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Evan Smith · 12-13-2007, 08:10 AM

Unk,

Nothing personal, but I have tried rather hard to find any literature stating that the LT1 was used in 1998, and I can find nothing that states such garbage. Nor can I find anyone at GM to state this as fact. Funny how I, or any other GM-based magazine, never got any '98 press cars for magazine testing purposes with such engine, nor have any GM-based journalists who I've spoken to, ever seen one produced by GM at any show. In fact, I have asked the staff of GM High Tech Performance magazine (one of our titles that focuses soley on these cars) to look into this and they said it's impossible, as the LS1 requires changes to the a/c systems, electronics, ECU calibrations and wiring harness that would certainly require more than just an engine/body swap. There would be changes to the cold-air package on Ram Air or SS models requiring the air box to seal to the new hood and I doubt GM would do this for a small run of cars.

This tactic was used by GM simply because LS1 engines were not available to give out to racers and GM wanted the new body style to be run in competition. Remember, Manufactuer points are awarded in Stock and SS. I was deeply involved with a certain Pontiac project Firebird that received the new body work as an upgrade from GM, however, we didn't get a new engine because there were no to hand out due to every available engine being used for production vehicles. It's that simple.

On a similar note, I'm tired of Hawk getting crap for his combination (which has been in the book for years) when there are blatant and very bogus combinations of hoods, engines and other parts that never came on other make cars. No one can prove that the '67 Shelby had one, two or three four barrel carbs, but I'm quite sure there are plenty of Chevy and Mopar vehicles with ram air or fresh-air hoods that never had them. There is a variety of Stockers using wrong-year hoods with scoops just because they have been accepted for years by NHRA, yet Hawk is always the hot topic. Let's point out some of the cars that are ill-equipped, eh?

Evan

12-13-2007, 08:10 AM	#12
Evan Smith Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Tampa Posts: 400 Likes: 7 Liked 115 Times in 5 Posts	Re: What class is my 98 LT1 FBird? Unk, Nothing personal, but I have tried rather hard to find any literature stating that the LT1 was used in 1998, and I can find nothing that states such garbage. Nor can I find anyone at GM to state this as fact. Funny how I, or any other GM-based magazine, never got any '98 press cars for magazine testing purposes with such engine, nor have any GM-based journalists who I've spoken to, ever seen one produced by GM at any show. In fact, I have asked the staff of GM High Tech Performance magazine (one of our titles that focuses soley on these cars) to look into this and they said it's impossible, as the LS1 requires changes to the a/c systems, electronics, ECU calibrations and wiring harness that would certainly require more than just an engine/body swap. There would be changes to the cold-air package on Ram Air or SS models requiring the air box to seal to the new hood and I doubt GM would do this for a small run of cars. This tactic was used by GM simply because LS1 engines were not available to give out to racers and GM wanted the new body style to be run in competition. Remember, Manufactuer points are awarded in Stock and SS. I was deeply involved with a certain Pontiac project Firebird that received the new body work as an upgrade from GM, however, we didn't get a new engine because there were no to hand out due to every available engine being used for production vehicles. It's that simple. On a similar note, I'm tired of Hawk getting crap for his combination (which has been in the book for years) when there are blatant and very bogus combinations of hoods, engines and other parts that never came on other make cars. No one can prove that the '67 Shelby had one, two or three four barrel carbs, but I'm quite sure there are plenty of Chevy and Mopar vehicles with ram air or fresh-air hoods that never had them. There is a variety of Stockers using wrong-year hoods with scoops just because they have been accepted for years by NHRA, yet Hawk is always the hot topic. Let's point out some of the cars that are ill-equipped, eh? Evan __________________ Evan Smith 1798 STK Last edited by Evan Smith; 12-13-2007 at 08:24 AM.