[98tadriver]

Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon

the 98s had a few of the following problems...




ls1 intake with egr
faulty hatch releases
Perimeter valve cover bolts
coils were mounted individually and not on 1 bracket, have to remove one at a time.
paper water pump gaskets liked to leak
exhaust manifolds were more restrictive
head castings were different and werent as good as the later ones
15 gallon steel gas tanks
98 blocks have smaller cylinder sleeves and cant be remanned
early pcv system that was crap
no idle adjustment on the throttle body



not to mention little electrical gremlins that pop up in all fbodies but show themselves more in the 98s....such as window motors and leaky heads/tails/corner lamps

how are all of these considered problems?

there should be no need to adjust the idle under the hood
early pcv worked, all LS1s would suck a lil oil into the TB at high rpms
forget about the smaller cylinder sleeves. if any LS1 blows up, i garuntee the ALUMINUM block will be trashed. it will not be remanufactured
15.5 gallon tank, barely weighs more than the plastic tank and works fine
big deal its 1.4 gallons smaller
i already spoke my piece on the heads
didnt have paper waterpump gaskets on mine
big whoop about the coils and valve covers. it didnt effect the performance of the engine.
and finally, yeah the one thing thats actually worth changing, the LS6 intake

and about those electrical gremlins, ive seen them in ALL Fbodies. even more so in cars with higher mileage. not just a certain model year