Checked google, not alot of info on that. I think it's a small aluminium block only for US cars like Corvette. Joined Jan 14, Messages 16, Location belgium!! Yep, I just spent some time looking for it, and can't find anything about the name. Probably there's nothing about it. Probably couldn't think about it. They call small block an engine with more than 4 or even 5 liters. Click to expand I don't know what it stands for, but I am on my 2nd car with one.
Magnet Well-Known Member. Correct me if I'm wrong. Leppy Well-Known Member. It doesn't stand for anything. It's just a GM product code, all GM cars are riddled with them few of them mean anything. The LS1 is the 5. A V8 built by General Motors. Ricers call it old-fashioned because it is a pushrod engine, however, they completely ignore the coil-per-cylinder distributorless ignition, plastic intake manifold, and aluminum block and cylinder head.
It has evn higher performing variants, like the LS6 which features a more aggressive camshaft profile and higher flowing ports, the LS2 which displaces 6. The LS1 is featured in many high performance vehicles by General Motors. The Badass Horespower engine in my car. A GM motor that was used from Was very underrated at the factory , and stock, had about hp.
It has been known to make around hp with forced induction , and a few supporting modifications. Also, it is the sore spot to an ricer. Touted by said ricers as "old technology" because it has pushrods, the LS1 motor and its various LSX companions will continue to be the bane of many ricers' existence. What is LS1? Cammed corvette guy: sure, bring it bitch! Thing is wicked fast and sounds sooo evil! Man, my car has an LS1 which is said by some to be superior to the LS2!
The LS1 is featured in many high performance vehicles by General Motors. I thought my giant wing and primered body kit would be enough for the LS1. Boy, was I wrong. God didn't rest on the 8th day, he simply sat and listened to a cammed LS1 with open headers idle all day.
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