The history of the LS1

[Sprayin]

5 years later? Also I'm calling bullshit.

Who cares if its later, it's a 4.6L 3V

Call bullshit all you want, that's what they run.

 

[Lead Pipe]

Who cares if its later, it's a 4.6L 3V

Call bullshit all you want, that's what they run.

Then why were you guys so safe? ?

 

[Sprayin]

Then why were you guys so safe? ?

Wanting land from a car that is a second faster is safe? Oh. Okay.

 

[Pro Stock John]

And a few went 10's all stock engine no adder...

 

[Jimbo]

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

The 3800'ers conveniently skip past the fact that most of them ran 13's with mods and that a LS1 auto 4th gen with headers, converter and a tire would go low 12s.

That’s not saying much. Stock 3800 is nearly a 15 second car. Stock ls f body was mid low 13’s.

 

[GTPpower]

The 3800'ers conveniently skip past the fact that most of them ran 13's with mods and that a LS1 auto 4th gen with headers, converter and a tire would go low 12s.

I've seen many modded ls1's run 14's or slower, while my fwd chick car went upper 11's with less than $2k stuck into it.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

LOL! That's a driver issue... Not the car.

 

[Lead Pipe]

Wanting land from a car that is a second faster is safe? Oh. Okay.

So they're not on par?

 

[YoushallgoFo]

 

[Sprayin]

 

[Sprayin]

So they're not on par?

Absolutely not on par, 3vs are trash.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Absolutely not on par, 3vs are trash.

When was the last time you ever saw a 3V swapped Fox Body?

 

[Sprayin]

When was the last time you ever saw a 3V swapped Fox Body?

I've seen it. There was a guy on TCG that had one, but I don't think he comes on anymore.

Edit: think that was actually an SN95 but same same.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

I've seen it. There was a guy on TCG that had one, but I don't think he comes on anymore.

Edit: think that was actually an SN95 but same same.

Indeed close enough but one out of how many?

If I had a Fox/SN95 I'd swap a 351W over instead in a heart beat.

 

[Mook]

BOTTLEFED

 

[BOTTLEFED]

BOTTLEFED

That's hilarious

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

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[GTPpower]

LOL! That's a driver issue... Not the car.

No, it was the DA.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Well what the hell was the point of the comment without disclosing that?

 

[GTPpower]

Well what the hell was the point of the comment without disclosing that?

Because they still run slow, while I didn't.

 

[Pro Stock John]

The LS1 transformed the scene, just like the 5.0 did in the late 80s. I remember 5.0 Mustangs spanking err'body before the LS1. The LS1 brought competition.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Because they still run slow, while I didn't.

Literally nobody cares. LS > all

 

[S8ER01Z]

Before the LS1 came along, the scene was very mixed, you had some folks running 5.0-powerd Mustangs, some 4th gen LT1 people, and old school cars. Sure the GN was a cool car too but they were rarely seen out and about.

But when the LS1 debuted, it was game over. We had local guys running 13.0 bone stock which was unheard of back in the fall of '98. By May of 1999 we had run my buddy Hacker Joe's '98 Camaro down to 10.8@127 with nitrous, headers, tires, and a 9", Chicago had the first LS1 in the 10's (outside of the cars that W2W built for GM).

I ran 13.1 @ 108mph on a 2.1 60ft bone stock at a Cordova MFBA rental, wish I knew how to drive because I just needed a good 60ft to hit those walk on water numbers. Those were good times!!

 

[Pro Stock John]

Evan Smith, longtime magazine editor known for his stints with a few Ford publications drove a bone stock one and ran a 12.88@108 pass. He admittedly slipped the clutch out at a high rpm and drove it like a rental.