That is for sure. I have an 03 Z06 and with a tune a an exhast it outs 373 to ther rear wheels and on a good trip gets 27-30 miles to the gallon. Got to love that LSx engine.
Jim Buckingham -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 9:36 AM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] OT: was Re: Gas Mileage Matt and Mike, I'm right with ya. My daily driver is a 95 silverado. I put a 350 shortblock under the 305 top end. mpg is 16-17 around town and 20 on trips. I built it for efficiency but HP is probably a spectacular 200 and she's out of breath at 4,500. The LS1 I picked up is for the truck but it may start out in the Chevelle. Either vehicle will go 20+mpg around town. Just crazy and 300+ horsepower. The engineers really hit it out of the ballpark with that motor. Walt http://www.personal.kent.edu/~wbainey/CHEVELLE.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2006 8:22 pm Subject: [Chevelle-list] OT: was Re: Gas Mileage > I love late 60's Chevy trucks and have dreamed about a > LS1/automatic > w/overdrive powered daily driver. I'd rather drop the dough into > one > of those than purchasing a newer Silverado. IF I can get that > combo > to work reliably with at least double digit gas mileage. Not too > far > fetched eh? > > Talk about livin' the good life.........swapping between a "67 > short > bed pickup and my '69 Chevelle for the daily grind. Dare to dream! > > Funny thing is my woman would rather I get a '70 Blazer with that > combo........she likes that the top comes off! Go figure!! 8-) > > At 05:05 PM 4/4/2006, you wrote: > > >Borlas on a LS1 sound pretty cool too. I live in both worlds--LS1 > 6 > >speed in the C5 and 454s in both the Elky and 66. For cruising > can't > >beat the former--combined ~29 mpg between here (western Oregon), > >Yellowstone, and back. > > > >A buddy has successfully put LS series engines in gen 1 camaros, > >tri-fives, and other prods from the General with great results > and > >happy customers. Hard to argue with, all things considered. > > > >__________________________________ > > > >Mike Heiser > >1966 Chevelle SS | 1969 Chevelle Malibu | 1969 El Camino > >Chevelle & El Camino Club of Oregon, ACES, Team Chevelle > > > > > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Reply-To: The Chevelle Mailing List <Chevelle-list@chevelles.net> > >To: Chevelle-list@chevelles.net > >Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Gas Mileage > >Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 17:54:51 EDT > > > >But the "Wow!" factor of opening the hood and seeing a big block > is > >hard to beat. Plus, there's no better sound than hearing the > rumble > >of a BBC. Just my humble opinion. > > > >Besides, if it's a weekend toy what's an extra $5 to play? > > > >Eric > > > > > > > >---------- > ><http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2734??PS=47575>Save time by starting a > >search from any Web page with the MSN Search Toolbar-FREE! >
