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Old 07-14-2014, 12:39 PM   #92
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Originally Posted by bobby35ny View Post
Push rods are the limitation here, they only can get so much out of it them MPG suffers. LS3 to LT1, 25HP increase? That's pretty sad. With the HP wars in progress, we need much more than that.
-bobby
You need to do your homework. The LT1 is a great engine and would put the 5.0 in its place.

The LT1 makes a ton more power under the curve as compared to the LS3, not to mention it makes 460 HP in the Corvette with the performance exhaust....not 450.

Nothing more than a tune unleashes another 25 - 30 HP. Headers puts you well over 500.

So in the end we get an engine with a crap ton of low end torque, with a nice top end capable of 500+ HP with a few basic mods. What more do you want?
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