aknovaman

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Check out the newest vids.

Cold startup needs work.

Gonna drop it in the chassis starting tomorrow.

http://s704.photobucket.com/albums/w...LQ9EPScam2.mp4

http://s704.photobucket.com/albums/w...LQ9EPScam3.mp4

Exh actually sounds pretty good with 3 flowmasters (keeps the neighbors happier more than open exhaust)

pmgm

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Nice video....

Tony C.

sounds nice

gofastwclass

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Nice. I like the custom exhaust, nice and compact. Nice engine test stand too.

Old Geezer

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NICE stand! Did you make or buy it? If you bought it, would you post as to where, and the cost, please.

aknovaman

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A buddy of mine built the run stand in exhange for me re-working his harness and programming his PCM. It works great for testing engines BEFORE installing it in the car. He mounted the engine high to allow oilpan removal with the engine on the stand. This summer I am going to completely re-do the whole thing. Lower the engine by 5 inches (radiator cap needs to be the highest point), change the old 3 bolt style engine mounts with LS1 F-body mounts as it takes too long to reassemble the plates and old SBC style mounts during engine changes, reduce the engine to electric fan distance, replace the hard plastic wheels with steel, mount a more permanent fuel tank and battery holder. Sandblast/paint the bellhousing.

My favorite part is the FORD blue paint.

Total cost about $400. Bellhousing = $25, Exhaust = $100, Mounts = $35, Fuel pump = $75, Steel frame = $75, Wheels = $40, '95 Camaro radiator/fans = $50, Free used Flowmasters

Don't tell me it can't be done on a very low budget.

Simply add a junkyard 5.3L for $300, $35 PCM and $50 harness and $100 mail-order programming you will be good to go!

bluethunder364

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Hi Did you fly cut the tops of your pistons to do that cam combo??

gofastwclass

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Nice!!! I like the stand too I just don't know that I have enough room to justify owning one - however for that price the ability to test run an engine outside a car is well worth it! That way I would know before placing it in a car if it was any good or I needed to go back to the JYD and hit them on the head with the useless hunk of metal they sold me. Hmmm....

Are you running with an old flywheel inside the bell housing to keep the rotating mass similar to a production vehicle?

aknovaman

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Uhhhh... yes that's what makes the crankshaft go round and round when I push the starter button :-)

speedtigger

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Where is the seat and shifter?

KC Henry

Sounds GREAT Sir, you do excellent work as always! I listen to the videos every night before I go to bed lol.

Here is the EPS cam if anyone was curious: http://www.engpwrsys.com/index.php?a...d&productId=10

bigchief52780

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did you have to flycut the pistons?

deuce4935

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Shouldnt need to flycut the pistons as long as the heads havent been milled.

KC Henry

If I recall correctly, Geoff @ EPS Cams (a Forum Sponsor on here) told me this is one of the larger cam profiles you can run without fly-cutting the pistons on a stock engine.

Here is another board member on here that has the same cam setup on a stock long block 5.7L LS1: https://ls1tech.com/forums/dynamomet...o-results.html

deuce4935

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I gotta hurry up and get this guy my harness, his work appears to be just as good as the sponsors, without the "take it up the *** cost!"

gofastwclass

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Ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!! I figured you had a crank on the front like the old Model T's did.

Seriously, I was a little brain dead when I mistyped that. It should have been "are you using a flywheel or flexplate..." obviously from a mass standpoint. I think a flexplate without a full converter would give the computer fits from a harmonics standpoint while a flywheel - even without the clutch - would be ok due to it's additional mass.

Maybe we should start a LS1 comedy section, just for you two - first joke is on me.

speedtigger

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Having a conversation with someone with no sense of humor is like playing in a band with a musician who has no sense of rhythm.