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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 10:29 PM
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Have a relatively stock ls1, always maintained with mobil 1 synthetic. Nothing serious done to it besides a k&n intake and new spark plugs. Runs great! Never tracked, had the occasional blast around town but nothing serious. Always run with 91. Looking to trade or trade + cash for a slightly built engine, something I can just drop in. Anything out there?
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 10:33 PM
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Why don't you just build yours? Or you want more CI?
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by XpEdItIoUs
Why don't you just build yours? Or you want more CI?
my first thought, if you know the engine is well taken care of then that is a good candidate to mod. You dont know what youll be getting if you buy someone elses junk...

there is a guy floating around here who has 220k on his H/C/I ls1

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Yeah, mainly more CI to work with

wow..220k!? Good point..might just have to mod this one then.
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Old Feb 4, 2011 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 1Psycho
Yeah, mainly more CI to work with

wow..220k!? Good point..might just have to mod this one then.
That would be a much better idea.
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Old Feb 4, 2011 | 05:06 PM
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excuse my noobness but what is CI? cubic inches? and what is the benefit of more CI?
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Originally Posted by 6spdchevy
excuse my noobness but what is CI? cubic inches? and what is the benefit of more CI?
Yes, more cubes = more torque, and horsepower is a derivative of torque.
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Old Feb 4, 2011 | 05:32 PM
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just slap a 4" crank in ur 346 and pick a good h/c/i set up
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Originally Posted by ss.slp.ls1
Yes, more cubes = more torque, and horsepower is a derivative of torque.
ah ok thanks that makes sense
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Yeah cuz a crank will slide right on in lol. Just start with the basics cam heads etc
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