Welcoming another LT1 home :)

[zraffz]

Just bought a 1994 Z28, automatic with 115k on the clock. Motor runs very well, it was female owned most of its life (she had a baby in the car).
Brand new tires (275/40/17s), moroso CAI, otherwise stock. Just had a new GM opti/plugs/wires installed. Aftermarket hood, WS6 wheels and it's got a few blemishes in the paint/front bumper.
Got it fairly cheap because it needs a water pump (I have one sitting around). Doing the water pump down the road in a firehouse garage and driving it home.

Plan on driving it til it snows (since I already pre-paid another 2 months on insurance for my TA which is undergoing some work). Eventually want to do headers/y-pipe/100 shot and play with it only at the drag strip.
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[sweetbmxrider]

Damn, I thought they were corvette magnesium wheels at first....

Two lt1's is never a good thing :lol:

[zraffz]

Damn, I thought they were corvette magnesium wheels at first....

Two lt1's is never a good thing :lol:

Lol well it was a good deal and like I said it will be fun to bring an automatic to the track. I imagine 100 shot and intake/exhaust/gears can go into the mid to low 12s. Just another toy I suppose :scratch:

[sweetbmxrider]

Toy/money pit. tomato tomahto

[zraffz]

Yeah I'm not very good with money lol... bought a lift for a beat ass truck because I saved 20%, bought this cause it was a very fair price... pretty much how I roll. Beat em for a few months and sit them.

[deadtrend1]

Ick, big block hood ....

[BullittSVT]

So.. how much was it really >_>

[maroman88]

when you say she had a baby IN it.... id replace the interior lol

[zraffz]

So.. how much was it really >_>

$1,000. It needs a water pump and t-stat. (I have a water pump laying around).

Brand new 275/40/17's radials. WS6 Wheels. New moroso CAI. Aftermarket fiberglass hood. No rust. Minimal damage. Motor runs like a top, first LT1 i looked at that didn't have oil built up in the throttle body. Head gaskets were done a few months back, full tune up, etc.

[maroman88]

them be ZR1 rims with a WS6 sticker... still pretty and more at home on a chevy

[WildBillyT]

them be ZR1 rims with a WS6 sticker... still pretty and more at home on a chevy

Yup.

I am actually really surprised at the mistake, too- considering ZR1s are probably the most common wheel swap. Like torq thrust II's on a 67-81 car.

[TheV6Guy]

yea those deff arent ws6 rims.

[zraffz]

Oh cool. well she's home now but here is the last picture in the light:
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For now it has CAI and catback. I want to cut the cat out, get a set of pacesetter long tubes/y-pipe, and a 2 stage NX system (but only hook up a single stage 100 shot for now). Later on I want to get a different torque converter and run it til it blows. Then I have big plans to build an all out drag car.

[WayFast84]

two projects. OUCH.

[deadtrend1]

counting the trans am it would be 3 ..........

[98CamaroSS]

Congrats and good luck on the new project.

[zraffz]

counting the trans am it would be 3 ..........

Trans Am is getting a clutch and getting sold. Figure it will fund my heads/cam/valve train. Sell the supercharger/brackets/pulleys/ignition box separately and at least cover the machine work or direct port nitrous.

[coolmanvette75]

Selling a supercharged m6 t/a to fund an a4 camaro?

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[zraffz]

Selling a supercharged m6 t/a to fund an a4 camaro?

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Yeah. Not interested in a "fast/quick" street car. I have come to the reality that I can't shift a 6 speed fast (or consistently) enough to ever have fun drag racing it.

Even after the small 100 shot goes on the motor, it will not have license plates.


Either way, the truck is done and just needs tires to be acceptable in my eyes. The Trans Am will get a new clutch after the winter and be sold/parted out/etc or made into a daily driver.


In other news I had the car out on I-80 today. I was wondering why it sounded like it was screaming and yet cars were flying past me. On 275/40/17's at 3,000 RPM it was only doing about 65 MPH in over drive... guess now I know why a bone stock LT1 was capable of breaking those wide radials loose at 40 MPH lol. I gotta admit (I assume it is 4.56), 4.56's are a pisser on the road. Tap the gas and it goes sideways.

[TheV6Guy]

Car doesn't seem to bad. Saw it at quickcheck in newton today.good luck wit it.

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

I have come to the reality that I can't shift a 6 speed fast (or consistently) enough to ever have fun drag racing it.


1. ET be damned, it's the only place you can legally go very fast in a straight line...if you enjoy it, doesn't matter what the ET is.

2. There is far more to enjoying driving cars than drag racing. Ask many drag racers and they'll regret not having a quick street car.

[88WS-6]

Try auto-crossing your 6 speed.

[sweetbmxrider]

Ask any racer, any REAL racer!

[WildBillyT]

Try auto-crossing your 6 speed.

Try road racing your automatic?

[88WS-6]

Try auto-crossing your A4 and then try it with the 6 speed.

Or try to triple stamp a double stamp... Lloyd

[LTb1ow]

Lettuce be cereal guise, an LT1 will never be good at much except being slow, and needing optis

[WildBillyT]

Lettuce be cereal guise, an LT1 will never be good at much except being slow, and needing optis

True that. Your LT1 goes through optis faster than both sides went through bullets at the invasion of Normandy.

[donnj]

^^^^^^ LOL !!!!!!!

[zraffz]

Okay. Honestly, I do not want to keep 3-4 vehicles at my house (my mom is cool with it but I feel like it's more of a nuisance and makes me look like an ass). Between my brother and I (in cars, not trucks or work vehicles) we have 3 Camaros and a Trans Am.
I've decided the IROC is going to a new home and that leaves me with a lifted truck and 2 LT1 cars. One of the LT1s is going; rather it be the 6 speed Pontiac or the automatic Camaro.

Or do I not invest any more money in either of the cars and sell them both come spring time and buy a LS1 Z28 for a little bit out of pocket? If I buy a LS1 it's going to be a T56 and become a bolt on daily driver and not much more. I really want to build a drag car (thinking about it the supercharger, Trans Am, will net me about 4 grand and still leave me 2-3 grand more in pocket from not buying a LS1 after selling the LT1 Camaro; leaving me 6-7 grand to invest into the LT1 camaro) and figure the new car is perfect but I hear so much crap about the LT1s and I can't judge it from the other side since I've never owned an LSx f-body.

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

First of all figure out if you want a drag car or a daily driver...then think about how much money you want to spend. Your 6 spd Pontiac could very well be a bolt on DD and you could be happy with that, and not needing an LS1. You change your plans all the time and that's how you ended up with mismatched cars you aren't happy with in their current state.

LT1s, while not offering the easy performance potential of the LSX's are still great motors and if maintained properly are very reliable.

There's a member on here who has 220+k miles on his LT1 when he sold it, still runs mid 13s, and has been to hell and back. It ran like a champ, but since it has a locker and 4.56s it was retired from DD duty.

[zraffz]

First of all figure out if you want a drag car or a daily driver...then think about how much money you want to spend. Your 6 spd Pontiac could very well be a bolt on DD and you could be happy with that, and not needing an LS1. You change your plans all the time and that's how you ended up with mismatched cars you aren't happy with in their current state.

LT1s, while not offering the easy performance potential of the LSX's are still great motors and if maintained properly are very reliable.

There's a member on here who has 220+k miles on his LT1 when he sold it, still runs mid 13s, and has been to hell and back. It ran like a champ, but since it has a locker and 4.56s it was retired from DD duty.

I can very well keep both and have a DD and a drag car but for the sake of cleaning up the property and not blowing all my money on two vehicles, I need to make a choice. The truck has to stay or be replaced with another 4WD vehicle so that rules out eliminating it from the property (need a way to get to work to plow the town roads).

I really shouldn't have bought the Z28 and just made the Formula into a street/strip car (and lived with horrible times until I got better at shifting) because now it made my plans confusing. I suppose I can have my pie and eat it by leaving the 6 speed supercharged with nothing else (and driving it) and investing money into the Z28 to make strictly a drag car. Decisions, decisions, decisions. :|

[WildBillyT]

I can very well keep both and have a DD and a drag car but for the sake of cleaning up the property and not blowing all my money on two vehicles, I need to make a choice. The truck has to stay or be replaced with another 4WD vehicle so that rules out eliminating it from the property (need a way to get to work to plow the town roads).

I really shouldn't have bought the Z28 and just made the Formula into a street/strip car (and lived with horrible times until I got better at shifting) because now it made my plans confusing. I suppose I can have my pie and eat it by leaving the 6 speed supercharged with nothing else (and driving it) and investing money into the Z28 to make strictly a drag car. Decisions, decisions, decisions. :|

Pick the f-body in better condition and build that. Ignore speed parts in the comparison.

[sweetbmxrider]

How fast you looking to go with the dedicated drag car? Or you just want one to race, blow up, and replace as needed?

[Tru2Chevy]

Honestly, you should take WBT's advice and then do your best to clean up the other one, and stick a for sale sign on it in the spring and hopefully you'll make a few bucks on it.

Then concentrate all of your modding efforts on one car, and take the project where ever you decide.

- Justin

[zraffz]

How fast you looking to go with the dedicated drag car? Or you just want one to race, blow up, and replace as needed?

Planned on pretty much just doing bolt ons for the spring. Running it to get a baseline. Suspension. Figure out what will help get me down the track the fastest. 100 shot and run it til it blows up. That should at least occupy most of next race season. If it blows before the end of the season; oh well. If not it will be taken apart over the winter anyway.

[sweetbmxrider]

Do you have a number you are trying to hit or just as fast as possible with the given setup?

[zraffz]

Do you have a number you are trying to hit or just as fast as possible with the given setup?

Just see what I can do with the car with bolt ons. Then with rear suspension. Then nitrous/slicks (and new rear end when it blows apart). At this point I'd like to see high 11's or low 12's.
After that I want to build a stroker motor over next winter... not sure if my goals are realistic as far as times but would love to see low 11's-high 10's using AI 200cc heads and whatever cam they suggest (with the intention of using a 150-200 shot in the future). Don't care if it takes a 5,000 stall torque converter and huge slicks to get there; like I said I don't have any intentions of driving it on the road.