weircc

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Hey guys well this will be my first build thread, and definitely be a hard task for me lol. i have been lurking for a little while now and soaking up all the info i can like a sponge.the car is currently 468 bbc roller motor with m-21 (not real gas friendly) my plans are lq4 6.0 swap, have motor paid 850$ came complete with harness starter pulleys wiring etc.... im thinking 5 or 6 speed haven't made up my mind yet, seems like the t56 are golden right now and for the price and not knowing what ur gonna get im thinking a tko perfect fit will be my best option. my plans with motor is nice sounding cam probably ls3 intake and a head swap (ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE CHIME IN) don't wanna do much to lower end if its not needed. would like around 450hp at flywheel here's a pic of the victim!!

mice13

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Looks nice, Good luck with the build!

973800CamaroRS

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Not to derail the thread or anything but I am restoring a 1970 camaro RS and I love the color scheme I am going with a Dodge Viper blue on my car and was wondering what color stripes those are. Sharp looking car by the way and cant wait to see some progress on this.

NemeSS

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Awesome car and truck!
Keep stock heads, mill up to .030
Ls2 head gaskets and new headbolts.
Ls6 intake manifold, with a healthy cam, long tube headers. It will meet or exceed yourgoal. But you did not mention how aggressive a cam you can run.
So many choices
No need for ls3 heads, and no need for rod bolts or going into the bottom end.
Ive wound stock bottom end lq4s to up to 7000rpm with aggressive cams.

68BBChevelle

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Very nice car and truck!

weircc

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its just a silver from mid 90's ford but i would highly recommend anything from HOK in they're pearl base coat (pbc)

weircc

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they only reason i was thinking ls3 is because of the intake, all the ls6 intakes i found were 500$ plus and most of them looked used and abused, the ls3 are around 275$ ish almost new, and as far as a cam just want really good sound and decent power wont be making any trips to drag strip, car shows and cruising for me

Rocketrod

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Nice build! I like the car and I have really been wanting to get a 70-72 Chevy shortbed pickup fr daily driver and put and LSx in it.

sierrac3_s2000

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I definitely recommend the LS3 intake and heads. They work great on the LQ4 and make good hp with an appropriately big cam. Plus the LS3 intakes are just much cleaner looking to me than the previous intakes. One of these days I'm going to scoop up a 70 to 73 split bumper and drop an LS in it. I love these cars!

tsnow678

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I will have to agree with sierra. LS3 all the way unless you want to spend a fotune on cnc porting and a FAST intake. You can buy the L92's for around $400 complete each. They flow 335cfm @ .600" lift!!! Just stay with a cam in the 115LSA or your vacuum will suffer and tuning will be a royal pain. Ask me how I know!

weircc

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I see ya found it started this thread along time ago since then I have purchased ls3 heads and intake dynatech headers fbody oil pan and some other small stuff gonna start pulling parts off engine this weekend and pre pair myself for the maddnes I have talked to the guys over at American power train and I'm gonna order a complete t56 magnum kit with no modifications hopefully next week .also talked to the guy at eps gonna have him do my cam I see lots of good reviews about him on the site. Some of the questions I have right now are with the lq4 I have.. since I'm changing to ls3 top end do I need to keep knock sensors? Why does everyone switch to ls2 front cover? What crap can I delete lol bare with me guys this is first build thread there will be a million questions lol

weircc

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I'm not looking to drag race but want mid 450 and great drive ability

weircc

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Got a little work in started stripping all the unwanted stuff from engine. went ahead and popped a head off to see what she was looking like i gotta say looks like a 80,xxx which is what i paid for.

weircc

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Took some pictures of the parts that i have been collecting. also made the call i spent a small fortune on the complete t56 magnum swap im getting pretty excited to see this thing start going together gonna order most of the gaskets i need for heads, intake etc...

how do i get pictures full size????

weircc

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can anyone tell me what the numbers in marker on my heads means they are 821 casting brand new stock i thought

tsnow678

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The engine looks good from what I can see. I see you bought the Dynatechs! Great header they just hang a little low. I have a set on my 69. You will need to keep the knock sensors by the way. I would switch the valley cover to an LS6 style to eliminate the undesirable oil from getting into the intake and eventually gumming up your rings and such. You can buy a new version of the LS6 for around $80 and it comes with a new gasket.

To enlarge your pics you will need to use Photobucket. There is a sticky on this subject somewhere in the introduction section. Basically you will load your pics into Photobucket, then scroll through your album and choose which pic you want to post, copy the IMG file, click the reply button in your thread and open the icon that has a mountain on it, paste the IMG link into it and hit submit. You will need to open two browsers one for photobucket and the other for LS1tech. I usually look at my photos and write a little something about the the pic, hit enter twice and then select my pic. Skip two lines and repeat as necessary. The more you do it the easier it becomes.

weircc

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well back in shop today got the truck pan off and installed the fbody pan had one problem the windage tray had to come off before fbody pan would go on is it ok to leave it off??

and then next thing i noticed is i bolted on the water pump just for mock up and i noticed its super close to timing chain cover

weircc

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i did manage to get motor dropped in to see how mounts fit (car shop ones) slid right in to place with out a hitch




bare with me guys im working on picture things im starting get though

weircc

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then last thing was to try headers, and so far so good everything is really going smooth (FINGERS CROSSED) they do hang a little low but my big block ones was about the same so im gonna be just fine with them




can someone tell me more about the ls6 valley pan? do i really need that 80$ contraption that goes with it?

hopefully santa gets here this week with 6speed set up cant wait Christmas will be early for sure.

gofastwclass

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Nice car and truck.

Will you have to modify the tunnel to get the T56 in? I thought I saw a second gen somewhere and they had to. Unlike the autos and four speeds, T-56's are tall for a longer stretch.