Posting up my video doing a 0-60 in my V6 Front Wheel Drive Acadia with the V6. Heavily loaded with options, 100 degree heat, and still got a 6.2 time. I am at 75 feet above sea level in case your wondering.
FWD comes into play there as well. On mine there's a huge difference between FWD and AWD insofar as tire spin is concerned (pretty much non-existent with AWD and easy in FWD mode). I have Michelin on mine versus Continental.Those Continental tires break loose pretty easily.
A few have posted the same....I would love to add K&N Air Intake and a mod chip or tune but I do not see any info in the forms.
...I would love for this car to be faster as well.![]()
Alright, alright, alright...you boys wanna go get some Aerosmith Tickets!! - quote from one of the best movies ever while driving one bad a%# car!!!cracks knuckles
What makes the LS engine such a wonderful powerplant is the cathedral type heads, the 6 bolt main block, aluminum block and heads, plastic intake, and the ability to rev to the moon.
What makes the LS engine such a HORRIFIC motor is the oil pumps. When they fail, your bearings spin like a top.
In 97, they put the LS1 in the C5 corvette and it changed everything about the car for the better.
In 98, they put the LS1 in the f-body cars and it changed racing forever! In 97 you had a max of 285hp from the LT1 but in 98 you got 305 for no extra cost! But it actually made 345, same as the vette, but they couldn't say that so GM rated the REAR WHEEL horsepower figure. But it was essentially the same output as the Corvette.
In 2001, the corvette got the LS6 385hp Z06 version, which was fine, but from 2002-04 it was bumped to 405hp and that was fun! Of extra note, the C5 FRC (fixed roof coupe) gave you the Z06 look without the extra cost OR the motor. So its very very rare.
Other LS engines were the LS2 and LS3 found in the GTO (both got the worst mpg ever), the LS7 found in the C6 Z06 and the infamous LS9 found in the ZR1 making 638hp from a supercharger.
Trucks got LS engines also but they were iron blocks to withstand the rigorous duties of towing and other truck stuff.