# 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:** 39
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-ever-ls1-on-nitrous-in-8s/266643/39 "2013-04-12T10:46:43Z")
> [@maybe WTB? thinkin bout another hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maybe-wtb-thinkin-bout-another-hatch/50715/16): > > 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. part in bold, is probably why he’s the first and probably why in the last 15 years not many set that goal. (also might have something to do with the new 5.3 block plans) Naturally it’s easier to run a big motor and make good power that’s common sense. With that being said I understand the idea of being the underdog, and that’s what this record is for. Like I said, it’s just not something that blows my mind. I love many aspects of the car from what I can see more than the significance of the Cu" deal. But I guess when the platform has been out for this long, things start to plateau and the focus is on some other odd aspects for breaking records I get that too. Also like you said, and I agreed’ with right from the get go, power is worthless without the rest of the car being tuned correctly, 289ci or 502ci. That’s what I like to focus on, and have credited him in this thread I think 3 times now. Stuff like that gets my jimmys wet more than an obscure detail like Ci. yall thinking I am butt hurt or something, I am just having a conversation and shooting the shit. thats all. Props to the car and him, never denied that… but ya cant please everyone every way, right. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-ever-ls1-on-nitrous-in-8s/266643)._