Air flow meter

[Shannen Durphey]

Apologies....

The LS1 is also supplied in F cars, Camaros and Firebirds.
Shannen

Shannen Durphey wrote:
> 
> The only car currently fitted with the LS1 in the us is the Corvette.
> 
> There are no front wheel drive cars equipped with the LS1.
> 
> Some pickup trucks have engines related to the LS1, but these engines have
> different heads and/or camshafts and/or displacement than the LS1.
> Shannen
> 
> Chris Waltham wrote:
> >
> > >One of the guys here at work is an ex industrial designer from Holden,
> > >and he was telling me that the 5.7L Commodore engine was extremely
> > >choked when it arrived in the standard trim from USA.  The first thing
> > >Holden did was throw away the throttle body and airflow meter to gain
> > >some significant hp (although couldn't tell me how many).  The apparent
> > >reason for choked intake is due to lack of traction control on the US
> > >cars with this engine (can someone verify this ??).  Holden just
> > >automatically fits traction control to anything high power so that
> > >solved the wheel spin problems.
> >
> > I'd be interested to see exactly which cars the LS1 engine is fitted
> > to in the USA - I can't remember which ones off the top of my head,
> > but as I said before, I think that the Corvette is *not* one of the
> > cars that comes with it. Who knows, perhaps GM fits the LS1 to
> > a Monte Carlo or something ;)
> >
> > That said, haven't there been some issues w/ LS1s in regards to oil
> > pumps failing? Or something along those lines..
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > >Dan dzorde at erggroup.com
> > >
> > >
> > ><Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 21:01:41 -0400
> > ><From: "Bruce" <nacelp at bright.net>
> > ><Subject: Re: Air flow meter
> > ><
> > ><Popular, and in some cases, a waste of money.  There are more then just
> > >a
> > ><couple guys hot over having spent some big money on the aftermarkets
> > >and
> > ><slowed down.
> > ><  In theory a reduction in intake tract restriction should show an
> > ><improvement, but you have to be careful of other considerations.  ie,
> > >does
> > ><it effect reproted airflow, and hence mixture, and timing.  Is it just
> > ><correcting a wrong, or actually doing something good.
> > ><  I've tried them (late MAFs), with and without screens, and airfoils,
> > >and
> > ><the 3.5 in a 3.0 housing.  As far as performance goes, in my
> > >application the
> > ><3.5 in a 3.0 with the screens, and the airfoil, and supports removed
> > >were
> > ><the hot set up.  That setup also was the best  in drivibility.
> > ><Bruce
> > >
> > >
> > >
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