LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8
View Poll Results: How aggressive is your project
Stock
12
3.54%
Bolt-ons
67
19.76%
Cam-Only
35
10.32%
Heads/Cam
48
14.16%
Mild Rebuild
33
9.73%
Aggressive Rebuild
56
16.52%
Street Legal Race Car
68
20.06%
Hard Core
20
5.90%
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How Aggressive is your build

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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 02:55 PM
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Just trying to get an idea of where everyones project would fall....please be honest with your self on this.

1) stock.....as in OEM, no mods
2) bolt-ons
3) cam only
4) heads cam....but otherwise as the General made it
5) mild rebuild...extreme budget 355 or 383...cast crank, hypereutectic pistons etc
6) aggressive street build....street car with its main purpose for the track.
7) street legal race car....tranny swaps, full race suspension, weight reduction.
8) Hardcore....the Big Dogs

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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:00 PM
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#4 which it will more than likely stay at because Im very content with it right now. I would like to have another LT1 one day that would be in the #7-8 category but I would probaly have a KB Terminator or Blown C6 before I'd do that so I could comfortably drive it everyday and still run in the 10's.
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:02 PM
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Im stock for now but hoping on a nice heads cam and bolt ons 350-400 hp daily driveable lt1, in the near future if i can get the funds together.
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:08 PM
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So aggresive im buying another car as a substite. Sooner or later you realize that huge cubic inches, big hyd. rollers and all the other doodads arent what you want in a "legit" streetcar.
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:32 PM
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#6 for me. if i had to drive it every day i'd probably buy another car not because of poor street manners but because of it being a gass guzzler.
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:33 PM
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Pretty aggresive H/C combo with a fairly hot cam, while I build a forged bottom end. My suspension has a bunch done also.
I wanted to say #6 but I went with #4
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:34 PM
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My car is pretty stock. Stock trans with a stall, shifit kit, and cooler, your basic bolt ons, LPE heads and AI cam. I hope to go to Mooresville for the first time with this setup on Thursday.
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:39 PM
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Pretty Aggressive 398 LT4 and it having a TH-350 Tranny Not a Everyday Grocery Getter. But It loves the Track
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ill stop after a lpe 211 219 cam and a stout valvetrain. now i have full bolt ons and a manual rack. i want 3.73's, 3600 stall, and a better drivshaft
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 04:24 PM
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Bolt-ons here.
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Tony Shepherd
Bolt-ons here.
Well it did all bolt on didnt it? LOL!
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Tony Shepherd
Bolt-ons here.
buuuuuuuuuuuulshit
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 05:31 PM
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I have my eyes set on a 383 for my LT1. Nothing too extreme tho. I'd be very happy with 450hp and 500+lbs of torque
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 05:57 PM
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Bone stock officer, I swear LOL
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 06:28 PM
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What if instead of H/C/I..Ive got a shortblock with stock heads and intake..what would you call that (besides ignorant)

Aftermarket motor, trans swap, all rod end suspension, aftermarket rear...but its got AC. What about a Street Legal Street car...lol
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Stroked96Bowtie
What if instead of H/C/I..Ive got a shortblock with stock heads and intake..what would you call that (besides ignorant)

Aftermarket motor, trans swap, all rod end suspension, aftermarket rear...but its got AC. What about a Street Legal Street car...lol
uh, mild rebuild? love your car by the way.

I guess i fall under bolt on's, not too many, but a few
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 06:40 PM
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I picked #3, I suppose the motor going in is just a hotcam deal. Then again someday the nitrous will get installed, and I am tripping over a roll bar at this point, and spohn'd out the rear suspension.......I may start be falling into #6.
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 06:50 PM
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#2 for now but sometime #6
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 07:07 PM
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some of #7 ( no weight reduction ) but more like #6 i guess.
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 07:35 PM
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I'm at #2 working my way toward #7.
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