Originally Posted by
whattadobo
Actually the picture of the ls1 numbers is a vette motor, no trans. Seeing as the transaxle weighs a shit ton.
But I was just copying text from another debate
I'll believe the chevrolet numbers before some guy on the internets, as well as my own experience shipping entire drivetrain setups.
if by shit ton, you mean 138 lbs, yup, well worth it for a transmission 3x stronger than an SR/KA transmission, with an extra overdrive.
A bare LS1 block is 91 lbs, crankshaft about 50 lbs, heads weigh about 25 lbs each, piston/rod combos maybe 3 lbs ea so another 24 lbs there,
we're at 225 and short only a couple little things, you expect me, or anyone else with some sense to believe the camshaft, lifters, and aluminum oil pan weigh in at 150 lbs ?
The supposed scale reading makes more sense it being a complete LS1 minus transmission, 375 lbs, and 140 for the T56, comes in just a little bit above the chevrolet listed 497 lbs, and is more inline with what I remember from shipping them which was right around 520 lbs, with the LT1/T56's I shipped coming in right around 600, maybe a hair more.