I'm curious about the history behind this site. How old is it, what was the motivation to start it, how did it get to be so much bigger than any of the other LS1-based forums?

 

interesting topic... im guessing it started back in 2001 as the co-owners "Nine Ball" and "Pro Stock John" have as join date

 

We all used to hang out at LS1.com, and it was constantly down/slow because probably 90% of its traffic was in the AAG (almost anything goes) forum. The technical part of the site became secondary to the "look at this huge zit" posts. Despite repeated requests from long time and active members, they wouldn't get rid of AAG or otherwise address the diminished performance of the site, so PSJ, NineBall, and Colonel started this site. All the "techies" came over here, we needed a place that was geared towards tech stuff first, with some silliness thrown in, not the other way around.

Now with the addition of SSU, we have the best of both worlds, a tech site AND a BS forum that always work, are fast, and are run by people who actually care about and own LS1-based cars and we all lived happily ever after, lol. [group hug here]

Shawn

 

Hes right. I remember reading that exact story from brains or nine ball cant remember which.

 

Born on date was in November 2001.

 

I think Spanky descriped it pretty well.

 

Yup, I remember those days well. Many of those who weren't around here 5-6 years ago probably have no idea how much better LS1Tech is than what was around before.

 

FWIW, I'm not one of the owners, I just work here.. PSJ and Nine Ball are the owners. Sure wish I was though, I could be building pro touring LS7 cars and 8/9 second turbo cars too

 

That would be a good summary. The short version?

We were born out of LS1.com's lack of competence

 

Yeah, whatever happened to Colonel? I forgot about him until I read the name.

 

Colonel got married, started a family, and is spending less time with car stuff. Things are going well for him, but I'm sure the cool weather makes his throttle foot itch sometimes. He still owns a Z28 and his drag car, just hasn't messed with them in a long time.

 

I was told he got promoted to Brigadier General.

 

Ls1tech Has Grown Alot Since It First Started I Have Learned Alot From This Site And Met Alot Of Kool People Who Share My Interest And Weird Addictions....ls1tech Owns All Other Tech Sites!!!!!!

Hands Down!

 

Wow, good beginning story. I bet the people at LS1.com laughed at you when you left to start your own site, now look at it

 

Good story i came here for the same reason you guys did just a few years later.

 

I don't think so, as there were over 1000 people join here during the first week.

 

I was in on the first few days and Im member 547 or so.

Shoulda been in the top 20, but I had email problems i believe.

 

Funny you mention it, but yes Bradley laughed at us and told us that he didn't need our advice on how to run his site. He also said "when you have 20,000 members like me, you can tell me how to run this site". LMAO!

Look at this tracking chart

http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?w=640....com&u=ls2.com

 

Either way, i'm sure both sites are bringing in the $$$

 

GOD I hope they find ways to keep this site running even after the gen III series is ancient history.

I'll never forget this place, with it I've built a whole network of friends, gotten some business experience, and learned so much about mechanical concepts.

LS1tech FTW ~Joshua