STHE 5.7L L1 V8 IS 1 OF THE MOST POWERFUL ENGINES EVER BUILT 1998 PONTIAC TRANS AM WITHOUT RAM AIR HOOD OR WS6 PACKAGE IN 1998 THE TRANS AM WAS REDISIGNED IN 1997 THE INTERIOR WAS REDESIGNED WHICH ALSO RESEMBLES THE 98-02 TRANS AMS FAMOUS FLAMING FIREBIRD/TRANS AM LOGO PROBALY GONNA BE MY NEXT TATTOO IM A TRU FBODY BOY        THE 1ST GENERATION 5.7L LS1 V8 ENGINE OFFICIALLY STARTED THE BEGINNING OF A NEW HIGH PERFORMANCE ERA IN THE LATE 90'S. FIRST INTRODUCED IN THE 1997 CORVETTE C5 LATER REPLACING THE FAMOUS AND POWERFUL LT1 V8 ENGINE. THE LS1 WAS NOW OFFERED IN THE 1998 CHEVROLET CAMARO Z28,SS,PONTIAC TRANS AM WS6 MUSTANKS OR MUSTAKES(mustangs) WERE NO COMPETITON OR THREAT TO THESE CARS IN FACT THEY STILL ARENT TODAY. THE LS1 ENGINE CONTINUES TO BE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH DESPITE IT BEING 13 YEARS OLD! THE 1998 LS1'S PRODUCED A WHOPPING 305hp & 335 LBS FT OF TORQUE IN 1999-2000 THE HORSEPOWER #'S WERE THE SAME BUT FOR 2001 THAT HORSEPOWER WAS INCREASES TO 310 AND 340 LBS FT OF TORQUE STILL A DANGEROUS THREAT TO THOSE SLOW MUSTANGS! FOR 2002 THE MONSTEROUS LS1 V8 PRODUCED AN IMPRESSIVE 320 HP & 350 LBS FT OF TORQUE THE LS1 V8 ALSO APPEARED IN THE 2004 PONTIAC GTO & OTHER GM VEHICLES#1 FBODY FANATIC REPRESENTING DA N.O. THIS PAGE IS STRICTLY FOCUSED ON THE 1ST GENERATION THRU 5TH GENERATION CAMARO Z28,LT,IROC Z,RS SS & TRANS AM WS6,FIREHAWK,FIREBIRD,FORMULA,GTA,PHOENIX ETC.I AM INFATUATED WITH THE 4TH GENERATION FBODY BUT I ALSO LIKE EVERY YEAR FBODY FROM 1967 TO THE CURRENT 2010 MODEL YOU'LL ALSO SEE A COUPLE OF VETTEZ,GTO'S TRAILBLAZER SS,REPRESENTING OUR GM ROOTZ BUT THE MAIN FOCUS IS THE CAMARO & TRANS AM..................................GM 4 LIFE I MEAN DAT TEAM FBODY....SSUPERIOR MOTORSPORTZ FBODY ENTHUSIAST FOREVERTRIPLE BLACK UNDER DA SUN WITH DA T-TOPZ OFF N DA HOOD YA DIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!