I'm thinking about looking into buying a 1993 LT1 F-body. The prices I've seen are anywhere from $5000 to $6500 for decent ones with miles under 100k. This won't be my primary driver so if it has to be worked on and sit for awhile then it won't be much of a problem. What are the pros and cons of the 93's? From what I can remember, some issues are:

batch fire injection
non-vented Opti
speed density
hydraulic lockup on auto transmission
lower ratio first gear on T-56
single cat

with all this (and other issues) in mind, is it really any different than owning a '94? Or any LT1 F-body?

 

The big problems I have seen with the 93's is that it's a PITA to program tho's cars since they are speed density and not mass air. They also take chips at that. Also the T56 is suppost to be a little weaker in them, the auto may be also. Alot of people are switching to 94-95 PCMs and the mass air set up in them for easier programing. These are the only big draw backs that I know of.

 

Yea the 6 speeds were very weak in those cars, and geared wrong too. If its an automatic, I'd go for it, but definitely not if its a m6.

 

Didnt' they also use the 700r4 automatic?

 

Basically. The actual model was 4L60. Not 4L60-E, which was on '94 and later F-bodies. Correct??

 

Thats correct.

If you want some more info on '93s check out www.speeddensity.org

 

Check this out too:
http://web.camaross.com/forums/showt...993+difference

 

My non-vented opti lasted 70K miles. I swapped it out just for the hell of it.

93s respond very well to bolt ons.

You do have to burn a new chip everytime u do a major change making it hard to do dyno-tunes.

 

i've liked both mine Dads is ok too lol. we've had three 93's two A4's and a M6

 

Just to let you know there are alot of cheap 93s out there, so shop around. I picked mine up from some chick that had and it needed to have the tranny rebuilt, but the motor and everything else was fine. I paid 2 grand for it. One thing though if you change the gears on the 93 autos is you have to replace the speedo drive gear in the tranny. Difference between 93s and the other years is that
93s have 22 lb. injectors, 94-up has 24 lb.
93s are a pain to tune, IMO they do not take major mods very well, but when they are tuned watch out.

Bottom line they are good solid cars and you can upgrade to a 94- up computer setup if you must, and they are going for not alot of money. Definitely worth the buy, but be aware of all the things that go wrong on these LT1 cars and be prepared to replace things, after all it is an 11 year old car that beats alot of brand new cars

 

93's are alright

 

Way to build that post count buddy

 

93's do alright.

As far as tuning as long as you have a good base, an afpr dose wonders

 

LMFAO

 

what the heck?

There are no disadvantages to having a 93 only advantages.... If you think tuning is difficult you should stop by and watch me tune a car. A few weeks ago I got 28rwhp out of a totally stock 93 in about eh.. 12 minutes worth of time on a dyno... reflashing takes 3 seconds with the right equipement.