Sell my Dsm for a F body

[mnturbo]

Hey guys I do not know what has come over me but all of the sudden I want a trans am with a LS1.
Anybody know about these cars?
Any real serious problems with these cars/ engines.
Opinions?

[Super Bleeder!!]

piston slap, oil consumption, main caps start dancing around at about 600whp

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Hard to change spark plugs in, ugly, always sound like crap with an exhaust, attract mullets. But they make good power.

[cudvig]

its a ghey F body!

V8, hard to change those spark plugs....gotta like pull the engine to fucking change them...haha


-Colin

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

You'd have issues with my geh 3.4 V6 too haha. Spark plug issues amoungst a POS in itself.

[FORSFED]

I have a new found respect for them after helping my brother-in-law rebuild his 3rd gen. Built 355 with a mini ram intake and a Procharger make a damn nice combo.

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

I have a new found respect for them after helping my brother-in-law rebuild his 3rd gen. Built 355 with a mini ram intake and a Procharger make a damn nice combo.
600 whp and 500 something Tq right? I'm assuming you are talking about Joes. That car is a fucking beast :) Now he just needs to finish making mine a beast...

[mnturbo]

So it sounds like the main problem is changing the plugs (besides the expected general dislike for american power). :p

Mabye I will keep my Eclipse and get a LS1 down the road

Do they really sound like crap w/ exhaust?????
Cause DSM's don't really sound the best either.
Not like Subys :)

[rk4g63]

heavy cars. spark plug changes are almost as bad as a porsche. rwd.

[dumb_ricer]

Actually, spark pulg's on LS1's are not that bad to do. On the LT1's they are a little (Okay, A LOT) of a bitch to do. But on LS1's if you can get under the car it really isn't all that bad. Been there, done that.

As far as sounds, I tend to agree and disagree. I hate how they get raspy about like 3500 after an exhaust, but before that they sound awesome. And the rasp-sound isnt even all that bad after a little while IMO.

The T56 Tranny is AWESOME, holds up to a hell of a lot of power.

There are a few trouble areas on them though. The 10bolt doesn't like to get much abuse and will tend to break on anything under a 1.8 60'. Also, the stock clutch tends to suck ass and start slipping pretty early on, so a new clutch is needed.

Believe it or not, they actually handle pretty decent, especially after some suspension mods, and they are tanks at 3400-3600lb's.

All in all I love both cars, and would like to have both, but then again I am not biased on turbocharged 4cylinders, especially when a LS1 tends to get better gas mileage then a DSM anyways.