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Feb 14, 2005 | 12:25 AM

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LS1s are easy...

Oh for the love of GOD.

Gasket scraping, RTV everywhere. Bolts are all the same. It takes two people to lift a head into the engine bay. 37 different gaskets, all weird brands... are they right? Loosening all this sludge and carbon... is it holding something together? Wait...is it a metric or a standard bolt? How did the 14th person to tear this apart put it back together last time?

It's no 77 Jag V12... but a 5.0 teardown and rebuild sure makes an LS1 seem like Lego.

Can't I just mess with LSXs from now on? Please?

Feb 14, 2005 | 01:40 AM

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I have to agree- the LSX is VERY friendly compared to other engines I've done!

Feb 14, 2005 | 06:27 AM

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OH yeah!!! That is one big reason I love the LSX series engine.

Feb 14, 2005 | 11:27 AM

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I have no issues working on my LS1, I like LT1s too except the oil pan / timing chain cover.

Feb 14, 2005 | 09:18 PM

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Everything on the car is a 10mm bolt.

Feb 14, 2005 | 11:24 PM

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Yeah, LT1's are geniously made, specially stuffing HALF the motor under the firewall!

Feb 15, 2005 | 12:53 AM

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that makes me happy to hear... since my fall project is going to be doing the bottom end.... easy sounds good...

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Feb 16, 2005 | 10:37 AM

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They just put together an LS1 on Horsepower TV. Easy enough. There are lots of items to consider, but none of them difficult or too intellectually challenging.

Feb 17, 2005 | 12:08 AM

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maby i will have to have a mod party, since it would be fun to put in the forged or billet crank, titanium con rods. and all that stuff right??? especialy after i buy the house and epoxy coat the floor and everything... ah screw it ill just pay some one to do it