There is an auction on Ebay and they claim to have a 1997 lt1 with a factory 345 HP motor. I didn't know they made anything with that kind of power except for the lt4 in the SS. Can someone tell me if im wrong.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevr...spagenameZWDVW

 

You are right.That car still has the stock air cleaner.It should say 285HP.

 

Looks stock, its not an LT4... and no 345 hp "option" was ever available. Thats is a stock 285hp rated LT1 that every F-body came with.

Nice car but not 345 hp.

 

93~early 95 was rated at 275hp.... When dual cat converters came out, it went to 285hp...

 

Yeah I guess I should have mentioned that. I was refering to the 96-97 since it was a 97 in the listing.

 

Weren't the ram air firebirds and ss's rated at 305hp?

 

that SOB is clean!

 

I once read in an issue of GMHTP that the 97 SS was making around 345 but was only rated at 300 so it wouldnt knock the sales of the corvette since the vette is always supposed to be a step ahead

 

yes but they were not standard stock ratings. They were options but still not rated at 345...

IMO they were lucky to see the 285 in stock trim no matter what option.

 

engine wise the only difference between the SS and a Z28 was the ram air. A 20 HP gain was probably still over rated. Nothing else was different. There are lots of people out there who bought a hood and new air box and made their own ram air Z28's/Birds.

 

I dont think so. The K&N cold air intake adds that much. The ram air is more effecient then the K&N .


Plus, The breather on the stock LT1s is a frickin joke. Between the headers and the tiny entry area for air the LT1 was produced so low below its means and potential.

My buddy mikes 97 WS6 pulled off a 13.6@102 M6 bone stock.
I would think 20 HP is reasonable. IMO.

 

I see the person corrected the mistake..... Atleast the seller seems honest??????

On Dec-29-07 at 21:54:11 PST, seller added the following information:

THE CAR WAS LISTED AS 345 HP BY MISTAKE,THESE MOTORS MADE 285 HP STOCK !!

 

Is it really true that a cold air intake is good for 20 HP? I hope so because I'm putting a SLP intake on my car, but I have trouble believing it would make that big of a difference on a stock motor.

 

That's a very nice looking car.

 

Sorry, but you're wrong. There is no way in hell the K&N adds 20 horsepower, and the ram air is marginally better, at best, than the K&N. Anyone who tells you different doesn't really know what they're talking about. One would be happy to get 20 horses out of long tube headers...I mean, I would love it if the K&N gave that much, I have the K&N kit, but it just isn't realistic. More like 5-7 horsepower, I would say.