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Jan 16, 2004 | 01:24 AM

quicksilvr

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Differences between 01 & 02?

Just curious what the differences are if any between the two years (ie: blocks, head castings, etc.)

Thanks,
Eric

Jan 16, 2004 | 08:12 AM

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No differences that I am aware of.

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Jan 16, 2004 | 08:13 AM

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02 has no EGR valve. Makes working on it (changing plugs) much easier....

Jan 16, 2004 | 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by trackbird

02 has no EGR valve. Makes working on it (changing plugs) much easier....

01 has no EGR as well.

Craig

Jan 16, 2004 | 08:22 AM

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Quote:

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No differences that I am aware of.

Craig

Pretty much so...

Jan 16, 2004 | 02:59 PM

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'02 supposedly has a different piston ring design. The pistons were also coated. I believe these were meant to lessen oil consumption & piston slap problems.

Jan 16, 2004 | 03:05 PM

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Quote:

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01 has no EGR as well.

Craig

OOps, I thought my friends car that I just did plugs in was an '01 (EGR sucks), guess it was an '00.

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Jan 16, 2004 | 06:28 PM

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Believe the percentage of cars which received a LS6 block is higher for the 02s. I still didn't end up with one, build date August 01.

Jan 16, 2004 | 07:39 PM

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As far as 02s having less piston slap ha! mine slaps like hell. i love the car but the noise is aggravating to say the least!

Jan 16, 2004 | 10:26 PM

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The 02 had the 02 block, heads and cam. 01 had the 01 block, heads and cam

Jan 16, 2004 | 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by camarols1

JRP has a couple of posts with an extensive list of all the differences. Do some searches for them.

http://ourworld.cs.com/jrpws6/ls1.txt

Jan 16, 2004 | 11:18 PM

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quicksilvr

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Thanks for the link!

Jan 17, 2004 | 06:50 AM

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7. Some 2002 model F-bodies came with a revised rear view mirror that had the map light buttons on the bottom, rather than the front.

Some of the 2001 models had this revised mirror as well...
My 2001 has the buttons on the bottom. I did not really notice till I read the JRP post. (

to JRP for compiling all the info for that post)