dude...LT1...ugh

[666_speed]

when business was slow and people couldnt afford to pay to have my papaw paint their cars he would let them use his equipment and stuff if they supplied all the parts and paints for a very small fee...some turned out okay, most didnt

[FormulaLT1]

Originally Posted by 666_speed

http://www.mortec.com/borstrok.htm
383 = 4.000" x 3.80" ('00, "HT 383", Gen.I truck crate motor, 5.7" rod)
383 = 4.030" x 3.75" (5.565" or 5.7" or 6.0" rod)
350 block and a 400 crank

Yeah, thats right. I was thinking if I went with .060 over. In which case it would be 388 and change in which most people round up. If you leave the standard bore and stoke its 370 something.

[Trippletap]

Dude,

you are going to waste alot of money

Do all of the cheap free mods first ....

Look online and you will find a bunch of stuff telling you how to get more power for your money'

You should modify your intake and filter (a ram air mod for about $50 bucks can be found if you search for it) then do your exhaust (coated headers, high flow cats, mandrel bent pipes, high flow muffler) then do your rear end (3.73 or 4.11 gears) then add a new coil and optispark cap and rotor and 1.6:1 rockers and springs then re-program your PCM (Bryan Heryer at "PCM for Less" can get 15 to 20 hp out of a bone stock, unmodded LT1) then install airbags to your rear suspension for a better launch. If that all still isn't enough THEN start doing your motor.

Also....with entry fees being so cheap for "run what ya brung" type events at the local race tracks (such as Summerduck, Colonial Beach and Warrenton where you can race for something like $20 bucks and you get an "official" time slip showing how you did)...if you seriously THINK about it.....street racing is kinda stupid, especially when you consider that alot of street racers don't have alot of experience to deal with emergencys and there is no safety crew there to help out if someone wrecks.

Originally Posted by blakmnoncmps

Ok so tonight I decided to go check out a car meet. It was mainly a bunch of honda civics, Sti's, Srt4's, mustangs, and one other camaro(ls1) besides my Lt1. So anywho, after seeing those cars, (meet was in Fredericksburg, VA, if any of y'all on here live in that area) and then a buddy of mine and his buddy went out to race. My friend has a '05 Focus hatch, and his buddy has maybe an 99-01 Olds Alero. Both 4 bangers. So anywho, after they had a go from a dig, i offered to race them in my camaro. So my buddy, the focus driver didn't want to but instead he'd flag us off. So that left me racing the Alero. We agreed that he'd get about a 20 foot head start. So after I let him go I punched the gas, shifted to second, third, fourth, and fifth...Never once did I catch up to him and win. The second time we raced (out of three) I missed second (let off the clutch too soon ) - obvious win for him. Then I decided, "Eff this, we're going from a straight dig". So we lined up, went from a dig, and he held onto me through third gear then I pulled on him probably by 1.5 car lengths. Why oh why, did I get beat, by an Auto-Four cylinder-four-door alero? I thought Lt1's were torque beasts. Unless I don't know how to drive? I didn't ever redline, because I didn't want to run the engine too hard. Shouldn't I have first caught up to him and then passed him the first race? I mean COME ON!! So anywho...that's my story from tonight.

P.s. If any of y'all know how to get the most out of my engine without spray please let me know. How much can i expect to get from maxing out the car? without having to forge the internals? I'm gonna do a full rebuild and tranny rebuild with a stage 2 or 3 clutch when I get the cash. Also put in a 12 bolt rearend. I know about the I/H/E, which will get done when the cash comes..but if i want a more agressive cam for top end do i need to PCM tune it? Or is that on some, but not all? I'm just pissed that I lost so badly to a four-cylinder sedan.