Interesting LSx factoid...
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Re: Interesting LSx factoid...
yea, without those huge double cam heads, lol. please tell me secrets. i want to know whats really going on. all the people in the know keep themselves and have formed a support group specifically to not tell me stuff. i want in.
Thats insane! How did they do that??
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The weight in relation to a LT-1 or an LS-1 would be alot more useful to us I think. Granted, that is quite a difference, but it is kind of a no brainer. DOHC engines weigh alot due to all the associated hardware necessitated by their configuration. But God, LT-5 
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Re: Interesting LSx factoid...
Originally Posted by eagleknight97
The weight in relation to a LT-1 or an LS-1 would be alot more useful to us I think. Granted, that is quite a difference, but it is kind of a no brainer. DOHC engines weigh alot due to all the associated hardware necessitated by their configuration. But God, LT-5
I'd like to know what a DOHC V6 weighs, how about a Northstar
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Re: Interesting LSx factoid...
Originally Posted by eagleknight97
The weight in relation to a LT-1 or an LS-1 would be alot more useful to us I think. Granted, that is quite a difference, but it is kind of a no brainer. DOHC engines weigh alot due to all the associated hardware necessitated by their configuration. But God, LT-5
Oh, one more thingy... The fastest small block powered, naturally aspirated Corvette on the planet is an LT5 car.
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Originally Posted by PacerX
Oh, one more thingy... The fastest small block powered, naturally aspirated Corvette on the planet is an LT5 car.
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wasn't this in that tech article about he LS2?? I remember reading that the gm powertrain team used computer modeling to remove "excess" metal from the LS1 castings for the LS2.
on the one hand this could signal that the engine is more robust. but on the other it could also spell fragile. :blah:
on the one hand this could signal that the engine is more robust. but on the other it could also spell fragile. :blah:
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Originally Posted by morb|d
wasn't this in that tech article about he LS2?? I remember reading that the gm powertrain team used computer modeling to remove "excess" metal from the LS1 castings for the LS2.
on the one hand this could signal that the engine is more robust. but on the other it could also spell fragile. :blah:
on the one hand this could signal that the engine is more robust. but on the other it could also spell fragile. :blah:
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Originally Posted by poSSum
I'd be more interested in knowing how much lighter the LS2 is than the (over)hyped hemi.
Are there fully aluminum Hemi's out yet?
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Originally Posted by Big Als Z
wowowowowowowowowowowow!!
Tell me this is not new news to anyone? Its a lot of weight, but when it comes to weight and packaging, OHV>OHC.
Tell me this is not new news to anyone? Its a lot of weight, but when it comes to weight and packaging, OHV>OHC.
. PacerX, not that i've seen yet. I believe both the 5.7 and upcoming 6.1 Hemi's are still using Iron-blocks.
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Originally Posted by Gold_Rush
Hehe, i love it when import guys label v8's as big, heavy, and guzzlers of gas. Then i break out the fact that that mammothly humongous (can never convince them that 346ci isn't THAT big) v8 weighs less than their NSX's high-tech all-aluminum 3.2 v6 while having an average fuel economy similar to that of the lighter, smaller, and less powerful 2.0L s2000. That usually shuts them up.
PacerX, not that i've seen yet. I believe both the 5.7 and upcoming 6.1 Hemi's are still using Iron-blocks.
. PacerX, not that i've seen yet. I believe both the 5.7 and upcoming 6.1 Hemi's are still using Iron-blocks.