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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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Is 70k miles a lot for an LT1?
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 04:04 PM
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no...i have a strong running 170k lt1:lol
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135k here
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160k here and still strong
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70k is like brand new! They hold up real good. My local PD has had 3-4 9C1 Caprices with over 50k on original long block.
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I am almost at 70k on my 94.
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128K here and still ticking... lol damn exhaust leak
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Is 70k miles a lot for an LT1?
You should really change your sig to "LT1 rocks the streets and strip"..lol
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I have over 73K on mine and started spraying recently.
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my nitrous kit just came in two days ago and lik i said i hav 160k and i cant wait to spray that b!tch
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Mine blew up at around 100k.. but that was due to previous owner poor maintenance.
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I just hit 70K last time out with the car...so no 70K is not a lot...I see LS1 cars with more than that.
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114,600 here and lost oil pressure completely 4 times while at redline, as well as found several huge chunks of metal in the oil. still kickin and hope it does for a while
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mine is runnin good at 106k just finally started idling rough i think a opti change is needed soon as far as i know still the stock opti. Heads and cam full bolt ons coming soon along with six speed swap. lt1's hold up pretty good as long as you take care of them.
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blew up my first one with 27,000 miles on it. But it lived a hard track life w/ spray. This time im going to run the same numbers NA.
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132k and still kicking tons of ***
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150k and *knock on wood* all swell
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A shot of seafoam, and oil change should do the trick. The LT1 sounds like an awesome motor!
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I've got 133k and my car's running like a champ. Beat up on my cousin's LS1 SS the other night with it. lol
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162500 miles still haulin on mustangs. Just runnin gears, cat, borla, thermostat, true ramair, and tb bypass. SO DO IT GET THE 70,000 if maintenance kept up ur good.
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