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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 12:33 PM
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so heres what ive heard. a local body shop tried to order 5 fully assembled replacement engines, GM said they were no longer making the lt1 engines and havent made one in 4 months. and that all the lt1s setting on a shelf for sale, will be the last ones to have been made

can anyone confirm or deny this?
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 12:50 PM
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I'd believe it...heh. They made the LT1 crate engines available for mass purchase a year or so ago and they've been selling fast.
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 04:48 PM
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2 of the lsx blocks are dicontinued also , a friend wanted to see what my price was on one so i called and the one he wanted is done
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 04:51 PM
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yeah I wouldn't be surprised, they made their last big block last month
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by z_speedfreak
yeah I wouldn't be surprised, they made their last big block last month
??? so no more 572's ?
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 11:19 PM
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If you need something, these people seem pretty reliable. Fair prices too-

http://www.atk-engines.com/
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 12:25 AM
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i think jegs summit and golen still has brand new LT1's...
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 10:49 AM
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??? so no more 572's ?
I guess just the ones that are left on the shelves, I read a news story on them rolling out the last BBC
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wtf are you serious? why the hell do you discountinue an engine? especially a bbc.

so are you saying that they are not making any bbc or just the 572?

gm has really gone down the crapper. they just keep making poor decisions.
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by ls1adamls1
wtf are you serious? why the hell do you discountinue an engine? especially a bbc.

so are you saying that they are not making any bbc or just the 572?

gm has really gone down the crapper. they just keep making poor decisions.
First of all, it costs a TON of money to keep up the production lines and tooling for a very limited production engine.

Secondly, now that "GM" stands for "Government Motors", Washington will be seeing to it that GM builds the kind of cars that "the people" want to buy...... In other words, the .gov wants everybody in "effin" electric golf carts, so a 572 doesn't fit into their plan.....get used to it!!


With respect to the LT1 dilemma....the last cars that they went into were the '97 Z-28s....That's 13 years ago, nobody keeps inventory that long. I was at the dealer earlier today, ordering some of the "molded rubber" tubes and lines for my '96 Z-28, as they're cracking from heat and age. The counterman said I was "lucky" as those parts are still available....
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 02:04 PM
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572 hecho in mexico still available.
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