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Fasterthanyou · 01-23-2005, 03:55 PM

Nice numbers.
The LS6 block's windage holes are very important to making that horsepower. Imagine 5.7L of pistons moving up and down trying to "move" the air past the crank and rod... to make peak horsepower you need those holes. Any real racing engine has windage holes, the most apparent are motorcycles which don't displace a lot of air but at 14,000rpm they do move 100+hp worth of it and in a very tiny block!
I wish somebody would take apart one of these "01-02 LS1" engines to find out EXACTLY what's making them more powerful. Somewhere I heard they had LS6 intake manifolds, LS1 heads, LS6 block, thinner exhaust manifolds, and a cam imbetween LS1 and LS6... who's got the proof?

01-23-2005, 03:55 PM	#22
Fasterthanyou Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montgomery NJ Posts: 1,271 iTrader: (0)	Nice numbers. The LS6 block's windage holes are very important to making that horsepower. Imagine 5.7L of pistons moving up and down trying to "move" the air past the crank and rod... to make peak horsepower you need those holes. Any real racing engine has windage holes, the most apparent are motorcycles which don't displace a lot of air but at 14,000rpm they do move 100+hp worth of it and in a very tiny block! I wish somebody would take apart one of these "01-02 LS1" engines to find out EXACTLY what's making them more powerful. Somewhere I heard they had LS6 intake manifolds, LS1 heads, LS6 block, thinner exhaust manifolds, and a cam imbetween LS1 and LS6... who's got the proof? __________________ , Jon Owner of a Red Sled. If it\'s EFI I can tune it. Specialize in 82-95 GM (yes Lt1\'s) \"If you can leave black marks on a straight from the time you exit a corner till the time you brake for the next turn.......Then, you have enough horsepower\" - Mark Donohue