Thread: 327 or lt1

No doubt.....it's a technological breakthrough for GM is what it is! I'm going to wait until the aftermarket gets even more stirred with LSx stuff and then I just might pounce on one. I see there's an intake that allows you to put a carb on one.

Me gonna go lsx in the blown t/a if i ever get the other together.

Quote: Originally Posted by 21BoyzRacing In today's world, it's all about cubic inches... I beg to differ. It's all about efficiency. It doesn't take much to get a 5.3l LSx truck engine to run circles around an LT1, let alone a Gen I 327. Quote: Originally Posted by 21BoyzRacing .. but there was a time when these little engines were well respected. If you really didn't own or drive one, then one would obviously have a...

it's all good, that camaro sounds pretty mean, is it a 10.50 or dragradial class __________________ nitrous is like a slut you want hit it but your afraid of the aftermath, 94 z28,m6,1.6 rr,riased guide plates,moroso cai,airfoil,jet babyback,7.2 hardend pushrods,pacesetter coated lt and ory,eld. sdt cat back,2000 camaro rear with 4.10,17x10 and 17x11 1/2 torqe thrust, slotted and crossdrilled on all corners, brigth red with hard top.

Hell I am right with you man. That stock crank in a 327 is definately stout as hell. Id say have it checked for cracks and then have it cryo treated to relieve the over 40 years of stress from the forging and use. Run some studs and a nice girdle and you for sure have a stout bottom end. The nice thing about a long rod motor is that you dont need the big fat high volume ports as they prefer high port volume. Not gonna lie, liking the idea of...

Quote: Originally Posted by 2fast4u88 Um yea ok... All the bashing because me and 21 said to go 327. Let along saying the lt1 is a better engine. Yea it might be computer controled but has it's flaws. Just like anything else. It would have been easier to go carb on top of that. Everyone talking crap about the little 327 needs to step back a research some of gm's history. The 327 was availiable in hp from 250 to 375 which i means...

If the Caprice engine is running just use it, unless you're getting a killer deal on the other engine, then buy it too for the heads. The main difference is the heads (compression is lower) and the cam is a good bit smaller. The shortblock is the same though.

Thanks for the replies guys!! I'm thinking I'm ready for fuel injection. lol. One more question to throw out I know the power differences between the camaro and caprice LT1's but is it all in the cam and the heads? I found a cheap 96 camaro engine but it needs rebuilt also. And as previously said I was planning on using a 94 police caprice engine. Any opinions on either? How fast do I want to go differs from how fast I can...

Quote: Originally Posted by five7kid Except it doesn't make sense to build one if you have an LT1 sitting there. V6 fan boy says otherwise.

Quote: Originally Posted by XtremeOracing LT1 All the way! Long Live The Opti! Fuel Injection , Reverse Cooling, It will take less money to make more power... LT1!