I was just curious if there was ever a factory 370hp edition made in 2001 or 2002 on a trans-am. I know someone that has a trans-am that says that below the drivers side tail light but i dont know if it is a sticker or what. He is telling everyone that it is factory 370hp.

 

I don't know of special editions. However some LS1 in 02 came with LS6 heads and that could bump the Hp rating to around that # I would imagine.Of course we are talking fwhp.

 

If the car dyno'd at 315rwhp stock, which is possible, and he assumed 15% drivetrain loss, assuming it's an automatic, then one could within reason guess that the motor was putting out 370hp at the flywheel. Anyhow, the sticker is his own addition or fabrication.

 

It's a sticker ... there was no special 370 hp edition ... however as some have said, he could have dyno'd it stock, and was in that range.

 

Mine dynoed at 380 hp at the flywheel...323 rwhp with a lid and a catback.It doesn't have a ram air hood either

 

Man, that's not fair! My 1998 made 320 rwhp/337 rwtq with lid, filter, CAI, Jet-Hot LT's and True Duals! The newer cars with their better manifolds and LS6 intakes always seem to dyno higher than the older ones

Oh yeah, as for the topic of this thread....taken literally it could be a factory 370, it just depends on how you word it whether or not he is "truthfull". If it made 315 rwhp it is a factory 370 b/c it made that. Though it's nothing more than every other one out there as far as parts go, just depends on how you look at it. A lot of people don't seem to realize how much our LS1's make stock.

 

blkZ,

I almost consider myself lucky.....then the car payment comes in the mail

 

Sounds like the guy I met with a SS that had a factory supercharger putting out 390 HP.

 

gmmg inc built some hi performance f-bodys for berger, tom henry & dale earnhardt that were sold on the showroom floor with factory warrantys, that had the hp rating on the rear left & on the hood scoop. the most common was the 380 hp, check it out @ http://www.gmmginc.net/

 

Some came with a LS6 block. I've never heard of an LS1 coming with LS6 heads. I think you're mistaken there.

 

He's an idiot then.

 

That about sums it up.

 

There are ones from gmmg that came with ls6 heads on the ls1 block. They make 425hp you can check out the site, they have all the info on them. I was thinking of getting a 02 Tom Henry ss, with 380hp but the dammed thing was 40K. I mean geeze. I think he still has it up their if anyone is interested in checking it out, you can get their info from gmmg

 

I like the ZL1 Camaro-I think it looks sweet.

 

Sooo buy a cheap one and bolt-on your own aftermarket parts instead having them do it for you

 

This guy sounds like this dumb hick I saw in this video. His hood was up, and was taking to this guy with a camera (a LS1 owner himself). He told the guy he had a C5-R racing engine, a turbocharger, and a supercharger, and some artificial part the man with the camera asked if he had for the hell of it. He said he had it. While the whole thing was going on the camera guy had the camera going back and forth from the engine to the hick. The engine was obviously a 100% non turbo or supercharged non C5-R racing engine car. One of the funiest things I have ever seen.

 

ive seen one better, in a video called Mischief 3000(a documentary on Gumball 3000) they go to a car show. they see this guy that has a Mustang GT and in the back window he has this huge sticker "GT-R", so Dustin(the guy workin the camera goes up and asks this guy wut kinda engine is in it and the guy says the factory one and Dustin say "So, it's a ROTARY engine" and this guys like ya, ya, and its got a turbo and NOS and all that stuff, "It's fast, fast man" it was so funny cuz this guy had NO FRIGGIN clue about cars!!!

 

hahaa acourding to this guys logic my 382 rwhp car is actually a 450 hp monster!!! woot!

 

No there is no sticker but he wasn't lying about having 370 hp. LS1's are underrated by the factory and put out anywhere from 360 - 380 at the crank.

 

We (car guys) use RWHP when we talk about how much power a car makes, not FWHP.