LS1 powered Ranger?
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That blown propane burner is definitely a 545. I have emailed him back and forth several times.
While I am certainly no GM fan, the LS series of engines have proven themselves as powerful, reliable and relatively compact. That being said, about the only thing I would ever want to swap one into would be an RX7. Not particularly interested in seeing one in a Ranger.
I would not consider my engine a 'fully built' 545, as there are areas I limited myself in (cylinder head flow, cam lift are two) so as to not make it totally unstreetable. It idles at 900 rpm, the power brakes work (by some miracle of God) but it is freaking loud even with muffs and judging from my brief maiden voyage around the block, it is gonna be downright scary. However, I do not think I will be taking it on any extended roadtrips. lol
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the GT500 doesnt make 600+ hp... if u get the GT500KR u get about 540. if u put a different blower on it, its no longer a factory motor.
and of course a larger price tag
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i'm talking about the super snake edition. it comes with 605 (???) hp with a warranty, or they can upgrade it to around 725 hp without a warranty
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hang on a tick
It depends where the LS1 came from...from camaros they only made 305 hp at the crank, if it came from a caprice they only made 275hp. Any V-8 in a ranger would be a huge gain over stock, but since a stock LS1 camaro could just hang with a 4.6l stang bragging rights are a littl premature. My buddy had a 5.9l hemi in his R/T Dacota, my 3/4 4x4 gmc with a 6.0l (intake,exhaust,chip'd) 6in lift and 35 in bfg A/T smoked his **** 2 out of 3 races. Late model ford v-8's are damn near free-reving, chevy's second, Hemis breathe the slowest....not saying dont mess with an ls1 just saying numbers on paper dont allways match what happens on the street. And take VERY good care of the water pump, its mounted above the distributer if it starts leaking you are buying a 300 dollar part. Never did understand why they placed it there
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It depends where the LS1 came from...from camaros they only made 305 hp at the crank, if it came from a caprice they only made 275hp. Any V-8 in a ranger would be a huge gain over stock, but since a stock LS1 camaro could just hang with a 4.6l stang bragging rights are a littl premature. My buddy had a 5.9l hemi in his R/T Dacota, my 3/4 4x4 gmc with a 6.0l (intake,exhaust,chip'd) 6in lift and 35 in bfg A/T smoked his **** 2 out of 3 races. Late model ford v-8's are damn near free-reving, chevy's second, Hemis breathe the slowest....not saying dont mess with an ls1 just saying numbers on paper dont allways match what happens on the street. And take VERY good care of the water pump, its mounted above the distributer if it starts leaking you are buying a 300 dollar part. Never did understand why they placed it there
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BTW, he is using LT1 numbers for his comparison. LS1's were NEVER in a caprice stock. Camaro LS1's are 325 HP (at the crank) and a vette and GTO was 350. With a tune and an intake easily flirt with the 400 HP mark. A (non Cobra) 4.6 Mustang can not "hang" with a 2002 Camaro stock for stock.
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BTW, I jsut looked up an old Motor trend test from 2002 with the LS1 Camaro VS the Supercharged Cobra and here are the quarter mile times.
Camaro SS 13.49/107.34
Cobra Mustang 13.79/103.34
Now the LS1 is almost obsolete in the The LS engine market now. And mind you a stock camaro SS will get high 20's for gas mileage and over 30 on long trips. I have been dissapointed in ford for years, lower HP and torque, lower fuel economy. The only reason I see that the mustang is around and the F-body died, was the price. Mustangs were/are cheap and fast, while camaros and transams were better in performance, but priced way to high and they were flirting with the cheaper vettes in price towards the end. They are about 5-10 years behind (see The marauder and the corwn Vic, they are just now flirting with the successful LT1 series B-body of GM that ended in 1996 to make room for more SUV builds). Although I see good things in the future from ford. The other two? Not so much.
~HJ
Camaro SS 13.49/107.34
Cobra Mustang 13.79/103.34
Now the LS1 is almost obsolete in the The LS engine market now. And mind you a stock camaro SS will get high 20's for gas mileage and over 30 on long trips. I have been dissapointed in ford for years, lower HP and torque, lower fuel economy. The only reason I see that the mustang is around and the F-body died, was the price. Mustangs were/are cheap and fast, while camaros and transams were better in performance, but priced way to high and they were flirting with the cheaper vettes in price towards the end. They are about 5-10 years behind (see The marauder and the corwn Vic, they are just now flirting with the successful LT1 series B-body of GM that ended in 1996 to make room for more SUV builds). Although I see good things in the future from ford. The other two? Not so much.
~HJ
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09-13-2009
BTW, I jsut looked up an old Motor trend test from 2002 with the LS1 Camaro VS the Supercharged Cobra and here are the quarter mile times.
Camaro SS 13.49/107.34
Cobra Mustang 13.79/103.34
Now the LS1 is almost obsolete in the The LS engine market now. And mind you a stock camaro SS will get high 20's for gas mileage and over 30 on long trips. I have been dissapointed in ford for years, lower HP and torque, lower fuel economy. The only reason I see that the mustang is around and the F-body died, was the price. Mustangs were/are cheap and fast, while camaros and transams were better in performance, but priced way to high and they were flirting with the cheaper vettes in price towards the end. They are about 5-10 years behind (see The marauder and the corwn Vic, they are just now flirting with the successful LT1 series B-body of GM that ended in 1996 to make room for more SUV builds). Although I see good things in the future from ford. The other two? Not so much.
~HJ
Camaro SS 13.49/107.34
Cobra Mustang 13.79/103.34
Now the LS1 is almost obsolete in the The LS engine market now. And mind you a stock camaro SS will get high 20's for gas mileage and over 30 on long trips. I have been dissapointed in ford for years, lower HP and torque, lower fuel economy. The only reason I see that the mustang is around and the F-body died, was the price. Mustangs were/are cheap and fast, while camaros and transams were better in performance, but priced way to high and they were flirting with the cheaper vettes in price towards the end. They are about 5-10 years behind (see The marauder and the corwn Vic, they are just now flirting with the successful LT1 series B-body of GM that ended in 1996 to make room for more SUV builds). Although I see good things in the future from ford. The other two? Not so much.
~HJ
I guess you could always swap LSX heads on to a SBF.
LS1 Heads on a Ford - Mustang Forums at StangNet
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