LT1s from the olden days
05-01-2009, 06:54 PM
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I havent seen a nice lt1 since the 90s
Mine was clapped out, riced out, and rode hard and put away wet, but shes coming around. It will never get an LS swap, but the old LT should run pretty hard with a realquick turbo kit on it.
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Lt1 cars look 10000000x better in my opinion, i love my T-a and id never part with it since i built the bitch from scratch.
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Mine was clapped out, riced out, and rode hard and put away wet, but shes coming around. It will never get an LS swap, but the old LT should run pretty hard with a realquick turbo kit on it.
Before
Lt1 cars look 10000000x better in my opinion, i love my T-a and id never part with it since i built the bitch from scratch.
After
05-02-2009, 12:09 AM
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I agree 100% with this forum, nice LT1's are hard to find anywhere, anymore. I live in a town of about 4,000 people, and im the only one with a LT1 Car. A bunch of high school punks drive LS1/LT1 style Camaros/Firebirds, but they are all V6's, and torn to ****. As far as I know, I'm the only one with a nice LT1 car in my town and surrounding area. I originally wanted an LS powered T/A or Camaro, but got this cuz it was cheaper, and it was the best purchase I have ever made, Love the car!!!!
05-02-2009, 08:31 AM
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Nice thread going here.. Speaking of which, I have brought my LT1 back from the dead.. It has undergone a complete restoration. I am about 90% - 95% done.. My thread can be found here: https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-m...1995-bird.html
05-02-2009, 09:57 AM
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All this talk latley of cars from back in the day that ran good, makes me remember all the bad *** LT1 street cars here in Houston back in the mid/late 90s that got me hooked. Most have changed owners and either turned in to full out race cars or now just torn up peaces of ****. Very very few are still around and still clean. Guess thats just the way it goes oh well.
Red 95 Z. I lucked out - both were single-owner cars, garaged, well-taken
care of. I kid you not - the T56'er looks like it just came out of the showroom
(80k miles - still has the orig windshield wipers
) The 4L60E'er has 160k+ miles on it, but still looks great. It's all about whether the previous owner(s)
took care of the car.
I prefer the LT1 look over the LSx look - I like the "all-red" tail lights and the
chiseled look of the front headlight frame (I do *not* like the bug-eye look
of the LSx). The LT1 looks more angular and "fast" than the LSx.
I can afford to buy a Vette, or an LSx, (or whatever), but there is an
unspoken appeal of the LT1 to me - not sure how to word it. I've had,
I think, 8 Z's in my lifetime, the first being a '69 (sure wish I still had
that one). I own 6 cars and a motorcycle - I'd say after the '64 Buick,
people gravitate to the Z's next.
05-02-2009, 01:30 PM
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As the previous owner of 7 LTx cars since 1999 I have nothing but respect for what I like to call GM's "lab experiment of a powerplant!" Contrary to what most believe LT1's/LT4's can make insane power, even naturally-aspirated!
But, all that big power comes at a price. Out of all the American V8's i've built over the years none have pained me like the LT1's have. 10 years and many...many issues later i've finally had enough of the LT1 and purchased my first LS1 car 6 months ago. I'll always be an LT1 guy at heart though!
But, all that big power comes at a price. Out of all the American V8's i've built over the years none have pained me like the LT1's have. 10 years and many...many issues later i've finally had enough of the LT1 and purchased my first LS1 car 6 months ago. I'll always be an LT1 guy at heart though!
LOL.
05-03-2009, 07:44 PM
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05-03-2009, 08:28 PM
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Anyway...I intended on going with the 3 piece Modena but, for the money these were close enough. I have done business with the father/son Importer for many years, as they are local to me, and put the first set they mounted on an F-body. They were reluctant to do the 265/35/18 and 275/35/19 staggered set up I wanted but now it's common.
At the time they only had 8" or 9" wide (2" or 3" lip) so I did 9 front and back. If I had it to do over again I would do 8" front and 10" back so the lips would be staggered as well.
What set-up did you go with and post some pics if you got em.
05-03-2009, 08:44 PM
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Well, the site hasn't let me upload any pics..I've been trying all day. I guess they're gonna stay under wraps a little longer.
Anyway...I intended on going with the 3 piece Modena but, for the money these were close enough. I have done business with the father/son Importer for many years, as they are local to me, and put the first set they mounted on an F-body. They were reluctant to do the 265/35/18 and 275/35/19 staggered set up I wanted but now it's common.
At the time they only had 8" or 9" wide (2" or 3" lip) so I did 9 front and back. If I had it to do over again I would do 8" front and 10" back so the lips would be staggered as well.
What set-up did you go with and post some pics if you got em.
Anyway...I intended on going with the 3 piece Modena but, for the money these were close enough. I have done business with the father/son Importer for many years, as they are local to me, and put the first set they mounted on an F-body. They were reluctant to do the 265/35/18 and 275/35/19 staggered set up I wanted but now it's common.
At the time they only had 8" or 9" wide (2" or 3" lip) so I did 9 front and back. If I had it to do over again I would do 8" front and 10" back so the lips would be staggered as well.
What set-up did you go with and post some pics if you got em.
I have 18X9 up front and 18X10 in the back. Had em on for a few years now, but when I got them, they informed me that you could no longer get the silver ones in those sizes as they are discontinued. I got lucky getting some of the last ones. I posted a couple pics a page or two back of my them on my Z.
Please post more pics of yours ASAP. I was always wondering what they would look like on a Firebird.
05-04-2009, 12:03 PM
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Clean LT1 owner checking in I've had my car for 5 years (bought 5/1/04) and it's a southern rust free car that now resides in indiana but i don't drive it in the winter. I have 123,8xx miles but my car gets mistaken for a lower mileage car all the time. the rear bumper and side GFX were repainted in 2005, the front bumper was replaced in 2007 due to a bale of hay (and that bumper had only been on there since 2006 when a car wash cracked the original bumping into something. the original had been painted in 05 along with the other parts) and the hood and roof and headlight doors were repainted when the ram air was installed in march 2008 (the hood was a prototype and had never been installed or painted). the rest of the car has original paint.
here's some pics I added the ram air last spring and redid the seats this past winter.
and to prove what i said about it being a southern car. try to find a 14 year old indiana car with over 100k mi with an underbody like this
I've had my car for 5 years (bought 5/1/04) and it's a southern rust free car that now resides in indiana but i don't drive it in the winter. I have 123,8xx miles but my car gets mistaken for a lower mileage car all the time. the rear bumper and side GFX were repainted in 2005, the front bumper was replaced in 2007 due to a bale of hay (and that bumper had only been on there since 2006 when a car wash cracked the original bumping into something. the original had been painted in 05 along with the other parts) and the hood and roof and headlight doors were repainted when the ram air was installed in march 2008 (the hood was a prototype and had never been installed or painted). the rest of the car has original paint.here's some pics
I added the ram air last spring and redid the seats this past winter.and to prove what i said about it being a southern car. try to find a 14 year old indiana car with over 100k mi with an underbody like this
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