I was out cruisin the other night and ran into an Ls1 with CAI, magnaflow, DRs, and 100 shot(bottle not open) and my car in sig. I took of from a roll and he was verry surprised at how hard i pulled. From a stop he would beat me by a couple lengths but i would spin through first. We stopped and chatted for a bit. I forgot to ask if hes on here. Cool guy. It was fun though (Fargo, ND)
-andy

 

He was probably just playing with you or not trying. A stock LS1 with 2.73s wouldn't have a problem with your car.

 

Yeah, nothing can beat an LS1!

 

or maybe the LS1 was a factory ******! lol

 

Yeah i heard ls1 was god? Butttt....lt1 is jesus....

 

yes i have heard about the ls1 and i was verry surprised as well. I think he was legit with the racing. I dunno it was probably a dud or something.

 

Just cause it has a LS1 doesnt mean its fast. And NO, a LS1, with 2.73's would NOT blow him away. Especially on the street. Anything can happen on the street. It balances things out, alot of times the faster car can loose on a street race ... Streets arent prepped, traction IS a problem, and theres no lights to go off. Someone always gets the jump ...

I would bet that a 2.73 Auto LS1 would be alot closer to what he runs than you think. Sure I think in the 1/4 it would eventually pass him and win, but it aint gonna be as bad as you make it sound.

 

Slow stock LS1's run high 13's while fast stock LT1's run high 13's as well.If it was a fast LS1 it would of been a whole different story as a strong running LS1 with a good driver can easily beat a strong running LT1 when both are completely stock.

 

Listen to this man !
Hardcore knows what he is talking about. Anything can and probably will happen on the street.
2.73 gears flat out suck, but then if the gearing is changed the traction can suck. There are many variables to having a quick car. Ive seen inexperienced drivers at the track make 20 passes and not get into the 13s with an LS1. This is not taking anything away from the LT1 as it is quick as well. The law of physics applies to both of these cars...

 

I seem to be kicking *** in mines with 2.73 and auto... Then again well never mine i rather not get this Lt1 Ls1 feud start again... My mods are well i havent updated my sig but Slp loudmouth catback, Slp lid/bellow. My wins mercades amg, wrx sti, various Lt1's, evolution,ws6 M6, 5+ Gt's...

 

Actually 2.73's kick *** on the highway. If you're an auto being challenged on the highway there is no better gear to have. But at a stop light or at a track is a different story. That's where 3.73's shine and 2.73's do kind of suck. But add a torque converter with a 2.3+ STR and now you got the best of both worlds. A car that can launch like a bat out of hell and still pull to 160+ in third gear

Good runs man.

 

haha, u raced a dude named kourtney. it was black with silver stripes? stickers all over the back window? it has a magnaflow catback, but before i moved i talked to him into getting a cutout. anyway here are 2 vids of him
this one he is the 2nd race. 38 secs in. 38 secs
this one u get to see a good shot of the back of it. dont mind my slow *** pass, lol
i think his best time on the bottle was 13.3@107. 380/480 on the bottle
on motor, best pass IIRC 14.0@100.
dude cannot drive. and yes it is a 2.73 geared auto

 

From my experience, speaking "realistically", an average LT1 does not stand a chance against an average LS1, at the track, on the street, from a dig, or from a roll. There ARE exceptions ... I've seen (and run myself) 14-second LS1's (some days, the car and/or the track just DON'T work for you ) and I've seen a couple 13-second LT1's, both STOCK and lightly modded (basically, CAI, cat-back).

I raced my friend's '97 Z28 M6 when my car was A4 w/4.10's, on the highway, from ~70 mph, and could walk away no problem. And yet people say A4 w/4.10's on the highway suck! But to compare to an LS1 A4 w/2.73's, on the highway, they kick a$$ too . And to say that "2.73 gears flat out suck" isn't true either . I still managed to run 13.4 in the 1/4 mile with them .

An LT1 and LS1 are always going to be a good run, but unless the LS1 driver sucks, they will usually take the win .

 

Yep, that was him. I like the sound of it with a cutout. He was a cool guy to talk to. Is he on this site or not.
-andy

 

nope not on the site. doubt the guy could figure out how to turn a computer on.