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Originally Posted by SteveMcqueenRules
What? So GM just took the Ford Small block and perfected it? You base this on what?
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Have you ever had an LS apart? Take the LS engine apart, take a 289/302/351W apart and lay them side by side and you will see incredible similarities, especially if you tear apart a 350 and lay it down as well. The LS is far more a next iteration of the 90deg Ford platform than the SBC platform.
The head gaskets on the LS are damn near exactly the same as a SBF - to the point of uncanny. I was astonished the first time I saw an LS head gasket having built a ton of both GM and Ford engines and immediately thought it was a SBF gasket that was somehow mixed in by accident.
It is just too bad that GM didn't use the taller 9.5" deck height v. the more Cleveland-like deck - you could get a better stroker out of them. My blood ran Ford blue until the the mod motor started changing my taste and LS engine series and 6th gen Vettes have virtually nailed the coffin shut.
Back on topic, the color looks great! Is that Grabber blue? And man, that girl's got some hips!
