Sorry Devo, I did not mean to sound offside, but you only hear the bad stories about LS1's, not the good ones. Have to remember to use the "smilies" more.
As for being a Ford lover, does having owned 2 XY GT's, 1 XB GT, 1 V6 Capri, 3 V8 Fairlanes, (all 351, 1 Windsor, 2 Clevo), 1 XC 302 that in it's later life was rebuilt as a 400hp 351, and a couple of 351 LTD's qualify me as one?
The Commondoor is the first Holden I have ever owned, and even then, I didn't buy it, my wife did, as her daily driver. When she bought herself a Mazda MX5 last year, I inherited the SS as my dd, because it was cheaper to run than my 4WD Ute, and we were only offered peanuts as a trade in because of the high mileage. It has been a great car. The LS1's are supposed to be
oil burners, ours used none when it was new, and even now, with 285k, it only uses 1 litre between
oil changes.
I wanted to use a Ford engine in my Cobra, and have even bought it (if you look in my gallery, you will see a 5.0L HO EFI Engine sitting on the floor of the shed), but the Government changed the rules, (my fault for taking so long to build it), and the way NSW interprets those rules, the only way I can get it registered is to go to the Dark Side, so that is what I will do. What pees me off is they are ADR's, yes AUSTRALIAN Design Rules, yet they are interpreted differently from state to state.
The Ford engine will not go to waste, it will go into a Hot Rod one day.
Regards
Garry