LS1 Specs

[Andrew F. Gunnesch]

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Thanks...  I just found out yesterday that the LS1 PM rods are .400"
longer than the old SBC rods.

The article that I read indicated that the LT4 used PM rods.  Can
anyone verify this fact?

On Nov 20,  2:18am, Alain Toussaint wrote:
> Subject: Re: LS! ECM Specs
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The rod are longer,more than 6 inch if i recall from my mind,the old one =
(as
> found in the LT1 camaro,vettte,etc...) where (and are) 5.7 inch.
> Other thing to mention is a reduced bore (dont know how much inch but i=

> think 3.90  from memory) and 3.62
> inch crank stroke,rocker are 1.7 ratio and the cam is located higher in=
 the
> block (to clear to longish stroke)
> John Lingenfelter already got is hand at it (enlarge it to 370 cubic
> inch,6.1 liter for the metric type,CNC the head and blueprinting it,got=
 450
> hp at 6100 RPM)
> Alain
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> De : Andrew F. Gunnesch <afgun at mongoose.dearborn.sgi.com>
> =C0 : diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.=
edu>
> Date : 19 novembre, 1997 15:25
> Objet : Re: LS! ECM Specs
>
>
> >What about the rods themselves?  Are they the same dimensions
> >as the previous SBC?  I understand that they're made out of
> >"powdered metal" and they're considerably stronger than the
> >"pink" rods...



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