[besserspat]

LS engines is the gift the Marketing Gods made to SEMA ..

The LS saved the dwindling aftermarket business just like the Chevrolet small block made it explode 60 years ago.

LSX aftermarket sure makes lots of people rich... the LS craze is what Fast and The Furious did for the Import market!

As for fine tuning existing set ups, most people dont understand the value of it.

Its more exciting to swap, slap a bunch of shiny parts together in hopes to have big HP dyno sheets to brag about than spending a couple hours changing jets, adjusting floats ,or weights in a dizzy.

People say no need to learn how to tune a carburetor anymore EFI is here to save us , but EFI like carburetors need fine tuning... fine tuning is a nerd's job... nothing super exciting more incremental gains....

Even myself I'm guilty of not having learned how to fully master that lost art and would gladly volunteer some time with guys like Cliff or my transmission builder to pick their brains and learn the ropes before they get fed up and pull the plug...

The industry cares about selling you parts... how they fit or how they perform its not their problem anymore.... just look at reproduction sheetmetal or valvetrain parts...

Peter

[Formulajones]

Originally Posted by besserspat

LS engines is the gift the Marketing Gods made to SEMA ..

The LS saved the dwindling aftermarket business just like the Chevrolet small block made it explode 60 years ago.

LSX aftermarket sure makes lots of people rich... the LS craze is what Fast and The Furious did for the Import market!

As for fine tuning existing set ups, most people dont understand the value of it.

Its more exciting to swap, slap a bunch of shiny parts together in hopes to have big HP dyno sheets to brag about than spending a couple hours changing jets, adjusting floats ,or weights in a dizzy.

People say no need to learn how to tune a carburetor anymore EFI is here to save us , but EFI like carburetors need fine tuning... fine tuning is a nerd's job... nothing super exciting more incremental gains....

Even myself I'm guilty of not having learned how to fully master that lost art and would gladly volunteer some time with guys like Cliff or my transmission builder to pick their brains and learn the ropes before they get fed up and pull the plug...

The industry cares about selling you parts... how they fit or how they perform its not their problem anymore.... just look at reproduction sheetmetal or valvetrain parts...

Peter

Don't misunderstand me, I like the LS platform, it's a good foundation, but I wouldn't call it a gift from god.
I guess because as the old saying goes, I've been there and done that. Back when they first hit the scene they were simple to make fast. A common setup on a 4th gen F-body when I was playing with them, stick a cam in it, headers and good exhaust, a Vigilante converter and 3.42-3.73 gears and it was an 11.60-11.70 car at 116 mph and a total ball on the street. It was stupid simple. I had 4 of those things, lol. Done plenty of swaps in later years. Had fun with it all.

Honestly I'm just exhausted with all the LS stuff anymore and got away from it about 10 years ago. It's actually refreshing to me, to see a car with it's OEM engine in it these days. I really do like the simplicity as well which is why our daily drivers have stayed with carbs and points.