mebuildit

Who would you use to build your LSX 454? I will have some nice parts inside and want someone who is reputable and a standup kinda business.

Black2001z06

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Use Erik at HKE, enough said.

bandit1

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Eric Nuff said

Stang's Bane

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x3. Accept no substitute.

Ron@Vengeance

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Erik is definately a great choice!!! If for some reason things dont work out feel free to give us a call. We have built quite a few LSX 454s with great success.

bandit1

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cant go wrong with Ron and the crew ^^^^^^^

03 BUSA

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I voted for LME, those guys have done me right.

35th SS

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goin with LME for the m6 buildup soon.

GMCHammer

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x3 for LME

99blancoSS

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We got a few LSX builds going on right now with Erik ( the only builder we use), if I can be of assistance please let me know I am a direct distributor for him and can be reached very easily where his schedule can make it difficult sometimes. I am a direct link though so I can help you out very easily 24/7

Azrael

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LME built ours...

Phil99vette

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You can't go wrong with most of the choices. I voted Virginia speed. Lets face it, if you can make 2500hp small blocks work, a 500hp big inch LSx is no problem. Shawn is a man of his word and will make good on the deal.

tcr98taws6

LME built mine (LSX454) and it's running with no trouble over 1 year later.

racer7088

Thanks for the nice words for me and my company from some of the guys and the pollsters but I think you need to decide what you want out of your "454" deal too and how standard or how "unique" a build it is. We don't have a "shelf" 454 LSx engine since by it's nature the 454 LSx engine is semi compromised in some ways if you want any compression height in it. Unfortunately we are really backed up as it seems like every thing we do is custom and there's a lot of demand for that even with 7 guys working! .

Remember too that the real combination to making the power and longevity you want though is in the build details themselves such as hone job, what rings, Piston design and compression vs. heads and cam and valvetrain etc. The "454" part any good shop can do and make parts fit together but we do 427-480 inch deals that are all over the map from power adder only to NA only. Some are under 7500 rpm hydraulic roller pump gas but still wild and some are for Granny's Roadmaster!

Anotherwords don't get worried about buzzwords or shortblock numbers like "454" on their own more than say if you want to run mid 10s on pump gas and hydraulic roller with good drivabilty in a 3500 pound car with a tighter converter or if you want a wild ride that runs mid 9s still on pump gas and hydraulic roller vs if you want mid 8s on race gas with a power adder or even a big all out NA engine. Anotherwords know exactly what you expect out of this engine before you start the process.

Anyway that's more important than these internet polls but all of the guys above can do a good job.

General Jack

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Another vote for Erik. He's building a 427 for me right now...

LS2tiger

I'm in agreement.

racer7088

Ron, I want to see that big 495 Warhawk you guys are almost through getting in a car! That's the crazy stuff I like! Thanks for the nice words as well.

454 is not so big after seeing that one!

turbo'd stang

We've used 10+ motors from HKE without any issues. We've used another sponsors motors, two of them, and both blew up, so be careful.

mebuildit

Thanks to all that have responded.
I am getting some great ideas from PM's and from vendors.
See for me this is a little more difficult since I really only know BBC. So in turn, having a 454 as a big motor is tough for me to understand. But either way, thanks to all for the great help on this project.

Greg

knappbunch

Va speed is my vote they built my 402 and it is great.