Just bought my first LT1
08-01-2005, 09:56 PM
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it looks like you have a good start so far. I wouldnt get into a rush for gears as ive owned a 2.73 car and a 3.23 car and didnt really notice any difference other than a slightly harder 1-2 shift in the 3.23 car.
stall and headers should be next imo. Yank it
stall and headers should be next imo. Yank it
08-01-2005, 10:00 PM
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Congrats, your on the right track, torque converter, Long tubes and 3.73s will really wake it up a lot. Plenty of folks have hit 12s like that on drag radials and skinnies easy. A cheaper alternative that I have seen folks do is find a complete 10 bolt with 3.42s from a six speed car, may be a little harder now a days.
08-02-2005, 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Caspero
it looks like you have a good start so far. I wouldnt get into a rush for gears as ive owned a 2.73 car and a 3.23 car and didnt really notice any difference other than a slightly harder 1-2 shift in the 3.23 car.
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08-02-2005, 01:46 AM
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If your gonna do gears, do 3.73's or 3.43's considering your auto, I've heard good things about 3.43's on daily driver cars but I haven't really heard anything bad about 3.73's either.
08-02-2005, 02:06 AM
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Btw, thanks to everyone that posted info on LT1 reliability in this section recently. I drove this car 1000+ miles right off the bat the first two days I had it, and didn't experience any significant issues doing that even though it has 120k+ on it. For most of the trip the ride was actually smoother the faster I went. 
Oh yeah and I forgot to mention I will probably do a tune as the first mod since right now this car is governed at 105
Oh yeah and I forgot to mention I will probably do a tune as the first mod since right now this car is governed at 105
08-02-2005, 06:33 AM
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Sounds great. Looks like you live close to Atlanta. You should check out the southern section. Lots of nice guys there. Mostly LS1s with the exception of me and DietCoke.
08-02-2005, 10:20 AM
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Sounds great. Looks like you live close to Atlanta. You should check out the southern section. Lots of nice guys there. Mostly LS1s with the exception of me and DietCoke.
08-02-2005, 03:20 PM
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4.10s for an a4 is a bad idea you will be at 4500 rpm in no time... my friend had them on his 01 SS and he took them out the next day, lol. longtubes really woke my car up, now im saving up for a CC306 and then a nice stall 
08-02-2005, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by DD97TA
4.10s for an a4 is a bad idea you will be at 4500 rpm in no time... my friend had them on his 01 SS and he took them out the next day, lol. longtubes really woke my car up, now im saving up for a CC306 and then a nice stall
08-02-2005, 09:57 PM
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what part of atlanta ya from man? I am in jonesboro/lovejoy area...maybe we could mess around with the cars sometime
Sorry didn't mean to sway from initial subject, but I was just wondering. Don't know too many lt1 owners in this area, mostly the ls1 boys
Sorry didn't mean to sway from initial subject, but I was just wondering. Don't know too many lt1 owners in this area, mostly the ls1 boys