# Two fbodies battling it out.

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/two-fbodies-battling-it-out/259352
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [July 10, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/two-fbodies-battling-it-out/259352 "2011-07-10T17:51:33Z")
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### Author: ![jdaniels](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdaniels/32/6399_2.png) [@jdaniels](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdaniels)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2011, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/two-fbodies-battling-it-out/259352/12 "2011-07-11T08:44:46Z")

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> [@E30 color choice...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/e30-color-choice/43164/100):
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> The improvement in power on the 01/02 cars is probably due mostly to the LS6 intake.

Intake is worth a lot of power honestly and the casting method was different on the heads (old were inconsistent in smoothness) so there is something there.

> [@E30 color choice...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/e30-color-choice/43164/100):
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> I’ve never seen or heard of a 6-Speed LS1 with anything other than a 3.42. I could be wrong, but I don’t think there were any other options.

I hear conflicting reports on this, I don’t know for sure honestly. It might have only been the LT1’s that had the 3.23/T56 combo.

> [@E30 color choice...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/e30-color-choice/43164/100):
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> It’s possible. The high flow cats on my heads/cam Z28 lost me 8 rwhp vs off road pipes.

Fuck Cats (emissions devices and animals alike).

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