Nice kill. I to believe stock for stock the Lt1 would take a 2v. I had a 95 with an intake and the only mustang i lost to was a cobra.

 

You're dead on Soldier. 15 more hp, 25 more ftlbs and a 6spd made them quicker than the 2V in every scenario I have been witness to personally. C&D got 0-60 times of 5.3 and the 1/4 in 13.8 in 1993. That is enough to dispatch a New Edge in stock trim in almost every case. My buddy bought his brand new and had no problems hangin' paint on paint with '96-'98 Cobras and beat lesser drivers occasionally...

 

oh, ok. thanks. i thought somebody once told me they didnt have an SS in '96, just '97. oh well. ill take your word for it. you would know ;-) haha

i like the '96/'97 look more than the LS1 SS's. granted, huge power difference, but i just like the older body style more. mainly because of the recessed headlights. maybe its due to me loving 4-eye 'Stangs...who knows.....any LS1's put in an LT1 body style? haha

 

Not from the factory. But, there's quite a few people that have done the swap. If my motor ever goes, I'd sure consider it. One for power, and two, so I don't have to worry about the optispark anymore. Even though I can get a kit to run my car off an LS1 pcm and coilpacks.

 

well i knew it wasnt from factory. im not THAT stupid when it comes to GM products. haha i just dont have ALL the info. thats why i come here and ask since theres a lot of GM knowledgeable people in S/S. i wasnt sure if anybody had PUT an LS into that body style though. i figured somebody had. i mean, they put LS1 in Z cars, so why not a car that it could actually look normal in.

 

I couldnt agree more with you!!

 

You can't really go by what you've seen at the track especially since I've lost to a total of 2 new edges at the track and my car is just about as fast as a stock new edge should be. I'll agree with the fact that LT1 SS cars were faster than the z28s but saying they had some huge advantage over a new edge is a little iffy to me. I still say the race between any stock LT1 and a stock 4.6 2v is up to the driver, especially on the street.

 

Anything can happen on the street. On paper, the LT1 should win hands down. But we don't race paper....

 

Exactly.

 

I never said that they had a huge advantage. But, 9 times out of 10, a stock LT1 will take a stock 2v. A race between an LT1 and a 2v, is the LT1 driver's race to lose, which isn't hard to do in an LT1. They're a b*tch to launch. 1st gear is way too long in a 6speed, and low end torque makes an auto difficult to launch also. But, with equal drivers, the LT1 is going to win. Look at it this way. S8ER01Z used to have a '97 Z28 auto. Bone stock, he ran a 14.1 with a 2.1 60', at Cordova Raceway. That's exactly where I race. And exactly where my buddy ran an identical time in his '04 GT. But, my buddy's '04 GT is a 5speed with cai, tb spacer, O/R Prochamber, and Flowmaster catback. We also went with a kid that had an '03 GT auto, with just drop in mufflers. Best time of the day for that car was a 14.9 with a 2.1-2.2 60', and most of its runs were in the low 15's. BTW, that was in -2XX DA. So, they sure weren't running slower due to the DA that day.