What can be done to dress-up an LT1?
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What can be done to dress-up an LT1?
I have an LT1 Z28, and I love it. But LT1s just don't look as good as LS engines, and we don't have air lids, or intakes to custom paint. So what can I do to add a little curb-appeal? Post pics of your engine.
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I havent done anything appealing to mine however theyre quite a few things.
Wire Tuck- theres a write up here somewhere
A good cleaning
Different valve covers if you dont mind cutting them or relocating the alt
Painting/Polishing intake
Theres numerous billet pieces, check ws6store
Those are just a few off the top of my head, Im sure more will chime in.
Wire Tuck- theres a write up here somewhere
A good cleaning
Different valve covers if you dont mind cutting them or relocating the alt
Painting/Polishing intake
Theres numerous billet pieces, check ws6store
Those are just a few off the top of my head, Im sure more will chime in.
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I havent done anything appealing to mine however theyre quite a few things.
Wire Tuck- theres a write up here somewhere
A good cleaning
Different valve covers if you dont mind cutting them or relocating the alt
Painting/Polishing intake
Theres numerous billet pieces, check ws6store
Those are just a few off the top of my head, Im sure more will chime in.
Wire Tuck- theres a write up here somewhere
A good cleaning
Different valve covers if you dont mind cutting them or relocating the alt
Painting/Polishing intake
Theres numerous billet pieces, check ws6store
Those are just a few off the top of my head, Im sure more will chime in.
My engine bay is definitely dirty, I'm planning to have it detailed this weekend.
I've never thought of a wire tuck.
I can't even imagine what different valve covers would look like, but this appeals to me a lot.
Polishing intake sounds like a must, but I'm not sure how to go about this.
I appreciate your help.
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EGR/AIR delete if you can get away with it in your state. Also check out speed inc's fuel line relocation kit found at the top of the page here:
http://www.speedinc.com/catagory.cfm...%20/%20Cooling
That replaces the ugly 3 line factory setup. Makes it run directly from the firewall to the back of the intake manifold.
http://www.speedinc.com/catagory.cfm...%20/%20Cooling
That replaces the ugly 3 line factory setup. Makes it run directly from the firewall to the back of the intake manifold.
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I think LS1's look ugly as hell with the coil packs on the valve covers. Once you replace the ugly black valve covers on our cars with something shiny, and then remove a few bulky things the underhood area cleans up really nicely. ACHotrod has a sweet looking engine bay.
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yeah as mentioned above there is a thread that shows some awesome engine bays i think the lt1s look 100 percent better then the ls1s.. i hate the plastic intake.. as for the intake you can get it powdercoated as well as anything else.. this is my engine bay last year.. its 100 percent different now(everything is powdercoated a super matalic silver) but it looked decent with just the wire mod ect last year. and stock valve covers painted gloss black.
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You can definitely paint the intake, and it comes out pretty swell if you do a good job masking and take your time. Here is mine.... (Mask off the EGR ports, TB mating surface, intake runner mating surfaces and runners at the top.)
As you can also see, someone before me had the idea to paint the engine bay gloss black, which I think is awesome. Here is an idea of how the process should look to do that. Again, mask everything off very well.
You can also paint all of your suspension parts. It is an incredible amount of work to do so I suggest this only if you are doing a full rebuild or motor swap, as is my case.
Mallory Billet Aluminum made some awesome dress-up material for the LT1's when they were still in business. Some of their stuff can still be found to this day but generally goes at a premium. You can find people selling it in the classifieds but also Thunder Racing seems to still have a few odds-and-ends in stock. Check that out here.
Aside from that, spending a decent amount of time in the engine bay putting new wire covers on your harness and some good old fashioned cleaning can take you a long way.
Here is a few pics of everything assembled just prior to being put back in the vehicle.
Credit to CamdLS1'00SS from this forum for the excellent painting here and on most of the suspension parts. And to his brother on the engine bay.
Best of luck on getting that engine bay looking sharp.
As you can also see, someone before me had the idea to paint the engine bay gloss black, which I think is awesome. Here is an idea of how the process should look to do that. Again, mask everything off very well.
You can also paint all of your suspension parts. It is an incredible amount of work to do so I suggest this only if you are doing a full rebuild or motor swap, as is my case.
Mallory Billet Aluminum made some awesome dress-up material for the LT1's when they were still in business. Some of their stuff can still be found to this day but generally goes at a premium. You can find people selling it in the classifieds but also Thunder Racing seems to still have a few odds-and-ends in stock. Check that out here.
Aside from that, spending a decent amount of time in the engine bay putting new wire covers on your harness and some good old fashioned cleaning can take you a long way.
Here is a few pics of everything assembled just prior to being put back in the vehicle.
Credit to CamdLS1'00SS from this forum for the excellent painting here and on most of the suspension parts. And to his brother on the engine bay.
Best of luck on getting that engine bay looking sharp.
Last edited by LT1FirebirdSLP; 09-06-2011 at 01:11 PM.
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Very clean engine...is that an impala? just never seen an Lt1 that far out from the firewall ) you can literally see the FPR! And the way the hood opens id assume its not a vette. *then again the headlights look like 93-97 trans am/firebird pop ups. wtf!?!*
Suprised noone has posted a pic of an engine bay with a lid conversion and fuel rail covers!