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Originally Posted by festus
I am a little concerned my wife may use the splitter as a shovel  .
What got me interested in the comparison between the two was a ask al question response I found where a 1LE was compared to a 1SS with the lowering kit and the handling kit and 1LE wheel and tire combo. The 1LE turned a 2:00 track time and the SS did a 2:02 I was a little surprised they were so close. |
Don't let your wife drive it.
Yes but the SS has all of the same cooling as the 1LE where the LT1 does not.
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Originally Posted by BrandanK
I was considering a 1LE and an LT1. I ended up buying the LT1.
My thoughts were, the 1LT was about $3,000 less than the 1SS, and the 1LE package adds $7,000 right out of the gate. The main issue is that most of the 1LE spec cars were sitting at $50,000 or more. I ended up getting my 2020 LT1 A10 car for about $36,500 after rebates and GM Supplier Pricing.
I figured for $2,500 I can add a 1LE set of wheels/tires, and still have my 245 all seasons. Add the GM suspension kit and swaybar kit for $1,500, and have a car that handles nearly the same as the 1LE car. Correct, I don't have a eLSD, or the extra oil cooler, but for me, those items were not the best very relevant for me. I don't plan to track the car full time, and I'm not a very serious racer.
Just my $0.02
Brandan
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Pretty sure your LT1 has the same oil cooler/warmer as an SS/1LE because it is the same LT1 engine, unless they removed the plate exchanger from the LT1 model. (Oil cooler is the same on the ZL1/ZLE too) You don't have the auxiliary radiators, tranny cooler, or diff cooler though. The oil cooler (if present) will have less heat removal capacity because of only having the 1 radiator too.