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Originally Posted by henshao
I am glad to see that only one or two guys actually had the gall to say an LT1 Firebird isn't a muscle car. Very helpful fellas  |
I am not sure how to take this comment. I will say, however, that we all have our notions and opinions of what a
"muscle car" is. If my car is not a genuine 60's/70's definition of a "muscle car", then perhaps after I have her resto-modded she might better fit that criteria.
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Originally Posted by henshao
Re: An oil cooler. As some of you may or may not know the LT1 features reverse-flow cooling, and the cooling system I believe is overengineered as a precaution: the LT1 cars have 5 quarts of oil and 15 quarts of coolant, and I'm somewhat confident the oil heats up faster than the coolant, at least in my car which has an electric water pump and hence has perhaps excessively effective cooling at idle.
However, if you have your heart set on such a modification, it is hardly a modification at all. The factory radiator has two sub-cores to which an oil line and a transmission fluid line could be run.
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If there is any benefit to be gained from this small modification that does not currently exist on my car from the factory, then I am best to have it incorporated, am I not? I also left out oil catch cans on my car, since I can be trusted to check them and empty them when necessary! We are talking small modifications here, there, and everywhere to squeeze out as much efficiency as we can while I try to explore avenues to maintain the fun factor of driving my car.
As much as I would love to have a stroker using a small lift camshaft, I am still fearful of the hit my city mileage will take and especially during winter with prolonged idling. Any gains I manage in city mileage are lost with a stroker, from what I have researched...
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Originally Posted by henshao
My takeaways from this thread for my own goals are that my long hoped for and dreamed of electric-front wheels-with-a-rear-mount-turbo is perhaps crazy like a fox after all.
How's this sound: Altermotor, hub motor driven front wheels, large rear mount turbo, and 18:1 A/F cruising ratio? I am pleased to learn that a mixture so very lean is actually cooler burning.
My car has 2.73's behind the automatic and turns 2000rpms at 80mph. It has far, far more than enough low end to continue accelerating seemingly forever with very little throttle. Either there is something wrong with the OP's car or his WS6 (Firehawk if I'm not mistake) came with a mid-to-high range cam.
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I have a manual 6-speed that I have contemplated using a 2.73 rear axle ratio for, but I need
MORE LOW END TORQUE or else I am lugging the hell out of my motor with my current camshaft. This is where the stroker would address the issue but I don't want to ruin my current EPA rated city mileage as this is the bulk of my driving average, city with some highway.
To make a long story short, I am using a Jasper remanufactured LT1 engine, so God knows what kind of camshaft I have. I will tell you it has more torque up high than it does down low and I possibly made the mistake of replacing my rusted out exhaust manifolds with aftermarket shorty headers that reduce my low end torque to favor high RPM torque! So, now I am looking into long tube headers designed for the lower RPM range if it is even possible... Since I spent the money on this new block, I would like to salvage it. I have the benefit of reverse-flow cooling so now I need to mix-and-match other car parts like the Tuned Port Injection intake manifold that I seek for my 2000 RPM to 4500 RPM
"fun".