thinking about ditching the lt1
thinking about ditching the lt1 Well im at the point of my build to start on the motor and im inbetween things. Build the lt1 up or sell it while it runs good now and get a few bucks for it and buy a old school 350/383 or what not. My main thinking is you can get a 600hp carb motor for cheap anywhere. To build up the lt1 its gonna be a lot more and not to mention the extra $1000 just to make the ing. worry free almost. My intentions for the car is to make it a drag car in the future. I dont have emmissions on it nor do i drive it a lot. So im in the middle of things. Or if i pulled the motor and built it up with a le3 package what kind of numbers is the le3 capabile of running?
Man, your having some kind of week arent ya. First the cam, now the motor, whats next the car?. Its times like these were I usually step away from the car for a couple of days. Then come back to it and you usually feel better about her. 
yea no ****, typical winters now in chicago. have WAY too much time to think about it, lol. Well i still have a 10 bolt so maby ill work on getting a 9'' in there so then i can just put a 2500hp motor in there and call it a day!!
If I were to ditch the LT1 it would be for an LSX engine. The hp per dollar of a carbed gen 1 sbc is hard to beat, but I would probably drop the 4th gen platform if I were to go that route.
i was thinkin about that too but my trans i just spent $3k on wont bolt up but it will to a gen1 motor. And i dont wanna build another trans for it and when this one is 3 steps beyond mint. So i stopped thinking at that point.
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Unless you are going to an aftermarket block, I really don't see the advantage of a GEN I swap. How fast do you want to go? If you can do it with a factory GEN I you can do it with a GEN II.
I'm tossing the same idea around...i have a spare 350 and th350 trans that need rebuilt, but at the same time, why not go nuts and go with a big block. A 502 4th gen camaro sounds nice right?
didnt think he had a le4, how bout a le7? Well call it the ls7 eater!! Only thing i hate about the lt1 is the whole ing. system on them. And seems like the only way to totally get rid of it is to go with a mag. pickup and throw a dist. on it. Then i wouldnt need to mess with a opti or swaping to a vented opti so i could run a good timing chain. The reverse flow cooling on lt1's is neither here or there. I do however like that no coolant goes in the intake so pulling the intake is not a mess!! Worth keeping for that reason alone, lol.
I guarantee that I could do it all day long N/A with a stock lift cam and stock rockers. Want to make a bet? I will tear the entire motor down for you after the run (if you put up enough money).
You guys need to look up Stock Eliminator. At 2900 lbs I could run low tens.
You guys need to look up Stock Eliminator. At 2900 lbs I could run low tens.
Tell us more! I am amazed at what the stock eliminator cars can accomplish with so many stock parts. I've found details on how they do it to be fairly elusive.