RE: 5 Litre 'Cammer' Launched

[kevinday]

lawrence1 said: Ok so the new Ford engine looks good, sounds good, but it does have a few drawbacks. Size is really the only one I can think of which will ruin a good idea.

I think if you want to upgrade your engine, get rid of the boat anchor in your TVR, Lotus, even your mini and put a GM LS1 in it. Whats all this crap you talk about being heavy - sure it may be but what is an extra 30 pounds or so gonna do to your performance. You would be better to leave your missus at home, specially if she weighs a tad more than 30 pounds?? Who cares if it has pushrods, it has more torque and power to pull off every rice pudding skin in the world in one go, and the performance modification is enormous. And the proof is in the eating so to speak, when you litterly smoke on past that Aston, Porsche or Ferrari - tires blazing, smiling even more so!

Yeah, but it is a lot more than 30lbs, probably 130 is nearer the mark, and the extra weight is in the wrong place, handling would be seriously ruined!

[LS1/ TR Mike]

"Yeah, but it is a lot more than 30lbs, probably 130 is nearer the mark, and the extra weight is in the wrong place, handling would be seriously ruined!"


What car are you thinking of fitting it to? I believe that a fully laden LS1 weighs about 400lbs, not that much more then a 4.6 Rover and I doubt it's much different to an iron block v6. LS1 is meant to be some 80lbs lighter then a cast iron Chevy v8? Look at the potential it has!