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72C203503ONTHETREE · 07-10-2004, 04:02 PM

You can get aftermarket ignition system that will work with the coil on plug ignition the LS1 has. Also, step up the power with a LS6 conversion kit to get over 400 hp. Its expensive, like $2,300, but you get the complete heads, intake, cam, rockers , gaskets, etc. to do the whole thing. Make sure you get a 00 up LS1. I know for sure that the 98 blocks can not be bored over but the later ones can. If you scuff a liner in the newer blocks it can be bored out and reused, the 98 blocks can't(this is in the F bodies, not sure about the 97-98 Vette blocks). The Chevy SS is a joke compared to the Lightning and even more compared to the SRT Ram, 500 hp 500 ft/pounds tprque with a real transmission, a manual six speed. Plus the Chevy is ugly in my opinion. The Lightning is supposedly going to be offered with more power and a manual trans also within a couple years from what I have heard. Wish Chevy would actually build something that would compete with those other two trucks.

07-10-2004, 04:02 PM	#23
72C203503ONTHETREE Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Grant, Alabama Posts: 504	You can get aftermarket ignition system that will work with the coil on plug ignition the LS1 has. Also, step up the power with a LS6 conversion kit to get over 400 hp. Its expensive, like $2,300, but you get the complete heads, intake, cam, rockers , gaskets, etc. to do the whole thing. Make sure you get a 00 up LS1. I know for sure that the 98 blocks can not be bored over but the later ones can. If you scuff a liner in the newer blocks it can be bored out and reused, the 98 blocks can't(this is in the F bodies, not sure about the 97-98 Vette blocks). The Chevy SS is a joke compared to the Lightning and even more compared to the SRT Ram, 500 hp 500 ft/pounds tprque with a real transmission, a manual six speed. Plus the Chevy is ugly in my opinion. The Lightning is supposedly going to be offered with more power and a manual trans also within a couple years from what I have heard. Wish Chevy would actually build something that would compete with those other two trucks. __________________ 72 Chevy C20, SOLD (Dang it.) 09 Challanger RT six speed in all black. 74 Datsun 710 wagon, all 1.8 liters of screaming Datsun power. 73 C10 long bed, 350/350 combo, nice shape.