# yup...LS1 in a terminator.

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [August 16, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/yup-ls1-in-a-terminator/246152 "2009-08-16T06:49:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mike3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike3/32/6350_2.png) [@Mike3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike3)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/yup-ls1-in-a-terminator/246152/17 "2009-08-16T12:02:19Z")

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> [@Off Road meet](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/off-road-meet/21663/22):
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> Actually, the 4.6 needs MORE cubes than the LS1 to make power.
> 
> The 5.7 makes 61HP per cube in my car and the 4.6 makes 57HP per cube on the 260 rated engine. So the 5.7 has an additional 80HP in a lighter, stronger motor.
> 
> Add in the weight difference from a mustang to a vette and you actually DO need a blower to keep up. Even then I have pulled stock pullied mustangs before, so you actually may need MORE than a blower in some cases.
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> :number1

No where in this thread is anyone talking about the 260 rated engine…:ponder. Try 390 (underrated quite a bit), 85hp/liter (not cube).

:number1:number1

But yea…an N/A motor is better for road racing, just too bad they had to ruin a terminator.

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