Remember the reason that iconic LS1 exist is because of the LT1 laying down the groundwork for such phenomenal engines. Still a great platform if you got the money to throw into it especially when that bad boy is stroked.
I'm new to the muscle car scene (and LT1) so perhaps you can enlighten me (serious)... usually I hear about people doing bore rather than stroke in most engines (or even shortening the stroke) to get more RPM/HP. With an engine with so much torque already why would you want to increase the stroke? Is it more compression than boring out?
My dad had a 355 lt1 that we still have. One day my dad was comming home he get on the 97 trans am from comming home the engine blows up me and him take the engine out the car the piston was broken the car had 450 hp dam that car was nice
people act like cars wern't fast and wern't fun before the ls1 came along. people been building 9 second cars for the last 50 years. Great to see an LT kickin ass.
@@williamstaples1207 huh? I would say it's the opposite. Lt1 cars go for much cheaper than ls1's, making them the better bang for your buck. Can't deny ls1's are a better motor though
The LT1 will always be in a league of its own. There were some blessed engine from the factory that no LS1 was keeping up with. Those assemblers put love into some of them.
I always say the LT1 is without a doubt one of the best motors gm ever manufactured i am a huge Trans am fan every generation dirty bird 🐦 made my day kicking everyone's ass
I will agree with that I just got done with a 2016 Mustang 5.0 at around 50 miles per hour and I was quite surprised at how well I hung with him. They definitely are torque monsters.
@@slowcarracing3025 That's the thing man is I only have a K&N intake and it sounded like he had a full Cat-Back exhaust so I know he wasn't holding back. I expected him to leave me a lot faster than what he did. Then again my Z28 only has 29,000 miles on it. So the engine has not been ran into the ground. Don't get me wrong he beat me and was leaving me but I expected it to be by a lot more than what it was. If I had long tube headers full catback and maybe a cam I think things would have been a little different. Some cars excel at different speed limits. I hang ahead with my wife's WRX from a stop but if it's anything over a 40mph roll, she leaves me.
after seeing nothing but ls1 swaps, it had me thinking maybe i should do the same to my 95 T/A but this video definitely changed my mind !! Thanks for sharing
The only real advantage to an LS swap is it gets you away from the optispark even though the LS1 was an aluminum block with all the crap it it needs to work it ends up heavier than the LT engines. It’s a little easier to get power out of an LS engine but your performance potential difference at the end of both designs isn’t enough different to worry about
Stay on track for the LS lol and do some more research for fuck’s sake. If you are going to leave it stock then maybe stay LT but even for longevity the LS will go 300k before burning oil and on it goes. LT needs heads bad
@@ztwntyn8 the only reason the LS1 is better than the LT1 is that it came modded out the factory. It has 1.7 roller rockers, a good flowing heads. that already around 30-40 rwhp which is why the LS1 puts down more power stock. Put the same mods on the LT1, and you’ll get basically the same numbers put down. yes the LS1 is bette, no opti. BUT 24X is literally 1/4 of what an LS swap would cost
Nice. I'm an LS guy, but love to see the LT1's getting it. I'd actually like to add an LT1 Formula to the garage some day. They really are great motors
LT1 was the First to have Reverse Flow Coolant...First Heads, then Block. LS1 same...Carol Shelby Said....Horse power Sells Cars, Torque wins Races. Ford Guy!!
Incorrect. "Though the LS1 has a lower static compression ratio; its cylinder heads have improved combustion chamber design and intake ports that breathe better. Those features allow them to make more power. The clean-sheet-of-paper approach also allowed design of the cooling passages around the chambers to be more efficient such that the engine can put out more power than the Gen II but yet have coolant flow in the conventional direction to eliminate problems with aeration. * With a better combustion chamber and water jacket design and improved antifriction technology in the block, pistons and rings; it made sense to go back to the normal-flow cooling system*."
Listen. My step father was Puerto Rican. We lived on American St in Philadelphia. In 94 TLC dropped waterfalls and my step father bought a 92 Trans Am. BROOOOOOO we thought we were the shitttt!! ANd the neighbors next door to us had a Z1 Camaro. This is no lie. lol If you come to Philadelphia now and ride on American st it has been totally gentrified. But people used to race their cars up and down American st like hell....damn i miss the 90s!!
I had a 94 back in the day it only had a k&n filter and a super 40 muffler and would always dip into the 13s with a little air down in the back, back when Pomona would open to street cars on Sundays
Lol those new edge and sn95 mustangs always have that whistling noise from the throw out bearing I got my clutched replaced 3x and it still ended up doing it after a few months miss the car to death it was still clean af and quick but I love my z28 more now
Lovely lovely lovely very underated engine i must say there is a guy with a built turbo lt1 1000hp only running 7s all over u tube .im keeping mine great old monkeys
@@MoonLight-vi3xx normally I think that is right but his car is stock so it put up with it when he had it. Always a good idea to beef up parts like that when you race, fbodies share the same rear ends as the s10s so its not hard to swap
@@nicotoscani8270 only the other trans am should have won if comparing cars in that way... a magnum and ls1 gto are super heavy.. I don’t see how it’s not possible. I have a 95 formula with a hot cam tune shorties rebuilt trans and 3.73’s....
@@xxLaNcExx07 it was definitely doing good lol I was just saying that ls1 is not quite adding up for a heads and cam car unless he just has a poorly thrown together setup, I’ve spent a few years with each and they are were very fun cars, hopefully I never have to part with my ws6 but my bolt on ls1 at its worst would run circles around my old bolt on lt1 at its best 😂
Considering the OP said his best time was 8.4 in the eighth, he beat the driver. Either the driver didn't know how to drive, or didn't know how to build an engine. My H/C LS1 on the stock 10 bolt with a 6 speed stick was running 7.6@98. If I had a stronger rear it would have been much closer to a 7.0
Remember the reason that iconic LS1 exist is because of the LT1 laying down the groundwork for such phenomenal engines. Still a great platform if you got the money to throw into it especially when that bad boy is stroked.
I'm new to the muscle car scene (and LT1) so perhaps you can enlighten me (serious)... usually I hear about people doing bore rather than stroke in most engines (or even shortening the stroke) to get more RPM/HP. With an engine with so much torque already why would you want to increase the stroke? Is it more compression than boring out?
My dad had a 355 lt1 that we still have. One day my dad was comming home he get on the 97 trans am from comming home the engine blows up me and him take the engine out the car the piston was broken the car had 450 hp dam that car was nice
people act like cars wern't fast and wern't fun before the ls1 came along. people been building 9 second cars for the last 50 years. Great to see an LT kickin ass.
That may be, but the LS1 was the best bang for your buck, and still is.
@@williamstaples1207 huh? I would say it's the opposite. Lt1 cars go for much cheaper than ls1's, making them the better bang for your buck. Can't deny ls1's are a better motor though
It's always great to see someone who knows how to make an LT1 kick ass. Keep it up!!
I have a 94 t tops 6 speed love it
I miss watching videos like this. Now you have to skip 8 minutes into the video just to see the cars race.
I used to be big into LT1's in high school before I jumped on the LS bandwagon. But I still love seeing fast LT1's.
they easy to make power ?
Those LT1s are no joke and hard to beat in the 1/8th!
The LT1 will always be in a league of its own. There were some blessed engine from the factory that no LS1 was keeping up with. Those assemblers put love into some of them.
I always say the LT1 is without a doubt one of the best motors gm ever manufactured i am a huge Trans am fan every generation dirty bird 🐦 made my day kicking everyone's ass
LT1Trans Am looks like an absolute bullet looks even more streamlined then a LS1 Trans Am.
lt1,s are very underrated at 275hp that number is for people who still believe in the tooth fairy lol
Mike Pinder gym wanted the corvette to look much better so underrated the camaro and trans am
*GM
I will agree with that I just got done with a 2016 Mustang 5.0 at around 50 miles per hour and I was quite surprised at how well I hung with him. They definitely are torque monsters.
@@grimey5.565 God damn what mods you have !?
@@slowcarracing3025 That's the thing man is I only have a K&N intake and it sounded like he had a full Cat-Back exhaust so I know he wasn't holding back. I expected him to leave me a lot faster than what he did. Then again my Z28 only has 29,000 miles on it. So the engine has not been ran into the ground. Don't get me wrong he beat me and was leaving me but I expected it to be by a lot more than what it was. If I had long tube headers full catback and maybe a cam I think things would have been a little different. Some cars excel at different speed limits. I hang ahead with my wife's WRX from a stop but if it's anything over a 40mph roll, she leaves me.
Slicks make a huge difference. Sick Trans am hope my 1994 z28 is this fast one day .
Never underestimate some good tires. And an LT1
The stick shift class world record is held by an lt1 car at 7.2 on a 1/4 and the closest ls is like an 8.1.All cars are in the 1350 to 1400 hp class
after seeing nothing but ls1 swaps, it had me thinking maybe i should do the same to my 95 T/A but this video definitely changed my mind !! Thanks for sharing
novice2pro diy no problem!!!
The only real advantage to an LS swap is it gets you away from the optispark even though the LS1 was an aluminum block with all the crap it it needs to work it ends up heavier than the LT engines. It’s a little easier to get power out of an LS engine but your performance potential difference at the end of both designs isn’t enough different to worry about
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you are at least delusional
Stay on track for the LS lol and do some more research for fuck’s sake. If you are going to leave it stock then maybe stay LT but even for longevity the LS will go 300k before burning oil and on it goes. LT needs heads bad
@@ztwntyn8 the only reason the LS1 is better than the LT1 is that it came modded out the factory. It has 1.7 roller rockers, a good flowing heads. that already around 30-40 rwhp which is why the LS1 puts down more power stock. Put the same mods on the LT1, and you’ll get basically the same numbers put down. yes the LS1 is bette, no opti. BUT 24X is literally 1/4 of what an LS swap would cost
Nice. I'm an LS guy, but love to see the LT1's getting it. I'd actually like to add an LT1 Formula to the garage some day. They really are great motors
LT1 was the First to have Reverse Flow Coolant...First Heads, then Block. LS1 same...Carol Shelby Said....Horse power Sells Cars, Torque wins Races. Ford Guy!!
Incorrect.
"Though the LS1 has a lower static compression ratio; its cylinder heads have improved combustion chamber design and intake ports that breathe better. Those features allow them to make more power. The clean-sheet-of-paper approach also allowed design of the cooling passages around the chambers to be more efficient such that the engine can put out more power than the Gen II but yet have coolant flow in the conventional direction to eliminate problems with aeration. * With a better combustion chamber and water jacket design and improved antifriction technology in the block, pistons and rings; it made sense to go back to the normal-flow cooling system*."
this is awesome. and people say lt1s are slow.... haha
Captain ThirdGen thanks! And yes it's a bad ass car
xxLaNcExx07 wish mine was a 6 speed, maybe some day
xxLaNcExx07 is it still running and how many miles on it
Miss my Firebird so damn much .
Nice!! I have a 95 Trans Am as well!!
Listen. My step father was Puerto Rican. We lived on American St in Philadelphia. In 94 TLC dropped waterfalls and my step father bought a 92 Trans Am. BROOOOOOO we thought we were the shitttt!! ANd the neighbors next door to us had a Z1 Camaro. This is no lie. lol If you come to Philadelphia now and ride on American st it has been totally gentrified. But people used to race their cars up and down American st like hell....damn i miss the 90s!!
by gentrification you mean it's not a dump anymore
I had a 94 back in the day it only had a k&n filter and a super 40 muffler and would always dip into the 13s with a little air down in the back, back when Pomona would open to street cars on Sundays
The trans am was ahead of its time
Kind of surprised that it took a heads/cam LS car. Very nice! Love these cars.
Lt1 with a good driver can surprise you
Dam Right!!
Nice. Awesome Bird!
LT1 FTW !!!!!
My 95 Firebird Lt1 is stock and, I promise you it's not slow!!! 😄😄😄
nice car love me a trans am
LT 1 350 in a lighter and aerodynamic Trans Am sure can go!!🔥😁
Any engine can be great with money and the right set up LT 1 to the winn
Lol those new edge and sn95 mustangs always have that whistling noise from the throw out bearing I got my clutched replaced 3x and it still ended up doing it after a few months miss the car to death it was still clean af and quick but I love my z28 more now
Nice job.
Lovely lovely lovely very underated engine i must say there is a guy with a built turbo lt1 1000hp only running 7s all over u tube .im keeping mine great old monkeys
Cool video
Doesn’t take much to wake up an LT.
YEA BOIII NIRVANA AND TRANS AMS
Is that yello belly?
Yessirrrrr going tomorrow
That's what my dad calls his bird but it's a 98
So what’s the rear ended setup? No way your running slicks on a 10 bolt lol. What gears too?
It was a stock 10 bolt with 3.42s
@@xxLaNcExx07 Thats crazy. Nowadays all i hear is if you put slicks on a 10 bolt its just destined to grenade itself.
@@MoonLight-vi3xx normally I think that is right but his car is stock so it put up with it when he had it. Always a good idea to beef up parts like that when you race, fbodies share the same rear ends as the s10s so its not hard to swap
I wanna know what can I do to my 93 formula to make it a monster.
Man that 04 gto had a serious grudge
They Get no traction...I had one...
Ya they're buddies. He couldn't accept defeat lol
Never underestimate the lt1 my 1993 lt1 kills my buddy's 2010 corvette by like 3 car lengths
The 2010 corvette had like 100 more hp?
@@lukecrosthwaite9880 exactly his lt1 had to be highly modded to beat 2010 Corvette
These cars videos be so much better without the music jus saying
Just figured it would be better with this one because of the nostalgia
Great driving! What was your best time?
LS allthethings I think the best time was a 8.48 but usually ran 8.5-8.6
Yello belly? And how’d you get the music?
I made the video thru an app and uploaded it lol
Give me some ideas guys
Its actually my buddy Pats car but I think 8.48 was the fastest time he even ran in it. He just traded for a 350 swapped s10
Where is this track
Grand Prairie, Tx its called yello belly
what kind of tires i need a set to keep me from burning rubber off the line
Depends on the set up but a good set of D06 or C07 compound slicks should make whatever you have hook up
Jaja puro Lt1
For all of thos mustang lovers out thir sucks to that mustang gie
What’s done to that thing?!?!?
It was just headers, tune 6 speed
@@xxLaNcExx07 Yeah I’m not buying that. I have a 97 with headers, 1.6 rockers, TB, T56 and a tune.
@@nicotoscani8270 only the other trans am should have won if comparing cars in that way... a magnum and ls1 gto are super heavy.. I don’t see how it’s not possible. I have a 95 formula with a hot cam tune shorties rebuilt trans and 3.73’s....
@@jaketrevino1659 I would believe it if it were your car. Not a basically stock LT1
I'm calling bs on a bolt on lt1 beating a h/c ls1.
Yeah definitely lol if it was a heads and cam car it was running like ass
@@DickVanNiggz it was dead ass a headers and tune only 6 speed car lol by far the fastest LT ive ever witnessed
@@xxLaNcExx07 it was definitely doing good lol I was just saying that ls1 is not quite adding up for a heads and cam car unless he just has a poorly thrown together setup, I’ve spent a few years with each and they are were very fun cars, hopefully I never have to part with my ws6 but my bolt on ls1 at its worst would run circles around my old bolt on lt1 at its best 😂
Considering the OP said his best time was 8.4 in the eighth, he beat the driver. Either the driver didn't know how to drive, or didn't know how to build an engine. My H/C LS1 on the stock 10 bolt with a 6 speed stick was running 7.6@98. If I had a stronger rear it would have been much closer to a 7.0
I'd say driver mods lol
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Don't fuck with lt1
LOST TO THE BMW
Idk if he lost, it spun pretty bad lol
@@xxLaNcExx07 scoreboard doesnt lie, never has
1/8th mile races suck
Jhonta Lacy you suck nigga
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