| LS1, LT1, LS3
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| | LT1 engine is that it employs reverse
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| Title: General Motors' 15-Year Legacy of
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| | flow cooling, sending coolant to the
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| Performance Dominance Continues
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| | cylinder heads first, which enables the
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| While the driver provides the soul of a
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| | LT1 to run more ignition advance and a
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| car, the engine is its heart. The
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| | high-for-its-time 10.4:1 compression
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| performance car market has been dominated
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| | ratio for greater horsepower. However,
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| the last 15 years by a series of V8
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| | LT1 engines did not remain in service for
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| engines made by General Motors. Beginning
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| | long. The entire LT family of engines
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| with the LT1, which debuted in the 1992
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| | (LT1, the High-Output LT4 and the L99
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| Chevrolet Corvette, followed by the LS1
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| | "baby LT1") had to make way for the next
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| in 1997 and now the LS3, GM has been on a
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| | generation LS1.
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| streak of successful performance V8
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| | The 5.7 liter LS1 engine debuted in the
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| engines that is unmatched. The 5.7 liter
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| | 1997 Corvette and went on to be listed on
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| LT1 engine is closely related to the
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| | Ward's 10 Best Engines the same year. The
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| original Small Block Chevy V8 (dating
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| | LS1 represents a clean-sheet approach-it
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| back to 1955), but with several key
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| | shares nothing in common with the
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| improvements. It is best known as the
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| | original Small Block V8 or LT1. Over the
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| powerplant for the 1992-1996 Corvette and
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| | LS1's lifespan, it made its way into
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| the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird
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| | thousands of Corvettes, Camaros, Trans
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| from 1993-1997, but also made its way
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| | Ams, and the 2004 Pontiac GTO. It also
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| into the Impala SS and even Caprice
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| | formed the basis for the Vortec line of
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| police package cars. The LT1 in Corvette
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| | GM truck engines. The 350 horsepower LS1
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| form made 300 horsepower, which was an
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| | featured all-aluminum construction, with
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| amazing number in the early 90s. Several
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| | a composite plastic intake manifold,
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| technological improvements made this
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| | single bore throttle body, and high-flow
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| possible, such as a new set of high-flow
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| | cylinder heads that re-wrote the book on
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| alimunum cylincer heads and a short
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| | aftermarket performance in the late
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| runner intake manifold. A highlight of
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| | 1990s.
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