ls1

Excessive piston slap, oil pans which allowed significant oil surge under acceleration thereby starving big eng bearings ... :(:(:( other than that.. it did a reasonable job in a Commodore. On a long interstate trip it was a great motor...
As regards the competition... the quad cam V8 in the early Lexus for example, was light years ahead of the LS1...

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Originally Posted by Eevo

if the ls1 is so great. why isnt it GM/holden still putting them in cars today.

disclaimer, i have an ls1.

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yes they are, ls3 better and more powerful versions of the ls1,

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Hmmmm.....
Trying to draw attention to yourself? In your case, not the best idea.
Please keep it civil and try not to lash out. I see you have had previous form.

There are several vehicles on (or were on) this forum with the LS1. The best I saw was a P38. It was very nice.

It might have twin turbo's, but it sounds great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV07...ature=youtu.be

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excuse my enthusiasm for the ls motors, i recently bought a 2000 vx commodore wagon, obviously with a ls1 , and after 3 months of driving it i still cant get over how good these motors are, extremely powerful, smooth , very mild manners, but put the boot in and it turns into an animal, anyway i probably should not have even posted this on this forum, just that i do have a range rover and thought it might be ok, apologies to the forum, ls1-2-3 ftw

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Originally Posted by 350 range rover

excuse my enthusiasm for the ls motors, i recently bought a 2000 vx commodore wagon, obviously with a ls1 , and after 3 months of driving it i still cant get over how good these motors are, extremely powerful, smooth , very mild manners, but put the boot in and it turns into an animal, anyway i probably should not have even posted this on this forum, just that i do have a range rover and thought it might be ok, apologies to the forum, ls1-2-3 ftw

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It's not your enthusiasm for the motors I am questioning, it's the attempts to get people off side I take issue with.
Much like where your gearbox thread went.

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Originally Posted by 350 range rover

yes they are, ls3 better and more powerful versions of the ls1,

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an ls3 is not the same as an ls1.
similar, but not the same.

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

It's not your enthusiasm for the motors I am questioning, it's the attempts to get people off side I take issue with.
Much like where your gearbox thread went.

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gm would be very pleased with my posts,

try here :D

Just Commodores

Get a grip, this post didn't kill anyone. I've seen more drivel in the general chat section than what has been posted here.


Trav

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Originally Posted by Eevo

if the ls1 is so great. why isnt it GM/holden still putting them in cars today.

disclaimer, i have an ls1.

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not even worth answering,

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Originally Posted by Eevo

an ls3 is not the same as an ls1.
similar, but not the same.

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still not worth anwering, for your information i have studied the ls1 for 3 months on the internet, its history, development, gm assinged its top engineers to come up with something incredibly good and that they have done, the gm boardroom gave a standing ovation to its head engineers preliminary report, something they dont normally do, i have huge respect for gm, fascinating stuff to read,