Nah. I think elec water pumps arent that much of a pain. If youre that worried there are warning buzzers with led's that can give you more pom.

 

Z28SORR-It's a shame there are so many cars, trucks, SUV's, that will put the bite on our stock LT1's, especially these heavy *** verts.

Convertibles only weigh 90lbs more than a hard top with all the same options, AC, etc.

I dont know about you, but I have yet to have a truck or SUV give my car a good run lol. Actually for that matter, on the street, the only thing that has beat my car was a 347 Stroker Mustang. It was ugly ... lol. LT1's still hang on pretty well with todays cars. If you rule out the supercars, LS7 Z06, Viper, etc. What really walks all over these cars?

They stick well with the new Mustangs (Big surpise), and with full bolt ons give most things a run for their money other than a Vette. Their about dead even stock for stock with a SRT 4. A hair slower than the new GT's but nothing headers cai and RRs wouldnt fix. A little slower than the new chargers and SRT8's. They run mid 13's. LT1 cars run high 13's.

Keep up with the times. Mod it, Shut up rich boys, Call it a day.

 

Before I would suggest the Hot Cam Id look into the small Crane cam and the small lingenfelter cam I think they are both like 211/219 (cams are new to me sorry if im wrong) and they are putting down around 340-350 rwhp on stock heads. These cams are smaller than the hot cam and are supposed to idle much smoother, and make more power. Much better for a DD.

 

Thanks everyone for all the help. I will most definitely do as much research as possible before I start to add anything to it. While I did say I'm not using the bottle, I just may go the route of the supercharger. Man, I love this site.
And now for the bad news, while at the gas station I noticed steam coming from under the hood. (Luckily I was aroung the corner from my home.) I get home and pop the hood and saw steam but didn't see where it was coming from. I jacked it up and discovered a big puddle of coolant under the car and part of the Opti spark was wet. So thats tomorrow morning's project. I plan on posting a WTF and now I'm going to bed.

 

Here is a very informative small cam thread on Tech. I would higly recommend you read it. http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/showth...ight=small+cam

 

I'm doing every bolt on plus ported heads and 1.7 roller rockers so it will have just a little off from stock in the way it acts but will perform much much better. I'm hoping for 340rwhp.

 

90lb.???? I think you'd better go weigh your car. Mine weighs 3816lb. with me in it. At only ~250rwhp I guarantee there are a lot of high end cars out there that can beat it. Just because you don't get these people to run you often doesn't mean they can't. My best 1/4m is only 14.05 which puts me up there with the slow folk. Yes you can mod. it, but that's not what I'm talking about. It should have been lighter and faster stock!! JMO.

 

lots of people have different meanings of "streetable." Mine will be a daily driver, with e water pump, 385 stroker, 3.75 stroke, 11.21:1 compression, advanced inductions heads/cam/intake, ram air, long tubes, 42lb injectors... this thing is gonna be mean. With the heads I got, I am able to use a street friendly cam, so I don't have to fight the car in the lower rpms! Mine will be well over 400RWHP. So, there are lots of options and opinions. I chose to go all out, cuz thats how I run! Plus, after being beat by a supercharged sh*tstang, I want to be beat only by high end cars! lol. I work at a chevy dealership, and I plan to line mine up with a C-6 vette from work to see how she does... I hope I can beat one of those sweet cars! That would make it all worth it!

 

uhh..srt-8's run high 12's @ 110. thats faster then ls1's. you are gonna need some work to keep up with one.

 

That's crazy talk. The LT1 can never lose.

 

Similar happened to me. How many miles are on your car?

My mechanic recommended replacing the water pump at 120k miles and my car had 119k at the time.

My waterpump went out and the distributor (opti) is right behind it. So, when the water pump goes it takes the opti with it

 

Word, the slowest magazine time I've seen was a 13.2 @ 107, outrunning a LS2 GTO tested the same day at the same track. Ive seen a few guys run 12.9's... the car definately moves out. The 6.1 Hemi is no joke.

Another thing I've noticed about them is that apparently the computer really restricts the power output until the car has been broken in. Many guys on SRT boards are running mid 13s just over 100mph with brand new cars.

 

which trucks, SUVs can give bite to stock LT1s?? other than Lighting??

 

Z28SORR ~ You better get yours on a scale again. With a 1/4 tank of fuel, me not in the car it weighed 3580. This was 1/4 of gas. No spare in back. No other weight reductions. That plus me = 3730ish? They really do only weigh about 100lbs more than a similar fully optioned hard top or T-Top car. Dont believe me? Look it up.

And I dont care what magazines have them listed at. Magazines also listed the 4th gen LS1 camaro's anywhere from 13.8 or 9's down to 12.8 or 9's. Everyone I have seen run was in mid 13's. Trap speed was between 106 and about 108 what I have seen so far. Sure their impressive. I never said they were slow. Just that a bolt on LT1 would give them a good run for their money.

Magazine times are useless. Look at what they run. Check out Dodge Talk some time. They are a low to mid 13 second car with the average driver. Im sure some have pulled off high 12's.

 

DIYAR21 ~ I have yet to see one other than a lightning. We better watch out for the new Trail Blazers though I hear they run 11s stock ( yawn )