Curious on highest Lt1 mileage.
04-19-2007, 02:25 PM
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I have 132,000 mi. The only things that have been change are...plugs,wires,coil,t-stat,rockers...still has the origanal opti and I race every weekend...still runin strong.
04-20-2007, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by chromeplated500
...it was because the bearing dissapeared.
God damned gremlins! They'll come in and ****** out parts right out from under your nose if you don't pay attention!
04-20-2007, 05:20 PM
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I always wonder about if engines really tire out over time or not, HP wise. Ic an understand if the rings go out, worn valve springs, etc.... but does it ever really feel slower to a person over time?? Guess its hard to judge seeing as most of us are always modding, but as the mileage stacks up the car never seems to get any weaker.........
04-21-2007, 08:49 AM
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My first LT1 car was a 95 9C1 Caprice with over 220k on it when I bought it and 259k when I sold it. I put plugs, wires, a water pump, a p/s pump and a radiator in it the whole time I had it. The oil got changed every 4-5k. I sold it to my brother who is still using it as a daily beater. It's over 290k right now.
04-21-2007, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by TAEnvy
There was one on autotrader a while back that had 285K unrebuilt and he claimed it ran great
04-21-2007, 03:14 PM
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184K and beating the **** out of it. Thats why I am building a strong short block 383 and preparing for the worst. But till it blows I am gonna have fun with my 350.
04-21-2007, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by chromeplated500
oh yeah did he get any money out of it?? gettin some pretty impressive miles outta some of these cars.. granted the ls1s arent as old but i havent seen any of them with high miles...
Ive heard its from the coming from the factory with synthetics so the rings and bore never have a chance to wear together
04-21-2007, 06:43 PM
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there are some really high mileage lsx's around. I was reading them in another thread here on tech dont rember which forum. but they were stacking up with some of us here. oh btw im at 122+
04-22-2007, 01:55 AM
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yeah lt1s will run along time if taken care of.i had a 95 z28 m6 that was my daliy driver with 207,000 on the clock and it ran great.never used any oil betwwen oil changes had intake and flowmaster with no cat.it blowed the doors off a many a ricers and quite a few mustangs.i hit a deer with it one night and my insurance totaled the car but the engine still ran fine.a guy that lives around my area bought it for the engine and trans and put it in a s-10.i saw him running it at the dragstrip about a month ago.its still going strong!
04-22-2007, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by TAEnvy
From what Ive heard LS1 dont see as high of miles cause they have piston ring issues.
Ive heard its from the coming from the factory with synthetics so the rings and bore never have a chance to wear together
Ive heard its from the coming from the factory with synthetics so the rings and bore never have a chance to wear together
05-01-2007, 11:44 PM
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Good thread by far, I also was wondering how everyone felt about this! I would have to say that as long as you keep up on the maintenance they should last at least 200k to 300k miles as I've seen it often as well. Although when you dog your car (like I have a tendency to do) You seem to break things and blow things up sooner than you hope for...
05-02-2007, 01:08 AM
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i got my car august 2006 with 106k and i have 128k on it now the only problem ive had with it was the opti went out but even when it went out it still ran for like 2 weeks i just couldnt go over 2500 rpms haha after i fixed that everythings been fine since ive noticed that when i change the oil in my car it runs alot better and really smooth royal purple really works =]