gen 1 heads on an LT1??
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gen 1 heads on an LT1?? hey guys, im curious if my dart heads, for a regular small block chevy will work on an LT1, if so, are any mods needed? the uncle is after an upgrade, and i had these layin around, hopin they work. thanks much
They wont work the way they are. The LT1 is reverse flow and the coolant passages are routed differently from the block to the heads.
There are shops out there that will convert them. I would guess it requires welding up existing passages and drilling new ones. Into the water jacket. I'm not too familiar with HOW they do it though, but I do know they can.
Search for a thread I started called "converting sbc heads to reverse flow" and someone posted in there who can do the conversion (a shop).
There are shops out there that will convert them. I would guess it requires welding up existing passages and drilling new ones. Into the water jacket. I'm not too familiar with HOW they do it though, but I do know they can.
Search for a thread I started called "converting sbc heads to reverse flow" and someone posted in there who can do the conversion (a shop).
Conversions are not cheap. Usually something reserved for some of the higher-end SBC castings.
For Darts, I'd sell what you have and either port a set of stock LT1 heads or pick up a set of Dart Pro1s if you like their castings.
For Darts, I'd sell what you have and either port a set of stock LT1 heads or pick up a set of Dart Pro1s if you like their castings.
Define "not cheap". I thought it was around $300-$400 ?
See FFB's post here https://ls1tech.com/forums/11580352-post16.html
Taken from my thread: https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-m...erse-flow.html
Also: https://ls1tech.com/forums/11784805-post30.html
400 bones aint too bad if you already have a killer set of SBC heads. Not to mention SBC stuff is 110930954u7034983409854309543908435908435908435980 53490854 x 3 bajillion more times available
Taken from my thread: https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-m...erse-flow.html
Also: https://ls1tech.com/forums/11784805-post30.html
400 bones aint too bad if you already have a killer set of SBC heads. Not to mention SBC stuff is 110930954u7034983409854309543908435908435908435980 53490854 x 3 bajillion more times available
Sure, and that gets you a set of unoptimized bare castings.
What was that point in that?
For $200 more, you could have had the stock heads ported, milled and assembled, saved yourself the hassel and still had the SBC Dart heads available to sell.
What was that point in that?
For $200 more, you could have had the stock heads ported, milled and assembled, saved yourself the hassel and still had the SBC Dart heads available to sell.
Last edited by James Montigny; Sep 9, 2009 at 06:53 PM.
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