i have a 1998 5.7 liter ls1 camaro. When i bought it, it had 104,000 miles now it has 120,000, since i owned it i have maintained it well with very little problems. I have no idea how it was treated before i got it. it has a new power steering rack, new ac, rims and a new exhaust that went on yesterday actully and i was wondering if 120,000 miles is to much to start putting parts on like a intake, headers, cams, suspension and so on. what is the normal life for an ls1. i dont know much about cars and im learning as i go. any input would help thnaks.

 

sorry i dont know about the life of it but if you really love your car you could always rebuild the engine which if i had an ls1 i would since im stuck with a crappy3.1or you couldbuy a knew engine(which will obviously cost you more).

 

As long as you maintain the car the motors will run for quite a long time...I put 220,000 on a 350...ran great with no leaks. My brother has an old ford truck with a 351 and it has around 290,000...still running strong (as far as fords are considered)

 

To rebuild it at this point would be more as a preventative maintanance instead of a need. As long as it has been maintained well, it should not need much more that a tune up. If you are going o replace the cam I would recommend you learn more about the car and the inner workings of the internal cumbustion engine first. Go get a chiltons manual, it will help you with the tune up. Learning as you go is the best way to learn IMHO.

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

Welcome pretty much like the other members have stated just take care of ur car.

 

so the general idea is that the ls1 is a good motor and if kept in good shape should last

 

yup. And that goes for most engines.