hi to all of you..
I don't know where to start????...
I have 95 Z28....when I bought the car last year I found that there's oil leak in front of the engine.... I fix this leak in camaro agint garage...and I replace the optispark and the water pump...
Do you know guys that the leak comes again this year and the water pump also need to change .....I'm living in small country...since I replace that last year.. I drive the car for only 2000 miles....but now I decide to sale my car...'cause LT1 is bad bad car....sorry for saying that.... .... what do you think

 

I think you ought to change your "signature"........

 

Nah.... LT1 is good, good car.
Sorry to hear about your problem. Why don't you try to return the waterpump under warranty? If you even have warranty that is.
Things like that happen and I know it can be frustrating, but don't give up.

 

How about the bad bad person working on the car?

 

No LT1 good car if you treat her with respect. Used cars come with their fair share of problems though.

 

My LT1 camaro is the fastest and most reliable car I have ever owned!!! If something goes bad, I replace it. Regular maintenance basically.

 

From 1993-1996 I had no problems at all with my car.

Then I started racing it.

There is nothing left stock on my car now except for the glass.

Everything else has been modified in some way.

 

They are a very bad car. You're right, maybe you should sell it and get something more reliable and exciting, like a nice little Civic or Corrolla

 

Why I must change my "signature".... I really Loved the Camaro.. even with all the problems...but I just hate the LT1....
and the most part I hate on her is"OPTISOARK"....Don't you agree with me????????

 

No...No...My friend....
I meant that If I sell it ...I will plan to buy an LS1

 

I don't think that the waterpump has anything to do with the way the LT1 motor performs! It's not like you've blown it up twice. Of course if the waterpump goes pad the optispark is going to go too, because the waterpump leaks on the opti. So you've had to replace the waterpump once, maybe the second one you bought was faulty. I'm sure people have had faulty replacement parts with their LS1's. How many miles was one your first pump anyway? I've had to replace mine at 40,000 and haven't had a problem since and I'm at 69,000. You can do what you'd like, but the same thing could happen with an LS1. The LT1's are very good motors in my book!

 

No Rich_z28.....
I replaced the optispark with the waterpump in same time...
I used my car after repaired it only 20000 _25000 miles..
sorry in the first thread i said 2000miles.

 

Ever consider the parts you got werent of top quality?

There is nothing majorly wrong with the LT1....yes the Optispark isnt great,but isnt all that bad.

I blame the parts moreso then the engine.

 

I hear ya man, my starter went in December and I didn't really care since it was 10 years old, I'm on school and my buddy had the money for my starter, he owed me a 100 and thats all I needed for the new starter. It took him a month to pay me, then it took a week to get the starter. So at this point no car for a month. Put in the new starter, the car ran for about a week, then the power steering stops working. next it dumps out all the coolant. Kills my opti, car sat for a week, MTI did the new opti since I didn't have time for it. Right now its running alright, ses light comes on and off. Some thing to do with the knock sensor.

 

I've never had a minute's trouble with my LT1. The small block chevy is probably among the best engines ever built, by any manufacturer. Generally cheap to modify; everyone knows about them; can make fabulous horsepower; sound great!

Heck, I haven't driven anything but imports for more than 20 years, but when it came time to buy a "toy" I went back to the SBC. Gotta love 'em.