.
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Originally Posted by SStolen
So does it have the LS2 in it or what? They wouldn't even produce that badge if it didn't exist.
Sadly an LS1 was residing in the engine compartment..More than one person was checking under the hood with the hopes that something special was there..Just the badge.

Of crouse, i'm not sure you could even buy one of the 6.0 badges at this point..They took it off to be replaced with the trusty 5.7 badge. -Gabe
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I work in a assembly plant in cali and that looks like a defect to me.someone on the line was
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Originally Posted by wicked-98
I work in a assembly plant in cali and that looks like a defect to me.someone on the line was
WTF kind of crack are you smoking? A defect? So the parts supplier stamped the right badge and it "happened" to come out with a different number on it? It looks more like somebody got stupid and used a part that they were not supposed to yet.
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technically wouldn't it be a 5.85L
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he's just going by the 1&2 = 1.5
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As an industrial designer (product designer) I can assure you that that is not a one of a kind badge. It would be fairly complicated to make just one badge. These things are mass produced by machines that have the program loaded inside. It won't accidentally make 1 badge that says 6.0.
My guesses would be
1. GM is goning to make the 6.0 GTO, someone just used a badge they weren't supposed to yet.
2. There were a whole batch of messed up badges. Anyone else seen one of these?
3. It is for one of GM's new tour cars, like the ZL-1 Camaro, and it accidentally got mixed in with the production pieces.
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Or it could be a 6.0 with an iron block not an al one.
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Originally Posted by Big Ty
As an industrial designer (product designer) I can assure you that that is not a one of a kind badge. It would be fairly complicated to make just one badge. These things are mass produced by machines that have the program loaded inside. It won't accidentally make 1 badge that says 6.0.
My guesses would be
1. GM is goning to make the 6.0 GTO, someone just used a badge they weren't supposed to yet.
2. There were a whole batch of messed up badges. Anyone else seen one of these?
3. It is for one of GM's new tour cars, like the ZL-1 Camaro, and it accidentally got mixed in with the production pieces.
It's no secret that the '05 is getting an LS2, they just used the wrong badge
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Guys, it was announced a month and a half ago that the 05 GTO would have the LS2. It's official, for-real, and coming soon.


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