The LS1 is heavy....

SON240sx Automotive
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This weight is WET and NO exhaust manifolds.

http://vorshlag.smugmug.com/photos/142053457-M.jpg

Source
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9949714&postcount=41

The T-56 weighs in at 125lbs. 609lbs - 125lbs = A motor that weighs 484lbs

And for the record. User, “Fred Allen Burge” on zilvia once weighed and posted pics of the KS, SR, VQ (on scales, but the pics are long gone) weights that were dry with no exhaust manifold, but all accessories, and they all weighed 330-331lbs… With no transmission of course.

STOP WITH THIS LS1 IS LIGHTER THAN A KA BULLSHIT!

Case closed.

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by no means lighter but, 2x the cylinders for 1/3 more weight

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how whats the weight difference between KA and LS1 though? Must’ve been close if people kept saying LS1 was lighter.

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Even at wet vs dry, the LS1 is only 154 lbs heavier, for how much more power right out of the box?

Also I’ve never heard someone claim an LS1 was lighter, considering it’s twice the size (cylinders) of KA.

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OP, why do you hate v8?

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I hear all the damn time… Look on every major 240sx forum, look on youtube for all the LSx swapped 240’s… You’ll see over and over “The LSx is lighter than the KA too!” I never said there was anything wrong with the power to weight.

Ummmm… I have one… Well I did… Albeit the cast version which is 74lbs heavier… Just never had it in and running because T56’s are too fucking expensive…

I far from hate the V8. I’m just sick of all the arguments that people make. “It’s lighter because it’s aluminium”…

I personally don’t give to shits about the weight.
Find me a 6BT and NV5600 and I’ll try and shove it into an S-Chassis if it made any sense at all… (6BT’s blocks are roughly 1200lbs)

All this thread was for was to put an end to the debate with actually supportive facts. Nothing more.
I do NOT hate V8’s.

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Do like 6BT

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Yeah I’d be game with 1500ft.lbs at 1500rpm… lol

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Congrats.

Answering the question no one asked.

Aren’t you really good at welding or something? I think I read that somewhere once.

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^^^

hi i just came back here to be a jerk.

see ya

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Congrats you’re still here.

I’ve never welded in my life.

Sure no one asked. But at least it’s not a useless thread like f&f thread…

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I’m just busting your balls. I even felt like an asshole writing that.

Carry on.

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I wonder what an LS series motor with headers weighs vs an sr or ka with a turbo set up and intercooler etc, gotta be within 150lbs?

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yep

you add a turbo, plus all the plumbing and accessories, and the gap narrows

true story

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150lbs is a lot though. Not really close enough in weight to say they weigh the same. Or even close to.

The accessories and turbo aren’t going to add 150lbs… I wouldn’t really include plumbing either.

Simple fact of the matter is that the LS is heavy… Having twice the pistons, con-rods, heads, exhaust headers, and even a beefier crank, will almost always add up to more weight.

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…and what the F does it matter when no one on this forum, or most forums, is a good enough driver to ever ever ever feel the difference the weight makes. Myself included and I drive one. Fuck, such a stupid argument. Weight this, distribution that, balance this, nuetral that. Just get in a car and fucking drive you losers.

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No one ever said anything about weight distribution that, balance this, neutral that.
It’s an argument I see a lot. I simply provided some facts.
I didn’t know it was such a bad thing to clear some misinformation. I guess I should apologize for that?

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Your “facts” include reference to pictures on the internet that are “long gone”.

Wow, way to put an end to the arguement. Water tight as far as I can tell.

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I didn’t say it equals out

just that the gap narrows

obviously the LS is gonna be heavier. i can’t even believe that’s an argument somewhere

but with all the different numbers thrown around for engine weights… dry, wet, this accessory, that accessory… trans on, trans off…

i’ll believe the weight difference when I see the #s in front of my own eyes, using comparably equipped engines

true story

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so i shouldnt swap a carbed 302 into my car then?

fuck