How fast are Highway Patrol LS1's?
03-31-2005, 08:30 AM
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Re: How fast are Highway Patrol LS1's?
Here in michigan... The township cops have a Iroc..( i dont know what year and they bring it out only on very very nice days )
and they have 2 Ls1 camaro's...They are fast as hell.....they got a racing chip they no one can get...its only made for cops..they got new cam, heads ect...and they HAD a 1974 Corvette with a 502..with a hole butt-load of goody go-fast parts....but that was just mostly for show but from what i herd it could pull down low 11's in the 1/4 mile
and they have 2 Ls1 camaro's...They are fast as hell.....they got a racing chip they no one can get...its only made for cops..they got new cam, heads ect...and they HAD a 1974 Corvette with a 502..with a hole butt-load of goody go-fast parts....but that was just mostly for show but from what i herd it could pull down low 11's in the 1/4 mile
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03-31-2005, 08:57 AM
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Re: How fast are Highway Patrol LS1's?
Originally Posted by MotorCityNova572
and they have 2 Ls1 camaro's...They are fast as hell.....they got a racing chip they no one can get...its only made for cops..they got new cam, heads ect...
03-31-2005, 09:25 AM
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Re: How fast are Highway Patrol LS1's?
Originally Posted by 87DJP2001
I think the only thing that makes them faster then Stock LS1's and other so called performance cars is the BLUE LIGHTS... 
03-31-2005, 09:37 AM
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Re: How fast are Highway Patrol LS1's?
Originally Posted by MotorCityNova572
Here in michigan... The township cops have a Iroc..( i dont know what year and they bring it out only on very very nice days )
and they have 2 Ls1 camaro's...They are fast as hell.....they got a racing chip they no one can get...its only made for cops..they got new cam, heads ect...and they HAD a 1974 Corvette with a 502..with a hole butt-load of goody go-fast parts....but that was just mostly for show but from what i herd it could pull down low 11's in the 1/4 mile
and they have 2 Ls1 camaro's...They are fast as hell.....they got a racing chip they no one can get...its only made for cops..they got new cam, heads ect...and they HAD a 1974 Corvette with a 502..with a hole butt-load of goody go-fast parts....but that was just mostly for show but from what i herd it could pull down low 11's in the 1/4 mile
way to give out nonsense info and pass it off as fact.The Iroc is a car they took from a drug dealer, so was the Vette. They arent used fot street duty, just to show kids that crime doesnt pay.
As far as "racing chips" are concerned, LS1's DONT HAVE CHIPS. Cop LS1's are not anything special, with the exception of a higher amp alternator, bigger trans cooler, and upgraded suspension (all of which could be ordered by anyone).
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03-31-2005, 10:24 AM
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Re: How fast are Highway Patrol LS1's?
Some PD's did do a heads/cam swap on the traffic enforcement cruisers. Not the standard secter car. The reason being that a cammed traffic enforcement cruiser is gunna be able to get up to speed faster etc. While the standard secter car idles for about 2hrs a day and drives at a constant speed of 35-40 miles per hour. So obviously no need for a cam.
I dont blame some PD's for wanting to cam the CV since its a boad and has a whoppin 250hp now, back in 98 they came with 210 hp.
Then you have the 9c1 impy which is a dog
The magnum which is a dog since the only police package is a 200hp v6.
No interceptors out there are worthy of the name interceptor which is good for us bad for them
I dont blame some PD's for wanting to cam the CV since its a boad and has a whoppin 250hp now, back in 98 they came with 210 hp.
Then you have the 9c1 impy which is a dog
The magnum which is a dog since the only police package is a 200hp v6.
No interceptors out there are worthy of the name interceptor which is good for us bad for them
03-31-2005, 10:26 AM
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Re: How fast are Highway Patrol LS1's?
Originally Posted by LT-14me
Some PD's did do a heads/cam swap on the traffic enforcement cruisers. Not the standard secter car. The reason being that a cammed traffic enforcement cruiser is gunna be able to get up to speed faster etc. While the standard secter car idles for about 2hrs a day and drives at a constant speed of 35-40 miles per hour. So obviously no need for a cam.
I dont blame some PD's for wanting to cam the CV since its a boad and has a whoppin 250hp now, back in 98 they came with 210 hp.
Then you have the 9c1 impy which is a dog
The magnum which is a dog since the only police package is a 200hp v6.
No interceptors out there are worthy of the name interceptor which is good for us bad for them
I dont blame some PD's for wanting to cam the CV since its a boad and has a whoppin 250hp now, back in 98 they came with 210 hp.
Then you have the 9c1 impy which is a dog
The magnum which is a dog since the only police package is a 200hp v6.
No interceptors out there are worthy of the name interceptor which is good for us bad for them
03-31-2005, 11:20 AM
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Re: How fast are Highway Patrol LS1's?
Originally Posted by Blue89Bird
you find me one car that did a heads/cam swap on a regularly used car thats not for DARE or for car shows, until then
LOL I was just about to mention the dare cars...
I have 2 friends with ex-police cruisers.
One has a 97 crown-vic, the other has an 01 ls1 camaro.
I happened to see the crown vic running consistent 16's this past tuesday, and my friend's LS1 interceptor is good for nothing better than stock times.
One thing that DOES confuse me is that his LS1 ex-cop car seems to have a 5 speed auto. People have called BS on this before but I've seen it 1, 2, 3, D, D2. I've ridden it it, You can feel it shift out of OD at around 80... he runs like 1300 RPMs at 85mph.
03-31-2005, 11:20 AM
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Re: How fast are Highway Patrol LS1's?
Originally Posted by Blue89Bird
you find me one car that did a heads/cam swap on a regularly used car thats not for DARE or for car shows, until then
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03-31-2005, 11:23 AM
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Re: How fast are Highway Patrol LS1's?
Originally Posted by rskrause
I'd be pretty skeptical of that as well. After all, it would make the car "illegal". Not to say that the po-po are any better at obeying the law than we are, but this one I doubt.
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They also have a lot of really nice DARE cars, a Typhoon, 1930something Merc, 5.0 Stang etc. Those car's aren't allowed to be touched by their normal mechanics due to insurance regulations. They're actually not even allowed to be owned by the state due to potential liability so individual officers own them, and the work is donated by local speed shop who in return get their name plastered on the side of them
03-31-2005, 11:25 AM
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Re: How fast are Highway Patrol LS1's?
Originally Posted by Z28WannaB
Now if it were a 10 second street rod versus a regular police cruiser you could probably get away.
. I'd try and out-run them with 2.73's in the car before I'd try it with 4.10's anyday ... it's easier to accelerate beyond ~100 mph in 3rd gear than it is in 4th (with the auto) 
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03-31-2005, 11:41 AM
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Re: How fast are Highway Patrol LS1's?
then it's all about how you run from the cops
if you have that quick of a car that can handle, you're gonna want to make those cop cars chase you in the corners (so it works to your advantage)
and then, if you have a vette, you can try running on the highway (anyone remember that one that showed him doing 165+ in a c4 and was almost getting way from the cops and chopper and then crashed and somehow flew out before the car was completely destroyed?)
if you have that quick of a car that can handle, you're gonna want to make those cop cars chase you in the corners (so it works to your advantage)
and then, if you have a vette, you can try running on the highway (anyone remember that one that showed him doing 165+ in a c4 and was almost getting way from the cops and chopper and then crashed and somehow flew out before the car was completely destroyed?)
03-31-2005, 12:20 PM
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Re: How fast are Highway Patrol LS1's?
Originally Posted by BirchMan98z
LOL I was just about to mention the dare cars...
I have 2 friends with ex-police cruisers.
One has a 97 crown-vic, the other has an 01 ls1 camaro.
I happened to see the crown vic running consistent 16's this past tuesday, and my friend's LS1 interceptor is good for nothing better than stock times.
One thing that DOES confuse me is that his LS1 ex-cop car seems to have a 5 speed auto. People have called BS on this before but I've seen it 1, 2, 3, D, D2. I've ridden it it, You can feel it shift out of OD at around 80... he runs like 1300 RPMs at 85mph.
I have 2 friends with ex-police cruisers.
One has a 97 crown-vic, the other has an 01 ls1 camaro.
I happened to see the crown vic running consistent 16's this past tuesday, and my friend's LS1 interceptor is good for nothing better than stock times.
One thing that DOES confuse me is that his LS1 ex-cop car seems to have a 5 speed auto. People have called BS on this before but I've seen it 1, 2, 3, D, D2. I've ridden it it, You can feel it shift out of OD at around 80... he runs like 1300 RPMs at 85mph.
