GM race shop block
and more importantly no heads and intakes need to be converted to feed these size engines. thers plenty of heads and intakes ready to go.
need more ci? the gm lsx block is where its at.
building one of these ltx things is gonna ring up higher than building up a lsx block build. and even then, the lsx will still have the advantage with heads/intake ready to bolt on. not waiting around for someone to convert u set of sb2.2 heads and intake, or whatever u can dream up.
Most of the guys here "myself included" with the money we have spent on our LT1's could have bought a complete LSX swap, But dont. My car came with a LT1 so i, us we will keep it that way. Like ive said before If i want an LSX car ill just go buy one.
x2... Keeping it LT1. It's just a pride thing for me. I love the lsx platform, but I'm not going to convert my car. I'll just get my realistic dream car one day (C5 ZO6 vette).
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Plenty of 1st gen guys stick with old sbc/bbc power, plenty of them move on to lsx platforms. I understand that people have preference/sentiment towards keeping their car original-based, myself included. And yet others want to constantly change with new tech, which is something that I wouldn't mind moving on to as well. So I don't see the need to turn this into a pissing match over this being a dumb idea or not. Obviously, it garners some interest, so let's see what we can make of the opportunity.
Plenty of 1st gen guys stick with old sbc/bbc power, plenty of them move on to lsx platforms. I understand that people have preference/sentiment towards keeping their car original-based, myself included. And yet others want to constantly change with new tech, which is something that I wouldn't mind moving on to as well. So I don't see the need to turn this into a pissing match over this being a dumb idea or not. Obviously, it garners some interest, so let's see what we can make of the opportunity.
*dodges bullets*
because u can alredy build 427+ci ls1s with off the shelf stuff or gm ls7 stuff.
and more importantly no heads and intakes need to be converted to feed these size engines. thers plenty of heads and intakes ready to go.
need more ci? the gm lsx block is where its at.
building one of these ltx things is gonna ring up higher than building up a lsx block build. and even then, the lsx will still have the advantage with heads/intake ready to bolt on. not waiting around for someone to convert u set of sb2.2 heads and intake, or whatever u can dream up.
and more importantly no heads and intakes need to be converted to feed these size engines. thers plenty of heads and intakes ready to go.
need more ci? the gm lsx block is where its at.
building one of these ltx things is gonna ring up higher than building up a lsx block build. and even then, the lsx will still have the advantage with heads/intake ready to bolt on. not waiting around for someone to convert u set of sb2.2 heads and intake, or whatever u can dream up.
Not Interested. So how do you go about selling a rare block to 1 of 10 fastest LTX owners?
Everyone that wants it has the full amount pre authorized on a credit card, then out of that group of racers a lotery is started, one lucky guys gets it via UPS a week later??
If Clayton is fine with making a set amount on the block it would help out the guys trying to buy it. There is no telling how much it would go for now that the ltx racers missed out on the first one.
Just my 2cents
Last edited by roadtrip120; May 21, 2010 at 12:32 AM.
I would love to have this block also but by the time it would said and done, I could easily have built a 500+ci. BBC that would destroy this LT1. If I had the cash I would buy it in a heartbeat still. We are just a bunch of crazy LTX lovers I guess. LOL
I have all that info. I know what company cast them, I know who from GM has the ability to order them. I have talked to both parties. GM owns the patterns for that block and they will not give it up. The machine company that built them said they would love to make more and would but GM has to place the order.