97 V6 (L36) to V8 (LS1) swap progress...

[toast]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Magnus:
[QB]

I just need that V8 sound with the added power.

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I thought you your sounded pretty darn good compared to an LS1. Maybe i am just basied towards the 6.
;) Acually i have heard some 3.8s that sound just the same if not better than an LS1 espally with a cam like yours.

[Magnus]

At idle it sounds great.. but in the upper RPM's and from a distance you can tell.

I want that purty V8 sound that you often hear in the distance.. when you know somebody is tearing it up.. I want that somebody to be me.

[John_D.]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Magnus:
I was cruising around the street racing scene 2 fridays ago...

and so it began.<hr></blockquote>

Well, that's an interesting turn of events. I hope you will still continue to bestow some of that V6 knowledge on the rest of us from time to time... [img]smile.gif[/img]

And I'm more than a little curious to see where you eventually go with modding the LS1. :D

That dang programming on our PCM's was the breaking point?!?!??????

[Magnus]

I'm STILL working with PCM's.. I dropped 2 off last week at a friends house. The PCM project is slowly making progress, but time is sparse.

[naptown]

Hey are you going to part out the engine and such from the six? [img]graemlins/evilgrin.gif[/img]

[pgriffith]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by naptown:
Hey are you going to part out the engine and such from the six? [img]graemlins/evilgrin.gif[/img] <hr></blockquote>

http://www.camarov6.com/cgi-bin/ulti...c&f=8&t=003112

[Mighty Thor]

I still can't believe you be the one to give up on the 6. You've been a legend and many looks up to you for inspiration, like me. But good luck to you. I'm sad about this, but I'll get over it.

If it were me and I really want a street and a drag car, I would get a classic 67-69 400 ci Firebird and slap on a Vortech Carb blower SC along with internal works. It will never get emission tested so that's one thing not to worry about and it is a perfect sleeper. There's one here that does 10 sec., I don't know his time with the n2o.

Yeah I would keep my V6 till the end and no matter what other cars I may get in the future. I certainly will keep modding it till they have nothing left in the market. You and a handful of other guys here have inspired me to do this. I'll miss you in the battlefield, Keith.

[Ttop34]

Just wondering, what hood are you looking at getting? The LS1 won't fit with your hood correct?

I hope to be upgrading soon too but I'm going the easy way and just going to look to buy a 98-99 Vette and be done with this Fbody stuff. I'll keep my 6 around for a while as a street car while the Vette is getting the heads, cam, turbo and cage installed. I have a bit of saving to do before this happens though.

[Rick M.]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr> Just wondering, what hood are you looking at getting? The LS1 won't fit with your hood correct? <hr></blockquote>
www.hpsalvage.com put an LS1 in a 95 Trans Am with the regular heat extractor hood still on it...

[Magnus]

suncoast creations predator hood
http://www.dxsoftware.com/misc/predator.gif

I'm not leaving the V6 world guys. I still want to get all filthy V6 dirty in the trenches. [img]smile.gif[/img] If Zach gets rid of his 3.8 also, I'm not going to have a V6 to wrench on. THAT I will miss. I LOVE working on the 3.8. I have the entire engine, bolt placement, torq spec and sequence memorized.

[Roy]

ls1s rule. and you people saying that anyone ditching their V6 for an ls1 are selllouts are just dumb. once youve tasted an ls1, its hard to go back. i rather have a 10 second ls1 than a 13 second V6. i dont care how impressive a 13 second v6 might be...a 10 second ls1 is equally impressive.

booya!

[Magnus]

10 sec NA LS1's are a dime a dozen.

13 sec NA L36's are two.

I think being one of two is much more impressive than being one of hundreds.

I am definately going to miss all the glory behind my 3.8 setup, and the impressions on the street... but my time has come.

[Ironman24]

I understand the need for an LS1, I had the same bug and ended up getting a 2000 Z28. The LS1 is freaking awesome, even bone stock it pulls like crazy. Lots of mod potential there.

At the same time I couldn't let go of the V6, so I'll keep moddin away at that one too. Eventually that LS1 will end up being faster. It doesn't take much to knock a few seconds off the 1/4 mile time.

Anyhoo, congrats on the swap. I KNOW you will be happy with the LS1. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[AZ3.8Camaro]

Why would you want to buy a motor where you can ACTUALLY BUY AFTERMARKET PARTS FOR IT? :D
Everybody and their grandma will program and LS1 computer.

My friend here in town got a stock LS1 with a muffler and a built suspension and went high 12s, dyno'd at 340 something. Now he has stage 2 heads and a cam, a Z06 intake manifold and PCM tuning. He now dynos at a little over 400. With a big converter! 10s are a given. And fairly easy.

[Roy]

there are no 10 second bolton LS1s to my knowledge. and there are only a handful of 10 second h/c guys too. number of modded ls1s vs the number of modded 3.8s.... im sure youll see more 3.8s in the 13s...then what? i rather go 10s with 5 other cars than 13s with 5 other cars.