Cammed LT1 vs Bolt-on Corvette C5

1996 Trans Am WS6 6speed with a cam and headers vs a 2000 Corvette 6speed with headers and intake. I was spinning in 1st and missed 5th...

LOL at the naysayers...check my dyno vid

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• ls1
• lt1
• fbody
• firebird
• trans
• am
• vette
• ws6
• corvette
• c5

[oCaRRiEDx]

@abmeraz86 LS1 Swap...

[abmeraz86]

Would my V6 mustang beat both cars? What would I need to do to beat these cars one day?

[MrRyant14]

LT-1 love.. i have a cam in my 96 camaro ss 6 spd, longtube headers full exhaust bigger injectors performance roller rockers double twined valve springs hardened pushrods and i pulled a 2000 ls1 camaro ss they are pretty much the same ls1 as that vette. seems right on

[nine8transam]

@JoseChavezSinaloa thats a c5 vette it has an ls1 not an lt1 totaly different engine and also the c5 vetttes have a transaxle the trans is bolted to the rear end and they have driveshaft tubes from the clutch to the front of the trans the craziest shit ud ever see

[nine8transam]

@green ta idk bout your vette being a factory freak my stock 98 ls1 trans am automatic well i say stock it had gmmg chambered set up but i ran 8.15 to 8.30s all day long in the 8/th mile with 1.6 60ft times i out ran many ls1 goats with heads cams slicks many 347 stroked foxbodys and c5s but most vettes are geared for gas mileage and top speed my c4 has 2.59 gears and its slow as dog shit at the moment so put some gears in your vette and u will feel like u have 400hp to the wheels

[wjrneo2]

@green96ta I was speaking about the engines more than the transmissions. I know drivetrains usually refers to engine/trans that was a typo on my part, but the engines themselves are very much the same.

[green96ta]

@wjrneo2 The Engine is the same, however everything from the bell housing back is COMPLETELY different. Torque tube, transmission, differential. Corvette is IRS.

[green96ta]

Looks like you have a good running LT1, I had one that put down almost the exact numbers you did. It all depends on the cars you race and the driver. I LOVED my LT1 TA, but I parted it out to buy a C5. My c5 is headers, high flow cats, billy boat cat back, cat back and a tune. It would destroy my LT1 car, but my vette is putting down 350-360 RWHP and is several houndred pounds lighter. But then again a heads and cam LS1 GTO could only put a car on my vette. So maybe its a factory freak?

[redd7188]

c5's look so cheap

[wjrneo2]

@grafitti0807 Its a Coupe as the video states. While it does seem to have the 1/4 panel vents, it has the normal rear hatch glass of the Vette Coupe. 5th generation Corvette Z06's only came in the Fixed Roof Coupe (Aka FRC).

The vette has the vents, but other than that it has no other Z06 items. That said, there is very little difference between a LS1 and LS6. Every LS1 is just a heads/cam/intake away from making LS6 power and beyond.