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The LS1 engine offered official figures ranging from 305-345 horsepower and as much as 365lb-ft of torque all of which was rated at the transmission. At the wheels, a stock LS1 is good for about 290-310 wheel horsepower.This Dyno Blast video features a stock LS1 engine, but rather than a C5 Corvette or a 4th generation Camaro or Firebird, this V8 engine is fitted into a brown Chevrolet Chevette. The Chevette is an famously uncool car, as are many American economy cars from the late 1970s and 1980s. However, the addition of the LS1 engine makes this incognito Chevy much more interesting.The LS1 in this Chevrolet Chevette is stock. Unlike a stock LS1 in the Corvette, Camaro or Firebird, the only belt-driven item on this little Chevy hatchback is the alternator. Things like the power steering pump and the air conditioning system are no longer drawing power from the engine. As a result, this LS1 Chevette makes a little more wheel horsepower than the average stock LS1 car.This LS1 is surprisingly quiet, but as the engine gets up into the power band this Chevette sounds pretty sweet. The 4-door Chevy makes solid figures of 314 wheel horsepower and 326lb-ft of torque, sent through a 4L60 automatic transmission. Using an 18% drivetrain loss factor, those numbers convert to about 382 horsepower and 398lb-ft of torque.Tags: Chevette, Dyno, ls1, LS1 swap
Date written: June 28, 2017
More of this article on the LS1 Tech website
ID: 8298
The LS1 engine offered official figures ranging from 305-345 horsepower and as much as 365lb-ft of torque all of which was rated at the transmission. At the wheels, a stock LS1 is good for about 290-310 wheel horsepower.This Dyno Blast video features a stock LS1 engine, but rather than a C5 Corvette or a 4th generation Camaro or Firebird, this V8 engine is fitted into a brown Chevrolet Chevette. The Chevette is an famously uncool car, as are many American economy cars from the late 1970s and 1980s. However, the addition of the LS1 engine makes this incognito Chevy much more interesting.The LS1 in this Chevrolet Chevette is stock. Unlike a stock LS1 in the Corvette, Camaro or Firebird, the only belt-driven item on this little Chevy hatchback is the alternator. Things like the power steering pump and the air conditioning system are no longer drawing power from the engine. As a result, this LS1 Chevette makes a little more wheel horsepower than the average stock LS1 car.This LS1 is surprisingly quiet, but as the engine gets up into the power band this Chevette sounds pretty sweet. The 4-door Chevy makes solid figures of 314 wheel horsepower and 326lb-ft of torque, sent through a 4L60 automatic transmission. Using an 18% drivetrain loss factor, those numbers convert to about 382 horsepower and 398lb-ft of torque.Tags: Chevette, Dyno, ls1, LS1 swap
Date written: June 28, 2017
More of this article on the LS1 Tech website
ID: 8298
