# First ever LS1 on nitrous in 8's **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [March 31, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-ever-ls1-on-nitrous-in-8s/266643 "2013-03-31T12:11:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 30
**Author:** ![yota](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@yota](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yota)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-ever-ls1-on-nitrous-in-8s/266643/30 "2013-04-12T09:39:40Z")
> [@Killed: 2008-09 R32](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/killed-2008-09-r32/52369/4): > > 420ci is impressive becasue thats an awefull long stroke to get there! lol Play it the other way, why not put a LR4 crank in it and knock it down to 311ci? If ya still stick some baller ass pistons & rods in it to take the abuse, why not just put a bigger jet in the plates to make up for the displacment difference. > > thus taking some of the CI argument relivance away. > > Its aparant the car has the DL and the setup to plant the power and hit a goal. Thats the impressive part IMO. My point is its just not mind blowing to me just becasue its +/- 50ci or something. Mike, I see what you’re saying to a point, but the fact is, NOBODY in 15+ years has been able to dip into the 8’s on a 346 c.i. LS engine before Thadd. Forged or not, that’s getting it done right there. 50 +/- c.i. can make a HUGE difference and you know it! Think about the difference in a 4.8 (327) LS truck motor and a 6.0 (376)… Get my point? It all comes down to the basic principle that an engine is nothing more than an air pump. Larger displacement= more capability of pumping air= more power made, easier. Making the power to run 8’s- and setting up the rest of the supporting mods to go along is no easy feat and well worthy of the recognition he is getting. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-ever-ls1-on-nitrous-in-8s/266643)._