I wouldnt say that in comparing LS1 to LT1. I dont know alot about LS1s b/c I dont own one. but I know LT blocks are 2 or 4 bolt, and I am pretty sure LSx's are always or maybe mostly 6 bolt mains. They have higher Compressions motors, better flowing Heads/Intake/TB. LT1's arent crap. I was gonna say the shortblock is good, but if its a 2 bolt main, least you can say is that its a 350.

 

thats not fair corey.. Your 4L60E LS1 tranny has broken or started to break more than once.
They are just 12-8 year old cars that people throw power at and break.

 

For now get it a week lol

 

yeah 9 times out of 10 mine fixes itself, i think i just need to change the oil to fix this problem... in all honesty i love my lt1 and it gives me relatively no problems.. us lt1 owners just blow the average problems we have out of proportion unlike other car make/model owners i guess we are just cry babies

 

in all honesty the lt1 is simply a cheap mans ls1.. i know a lot of us cant afford payments on an ls1 or cant afford to just buy one strait up, my lt1 was cheap and in perfect condition and bone stock. right now i dont even have 10k invested in the car including the 7k i paid for it and it will keep up with the best of the bolt on ls1's. im not saying i can take down any serious ls1 because shit im still on my stock cam and shortblock with just some freshened up stock flowing heads... but the car holds its own. the reason there arent a lot of faster lt1s running around is because the owners dont have the cash to mod them (its the POOR mans ls1) or they dont know enough about the cars to mod them correctly. The lt1s have very inferior heads and a smaller cam than the ls1, they also have a shittier intake/tb setup, but thats not all.. the lt1 computer is a HUGE source of power. with just the right simple bolt ons, a good dyno tune can put an lt1 way up there. the other slow points are the fuel and ignition, and just to clear it up, most opti failures are owner related, i dont like the thing either, but if we are just more careful they wont break as easily. i have a HUGE ignition problem right now because i dont produce enough spark to run my setup.. cant rev as high as i should which means not reaching potential. lt1 owners throw a bunch of bolt ons at their car ( LT headers, intake, exhaust etc) and are still under 300 hp.. with a good dyno tune those mods alone can get you up and over 300, maybe not too far but you dont have to be stuck at like 290. the lt1 is just old technology. make it new and you can have a fast, cheap hotrod thatll hang right up there with the ls1 guys for less money

 

actually last I heard big rick was getting ready to beat the best LS1 time in his turbo LT1

 

ls1 403" motor has the speed record.

 

Problems just becuase they are older?

Well Ford's 5.0 is even older than the LT1 and i dont read about these issues in the Ford forums?

 

that's because the 5.0 was just a basic, tried-and-true formula motor

the LT1 was an experimental motor, trying out a bunch of new ideas, the LS1 is the end result.

oh and to say 5.0's are not problematic, I beg to differ, some people who
shall remain unnamed, go through headgaskets quicker than a MKIII supra

 

LOL