how many miles can you get out of an ls1?
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im looking for a used ws-6 and wondering how many miles to too many for me purchase one? Basically whats the mileage before you start running into problems?
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Dont have an LS1, BUT i did buy my car used.... had 67K its a '96.... not too bad i guess. Anyway had the tune up done every 3 months, etc and it helps that an older man drove it... so not too much raggin on it.... Still running strong after puttin @ 20K on her...
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I've never had a ws6 but i've had 3 z28. The one with the most miles gave me the least problems!
1. 95 Z m6 bought with 30K miles on it, bad coil pack, leaking trans all before 40k
2. 94 Z A4 130K miles with no problems at all
3. 02 Z M6 bought with 52K miles, Rear end went bad at 55K
I think it's the luck of the draw and what was stated above, All depends on how well it was maintained!
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1. 95 Z m6 bought with 30K miles on it, bad coil pack, leaking trans all before 40k
2. 94 Z A4 130K miles with no problems at all
3. 02 Z M6 bought with 52K miles, Rear end went bad at 55K
I think it's the luck of the draw and what was stated above, All depends on how well it was maintained!
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Originally Posted by silver02Z
I've never had a ws6 but i've had 3 z28. The one with the most miles gave me the least problems!
1. 95 Z m6 bought with 30K miles on it, bad coil pack, leaking trans all before 40k
2. 94 Z A4 130K miles with no problems at all
3. 02 Z M6 bought with 52K miles, Rear end went bad at 55K
I think it's the luck of the draw and what was stated above, All depends on how well it was maintained!
Kevin
1. 95 Z m6 bought with 30K miles on it, bad coil pack, leaking trans all before 40k
2. 94 Z A4 130K miles with no problems at all
3. 02 Z M6 bought with 52K miles, Rear end went bad at 55K
I think it's the luck of the draw and what was stated above, All depends on how well it was maintained!
Kevin
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Originally Posted by 12Gauge
I'm up to 188k and the only problems have been the headlight and window motors going out, radio and speakers going bad, rotors warping,and a bad belt tensioner.
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i'm at 80k.
replaced: plugs/wires twice, one coil pack, thermostat, alternator, p/s leak, serpentine belt, 8 tires, one clutch/flywheel, and i have a cracked piston or fucked piston ring on my #7 cylinder.
replaced: plugs/wires twice, one coil pack, thermostat, alternator, p/s leak, serpentine belt, 8 tires, one clutch/flywheel, and i have a cracked piston or fucked piston ring on my #7 cylinder.
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My car currently has 27k miles. I bought it with 12k. I beat the **** out of my car, so here's the stuff I've had to replace...
Front Brakes @ 14k miles
Clutch @ 18k miles
Carrier @ 25k miles
Window Motor @ 22k miles (has nothing to do with me beating the car though. The other motor is starting to die too).
Oxygen Sensor code gets thrown off and on too.
My last LS1 (2001 Z28) only needed the knock sensors replaced. Not because they made the car run bad, but because the stupid engine light stayed on. It had 91k miles when I sold it last year. It ran perfect.
Front Brakes @ 14k miles
Clutch @ 18k miles
Carrier @ 25k miles
Window Motor @ 22k miles (has nothing to do with me beating the car though. The other motor is starting to die too).
Oxygen Sensor code gets thrown off and on too.
My last LS1 (2001 Z28) only needed the knock sensors replaced. Not because they made the car run bad, but because the stupid engine light stayed on. It had 91k miles when I sold it last year. It ran perfect.
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I bought a '00 Formula about 2 years ago with 30k miles and it and it was nothing but problems. Burned out two sets of cats, a window motor, a monsoon head unit, fried the PCM, and had crazy detonation problems. My buddy on the other hand bought a '00 SS brand new and has 50k miles on the clock now and the one and only thing to ever break was the power steering pump. It's really a dice roll with these cars.
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Originally Posted by 12Gauge
I'm up to 188k and the only problems have been the headlight and window motors going out, radio and speakers going bad, rotors warping,and a bad belt tensioner.
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Originally Posted by BlackTA98 LS1
Damn! Hopefully my motor will run strong like yours, its at 105k miles and still hauling ***. Do you still run good 1/4 times? Any compression loss?
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52k miles here, only thing that went bad was the alternator (although I can be the one to blame on why it went out). I don't really have any shakes & rattles, unless I'm too low into a gear (like if for some reason I'm in 5th gear at 30 mph), or if I'm sitting at an idle (decently lopey cam)
Even when modded, these cars seem to last a long time. Good luck with your future purchase!
Even when modded, these cars seem to last a long time. Good luck with your future purchase!
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My car had 89,000 on it when I bought it, dyno'd 289rwhp stock at 92,000 miles. Had to rebuild the tranny at 99,970 miles due to the original factory pilot bearing, clutch, and master cylinder failing (at 99k with the original clutch I don't mind hehe). and at 101,500 miles she ran a best of 13.459@105.5mph. now to start modding her. only real things i have to replace are normal wear items like belts, plugs, oil, gotta do the bushings soon in the suspension, and brakes are warped. other than that no real problems.
oh and the air pump went out but that's getting axed next weekend, block off plates should be here tomorrow
(I'd do it this weekend but have orientation for a second job)
oh and the air pump went out but that's getting axed next weekend, block off plates should be here tomorrow
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