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Vortec 383 or LT1?

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Old Mar 14, 2003 | 11:08 PM
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Vortec 383 or LT1?

Decisions, decisions. hehe I'm trying to decid whethere or not to swap in a Vortec 383 or an LT1. This will be my daily driver so I need good gas mileage, with everyday driveability. But, I do want a lot of torque. Which one would be a better choice?
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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Re: Vortec 383 or LT1?

vortec 383 vs. lt1 383? Or vortec 383 vs. 350 lt1?
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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Re: Vortec 383 or LT1?

Originally Posted by tamatt27
Decisions, decisions. hehe I'm trying to decid whethere or not to swap in a Vortec 383 or an LT1. This will be my daily driver so I need good gas mileage, with everyday driveability. But, I do want a lot of torque. Which one would be a better choice?
With those two I would go LT1 for dd and if you are conserned with gas mileage.
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