Pics and build up of my new 2000 LS-1 Camaro
07-01-2008, 12:37 AM
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Under hood pics NEW UNDERHOOD PICTURES!
#7, YOU are the weakest link..............goodbye!
#5, second weakest link................goodbye!
One wrong click on the laptop, totaly my fault and I forgot to go back and fix it before a WOT run about 2 weeks later.
Looking for a set of junkyard pistons to replace mine, hopefully free if yall have some! I lost about a 1/2 quart of oil during the drive hope after meltdown, so please leave as much oil on used pistons as possible!
#7, YOU are the weakest link..............goodbye!
#5, second weakest link................goodbye!
One wrong click on the laptop, totaly my fault and I forgot to go back and fix it before a WOT run about 2 weeks later.
Looking for a set of junkyard pistons to replace mine, hopefully free if yall have some! I lost about a 1/2 quart of oil during the drive hope after meltdown, so please leave as much oil on used pistons as possible!
07-01-2008, 07:57 AM
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HAHAHA ******* great! I just read the entire post and I think it's ****** hilarious. It proves that any time someone tries/does something different and posts it up on this board, they will be flamed and bashed, but if you go out and buy the same hood as everyone and put the same rims on it as everyone else, it's A OK.
This board is filled with alot of followers. Good for you for doing what ever you want to your car, and making it work for you, your car looks great and seems to run just as good as it looks.
And who ever said they are upset when they see someone with a V8 do stuff like this when they only have a v6...save your pennies and buy a v8 and stop pissin n moaning about it.
I tip my hat to you Dmoss.
This board is filled with alot of followers. Good for you for doing what ever you want to your car, and making it work for you, your car looks great and seems to run just as good as it looks.
And who ever said they are upset when they see someone with a V8 do stuff like this when they only have a v6...save your pennies and buy a v8 and stop pissin n moaning about it.
I tip my hat to you Dmoss.
07-01-2008, 09:53 AM
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HAHAHA ******* great! I just read the entire post and I think it's ****** hilarious. It proves that any time someone tries/does something different and posts it up on this board, they will be flamed and bashed, but if you go out and buy the same hood as everyone and put the same rims on it as everyone else, it's A OK.
This board is filled with alot of followers. Good for you for doing what ever you want to your car, and making it work for you, your car looks great and seems to run just as good as it looks.
And who ever said they are upset when they see someone with a V8 do stuff like this when they only have a v6...save your pennies and buy a v8 and stop pissin n moaning about it.
I tip my hat to you Dmoss.
This board is filled with alot of followers. Good for you for doing what ever you want to your car, and making it work for you, your car looks great and seems to run just as good as it looks.
And who ever said they are upset when they see someone with a V8 do stuff like this when they only have a v6...save your pennies and buy a v8 and stop pissin n moaning about it.
I tip my hat to you Dmoss.
This is what hot rodding is all about, making do with what you have and trying new things. Back in the 30's and 40's guys couldn't just pick up thier Summit catalog and order all thier parts, they had to make thier own or scrounge out of the junkyards. Ever see pics of some early hot rods? Most were UGLY, but they were fast, at least for thier day.
I gotta say I think the CAI is ugly, but what the hell, if it works, whatever.
Some of these cobbled together cars are the fastest out there. There's a guy in MA I read about in Hot Rod that runs at NED, he's got a Fox-body running tens with a home made turbo setup using all used or scrounged parts. IIRC he's got less than 5k in the car. Now THAT's hot rodding!
Car looks great, btw. Good call on the paint color.
How about some pics of the '57 project?
07-01-2008, 02:44 PM
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Junkyard pistons??
Hello blow by...
You do know that ring seat is the most critical part in an engine break in. You cannot mix and match worn out rings in worn out cylinder bores. That car will smoke like a chimney.
Good luck on driving the second build into the ground if you do that. Also, watch those low tension rings when re-installing.
Hello blow by...
You do know that ring seat is the most critical part in an engine break in. You cannot mix and match worn out rings in worn out cylinder bores. That car will smoke like a chimney.
Good luck on driving the second build into the ground if you do that. Also, watch those low tension rings when re-installing.
07-01-2008, 06:13 PM
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I love it!! Yeah, that's become the whole point of this thread anymore, do what you want, it'll all come out in the wash in the end.
And yeah, I BLEW THE **** OUT OF HER, WOT, 130+MPH! Oil, water, and anitfreeze was flying out of the *** end of her, looked like a crop duster comming down the road......And the bitch still took me on to the house, which was about 2 miles down the road. Hell, it crank up, ran decent, and I pulled it in the shop 2 weeks later to drop the engine.
And another cool part about this engine, when I dissambled it, it didn't even have a carbon ring around the top of the cylinders, pistons 1,2,3,4, 6 and 8 slid right of the bores, 5 and 7 took a little massaging, that ol trooper engine, what is a POS!
57 project request! : http://www.trifive.com/forums/showth...hlight=dmoss69
The CIA, well, we're thinking about powdercoating it either turd brown or camoflauge, maybe I need a poll?
And for the junkyard pistons, here's a
, nothing a little 80 grit sandpaper on the cylinder walls and sealing JBWELD on the piston rings won't take care of. 
STAY TUNED!
And yeah, I BLEW THE **** OUT OF HER, WOT, 130+MPH! Oil, water, and anitfreeze was flying out of the *** end of her, looked like a crop duster comming down the road......And the bitch still took me on to the house, which was about 2 miles down the road. Hell, it crank up, ran decent, and I pulled it in the shop 2 weeks later to drop the engine.
And another cool part about this engine, when I dissambled it, it didn't even have a carbon ring around the top of the cylinders, pistons 1,2,3,4, 6 and 8 slid right of the bores, 5 and 7 took a little massaging, that ol trooper engine, what is a POS!
57 project request! : http://www.trifive.com/forums/showth...hlight=dmoss69
The CIA, well, we're thinking about powdercoating it either turd brown or camoflauge, maybe I need a poll?
And for the junkyard pistons, here's a
, nothing a little 80 grit sandpaper on the cylinder walls and sealing JBWELD on the piston rings won't take care of. STAY TUNED!
07-03-2008, 04:19 PM
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It took me forever to read this hole thread, but I couldn't stop haha. Dmoss I gota give you props for doing your thing. Even though you heard nothing but ridicule for it. I'll admit when I first started reading this thread I thought you were a complete idiot, but you have proved me wrong. I respect anyone who has the ***** to try something new and, do it yourself.
As for how the intake set up looks. Ya it looks bad but, If your not guna be taking it to car shows then why dose it matter. And if you can get away with it in the rain more power to you.
As for how the intake set up looks. Ya it looks bad but, If your not guna be taking it to car shows then why dose it matter. And if you can get away with it in the rain more power to you.
07-03-2008, 06:19 PM
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nice build man, who gives a **** about what some of these asshats think. It's your car, it's your money, do whatever makes YOU happy. I will say that cutting the radiator support wasn't the brightest idea but whatever.
07-03-2008, 08:31 PM
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dog ****? external turbos? oh! crap! what's next? Love that seat covers! Reminds me of something my dog pee'd on! this is too much! I'm going to start drinking now!
I just come here for the entertainment! Personally I think this guy is just screwing with some heads here!D
I just come here for the entertainment! Personally I think this guy is just screwing with some heads here!D
07-07-2008, 11:04 PM
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update! Well, good news!
Didn't have to sleeve the block, machine shop honed them out to 3.905", and it cleaned up great!
Had to drop off pistons and rods to get balanced........
And while I'm waiting on them, I'm just playing and killing time.
A little bit of expoy and she'll be better than new!!!
Little bit of powdercoat, I gotta reheat it for it to shine, didn't flow out like it should have.
More things for the B*Tch!
STAY TUNED!
Didn't have to sleeve the block, machine shop honed them out to 3.905", and it cleaned up great!
Had to drop off pistons and rods to get balanced........
And while I'm waiting on them, I'm just playing and killing time.
A little bit of expoy and she'll be better than new!!!
Little bit of powdercoat, I gotta reheat it for it to shine, didn't flow out like it should have.
More things for the B*Tch!
STAY TUNED!
07-08-2008, 07:25 PM
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killin time The orange came out like ****, but the red really wasn't too bad.
I ran out of red powder, kept a thin coat on the part. It was just the guiena pig anyway, just makn sure the intake didn't melt before I put the ls6 intake in the oven. If someone wants it, I'll trade somone some mirror red powder for it.
The orange, I put way too much powder and it turned out shitty. Gotta figure out what I'm gonna do with it.
second coat on valve covers
Keepn specs on downlow, too many local eyes!
I ran out of red powder, kept a thin coat on the part. It was just the guiena pig anyway, just makn sure the intake didn't melt before I put the ls6 intake in the oven. If someone wants it, I'll trade somone some mirror red powder for it.
The orange, I put way too much powder and it turned out shitty. Gotta figure out what I'm gonna do with it.
second coat on valve covers
Keepn specs on downlow, too many local eyes!
07-08-2008, 09:22 PM
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Good job on the car and taking everyone **** with good humor lol. I can't believe how upset people were getting ( I just read it all ) hahaha....
As for the intake, as long as it makes power who cares what it looks like. You guys drive around with your hoods up so everyone can see how pretty everything is?
As for the intake, as long as it makes power who cares what it looks like. You guys drive around with your hoods up so everyone can see how pretty everything is?