this is going to sound totaly noob
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Staging Lane
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this is going to sound totaly noob well i am in the market for a lt1 camaro.. and sudgestions on what year i should go with. and when i find that car anything i should make sure to ask/look for...and how much would you buy a 1997 z28 camaro with 70k miles for? the guy wants 5k for it... i just dont know what lt1s are worth..
thanks
joe
thanks
joe
Originally Posted by ahank1
well i am in the market for a lt1 camaro.. and sudgestions on what year i should go with. and when i find that car anything i should make sure to ask/look for...and how much would you buy a 1997 z28 camaro with 70k miles for? the guy wants 5k for it... i just dont know what lt1s are worth..
thanks
joe
thanks
joe
Good luck.
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Originally Posted by sworaz
I think if your not to competitive a lt1 would be fine, especially 70k 97 that's a good deal. IMHO. LS1's are quicker and respond really well to mods, if I could have winged it I would have got a ls1.
Good luck.
Good luck.
but thats what FI LS1 swaps are for
Back to the original question:
That is a decent price if the car is in good condition. The mileage is reasonable for its age, unless you find a garage queen like mine.
Best of luck.
That is a decent price if the car is in good condition. The mileage is reasonable for its age, unless you find a garage queen like mine.
Best of luck.
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i like ls1s but i dont want to dump 13k on the car then another 5k on mods.. i would like to but the cheapest ls1 around here i have seen was one with 130kmiles and it was 8k.. ...
.. are lt1s really that bad ?
the reason i want a lt1 car is because i coule buy this low mile one probaly for 4k then spend another 5 on a t-76turbo kit or somthing and some n20.. for the price of a ls1.. with twice as many miles.....
p.s. oh and another thing.. it will be a huge upgrade from the 95 3.4 cam i have now lol
.. are lt1s really that bad ?
the reason i want a lt1 car is because i coule buy this low mile one probaly for 4k then spend another 5 on a t-76turbo kit or somthing and some n20.. for the price of a ls1.. with twice as many miles.....
p.s. oh and another thing.. it will be a huge upgrade from the 95 3.4 cam i have now lol
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not a bad price at all... i spent that much on my car with 107K; all highway miles though. 
from time to time i do wish i had held out for a LS1: I like to be fast(er) but i also like to be thrown back in the seet easily and to me the LS1 didnt do that for me.
from time to time i do wish i had held out for a LS1: I like to be fast(er) but i also like to be thrown back in the seet easily and to me the LS1 didnt do that for me.
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Staging Lane
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i am not planing on making a 10 second car i just want one that is fun to drive and will stomp a inport from light to light lol.. and i drool over the sound of lt1s.. the ls1 dont have a super aggresive tone to me
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thanks man but i am going to stick with a 4th gen...i like the look of the 4th more then the 3rd.... and i dont have the time to be swaping motors. or i would be slaming a ls1 into my v6 right now lol...
I say go for it, the LT1 Style F-bods are WAY better looking than the LS1 style.
My plans for the future may be a LSx swap. either that or make my LT1 into a big cubed iron eating machine
My plans for the future may be a LSx swap. either that or make my LT1 into a big cubed iron eating machine
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yay thats what i am talking about lol.. "either that or make my LT1 into a big cubed iron eating machine"
i will probaly buy the exact same color i already have and make a mirror image of the one i have.. then when all the guys that beat me before try again. eat them alive.
i mean this car is not bad looking..
i will probaly buy the exact same color i already have and make a mirror image of the one i have.. then when all the guys that beat me before try again. eat them alive.
i mean this car is not bad looking..
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Originally Posted by ahank1
i like ls1s but i dont want to dump 13k on the car then another 5k on mods.. i would like to but the cheapest ls1 around here i have seen was one with 130kmiles and it was 8k.. ...
.. are lt1s really that bad ?
the reason i want a lt1 car is because i coule buy this low mile one probaly for 4k then spend another 5 on a t-76turbo kit or somthing and some n20.. for the price of a ls1.. with twice as many miles.....
p.s. oh and another thing.. it will be a huge upgrade from the 95 3.4 cam i have now lol
.. are lt1s really that bad ?
the reason i want a lt1 car is because i coule buy this low mile one probaly for 4k then spend another 5 on a t-76turbo kit or somthing and some n20.. for the price of a ls1.. with twice as many miles.....
p.s. oh and another thing.. it will be a huge upgrade from the 95 3.4 cam i have now lol
No LT1's are not bad at all. They are still powerful and faster than about 95% of the cars you'll see driving on the street. However, the LS1 is superior all around. It is God's motor after all
But seriously, one of the only reasons the LT1 is looked down upon is that it is old technology and the optispark, which is often way over dramaticized when people talk about disadvantages of the engine. With the extra money you would save by not buying an LS1, you could mod the crap out of the LT1. IMHO you are getting a steal on a 97 Z for 5 grand. And yeah, they are still a blast to drive and have the ***** to take out most of the ricers. Even you get beat by a ricer, you still look and sound way better 
yeah that my other project for 4 years now i just picked up my 97z for 6,300 and he was trying to get 8 out of it i had to do brakes almost 300 for all 4 an alum driveshaft 200 and a full tune up 950 it had 99k when i got it really nice kept inside driven on the weekends
Originally Posted by Pretyflywiteguy
me too...
but thats what FI LS1 swaps are for
but thats what FI LS1 swaps are for
I would love to swap a LS1 in my TA and totally surprise another LS1 style car! BW3588, you got a nice car there!
Back on subject, just get the lt1 (looks good btw) you can always do a few mods and still beat 90% of the cars on the road, most importantly, mustangs and imports. Was at a light with a Mustang GT earlier and the cam scared him a little he wouldn't race, much less look over at me!
