LS1 engine - price suggestions

[rkwhite61]

Thanks... good info. I'm looking for a 6.0 now.

Here's my tentative plans. This will be my daily driver, sometimes in moderate traffic and an occasional 3 hr road trip to Houston. See any problems with these set ups?

Scenario 1:
6.0
243- stock with better springs though
LS6 intake
Texas Speed 224R cam (224/224 .581/.581 lift 114 lsa)
Pacesetter long tube headers
Magnaflow high performance cats
Flowmaster Super 44's
4L80E transmission
2400 or 2800 stall converter - not sure which one. need to keep drivability for the wife. lol.
3:73 gears

Scenario 2:
6.0
L92 heads - stock with better springs though
L76 or FAST 102 intake.
90mm Throttle Body
Texas Speed 224R cam (224/224 .581/.581 lift 114 lsa)
Pacesetter long tube headers
Magnaflow high performance cats
Flowmaster Super 44's
4L80E transmission
2400 or 2800 stall converter - not sure which one. need to keep drivability for the wife. lol.
3:73 gears

[pl4yboy]

Thanks... good info. I'm looking for a 6.0 now.

Here's my tentative plans. This will be my daily driver, sometimes in moderate traffic and an occasional 3 hr road trip to Houston. See any problems with these set ups?

Scenario 1:
6.0
243- stock with better springs though
LS6 intake
Texas Speed 224R cam (224/224 .581/.581 lift 114 lsa)
Pacesetter long tube headers
Magnaflow high performance cats
Flowmaster Super 44's
4L80E transmission
2400 or 2800 stall converter - not sure which one. need to keep drivability for the wife. lol.
3:73 gears

Scenario 2:
6.0
L92 heads - stock with better springs though
L76 or FAST 102 intake.
90mm Throttle Body
Texas Speed 224R cam (224/224 .581/.581 lift 114 lsa)
Pacesetter long tube headers
Magnaflow high performance cats
Flowmaster Super 44's
4L80E transmission
2400 or 2800 stall converter - not sure which one. need to keep drivability for the wife. lol.
3:73 gears

Don't forget 7.4 hardened pushrods.

The only problem I see at all is in Scenario 2. The L92 heads like a cam with a little split in it. Something like a 227/239 .614/.624 115+3

[Frenchy]

I'd go with scenario one, and use the money you save on getting the 243's worked.

[408.Luke]

I like the look of option two better but, i would not run that cam with l92 heads (head design is totally different and you need a l92 specific cam), I personally wouldent run it with the 243's either. Also 2800 stall is way to small even for a daily i would highly suggest at least a 3200. They can be driven daily without any problems, my ss silverado had a bigger cam than the TS 224 and a 3200 stall and it was a really nice daily setup and there was still room for improvement to still be daylied. Also no need for the fast 102 intake for this mild of a build a l76 is plenty fine

[pl4yboy]

Don't forget 7.4 hardened pushrods.

The only problem I see at all is in Scenario 2. The L92 heads like a cam with a little split in it. Something like a 227/239 .614/.624 115+3

Okay, maybe not quite that big. Maybe a 222/228.

[chvy=power]

i got my ls1 long block with 50k miles on it for 800...thew on a set of 243 heads ls6 intake and a cam. wanted a 6.0 but couldnt find a lq9. the 5.7 is nasty tho its not a bad investment if you decide to go that route..

[Jermoslin]

I have a LS1 for sale in the classifies $1000 for everything. no cam