punishmentcycle

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lmk when u wanna let that ls6 short block go

tommycompton

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That is true, that's where it was debate for me too. Having a complete short block to sell, in my case it would have actually been a long block, lol. Probably, would have ran around the same.
But I am actually liking the experience of building an LS engine.

vmapper

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Ill have the heads, intake, throttle, maf, fuel and all the extras as well (excluding accessories) to sell as well. Pretty much the same as you are doing. (excluding windage tray and oil pan)

Using similar heads that you have there pn 1660), but Im going to guess you have 72cc.
Need a clutch though.. hope this Mcleod deal goes through.

will do.

tommycompton

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Yeah 72cc.
Just dropped my block off at the machine shop.

tommycompton

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Here's the cam I ended choosing
tsp 224/228 .581/.588 114 lsa

Nothing too exciting, but valve train friendly.

Wondering @ 8.9:1 should I bother bumping it up to 9:1?

DMM

Good deal man, you're making good progress. I'd still try to stick with 9:1. I think Fuzzy's cam (TRuTorq L3 cam 223/236 .612/.610 115 LSA) would probably be the next step up, although I'd need to know the whole cam profile before I threw my money down for one.

The 224/228 cam is a hybrid of their 224 and 228 cams, which still work very well to this day. I believe they recommend their 224/228 for roots blowers and 228/224 for turbo's.

Looking forward to see what your combo puts down.

tommycompton

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Do you think I should get the machine shop to zero the deck?
That in itself should bump up the CR.
Though I'm not to worried about running 8.9:1.

tommycompton

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Well i decided to double check the specs on the Cometic head gasket I got. It's 0.040" thick and a different bore diameter than stock.
After punching in those numbers, instead of the assumed stock head gasket thickness of 0.050" and stock gasket bore size,
it brings me to 9:1 compression almost right on the money.

I know I could have went with a bigger cam, my goal was to keep it below
.600 lift just for valve spring longevity. It's a summer time daily, not just a weekend warrior.
I was going to get 115 lsa, but TSP suggested the 114, but said I couldn't go wrong either way.
Plus maybe I'll like the smidge of extra lope.

Anyway I ordered up all the rest of the supporting parts.
Melling high pressure oil pump
Billet cloyes timing gears w/ C5R chain
Some more ARP hardware
New knock sensors
new crank sensor
fel pro bottom end gaskets
New slave (my throw out bearing was toast)
New header Lave wrap
Some heat sleaving for engine bay wires (nice and easy now the motor is out)
And other odds and ends.


Also my UUC transmission bushing was toast too(seperated piece of junk) I had bought it before CS came out with one.
Guess I'll order a new one when it's time to order up the 8.8"
Also plan on doing the revshift rear cradle bushings.

tommycompton

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My wrapped B&B were looking beat. Gave them a Fire proof ceramic spray, then Titanium lava wrap. Much better than the fiberglass stuff I used before.

shadyLS6

wrapping those headers again must of been hell.. you used DEI before? if so that sucks for me haha

btw great build been watchin on instagram

tommycompton

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Oh dude you don't even know lol. Every time I"m under the car I got that rotted out s*** falling in my face, rolling around in it, itchy as hell. I could tear the stuff off like Kleenex, atleast it was easy to remove.
My uncle was using some Titanium on a street rod he's building and I could intantly tell it was better than the other DEI stuff.
The first stuff even has that silone spray on it and it still rotted out pretty quick.
I put the Titanium on dry which was alot less messy as when I did the other stuff wet. And no silicone spray this time either

FuzzyLog1c

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Is that VHT Flameproof? If so, how many cans did you use?

tommycompton

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Yeah VHT, I just used 1 can, no primer. Seeing as they are stainless steel and wrapped, figured I'd just give them a light coat. But 1 can seemed to cover pretty good, and actually got about 3 light coats on them.

FuzzyLog1c

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Hoo boy. I just bought two cans of primer and two cans of paint to go along with my DEI Titanium wrap (my old wrap is getting bad after a couple of winters).

tommycompton

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Good times You got more than enough paint to put a nice thick coating.
That VHT stuff is stinky, think I got stoned just from bringing them inside to dry.

Is the wife gonna let you use the oven to bake it on, or are you just gonna bake em on the car? lol

FuzzyLog1c

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My car is my wife. JK.

I don't have a big enough oven to bake these things that way. I plan on creating a big red smoke monster out in the driveway.

Blackpanther99

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Great project you got going there bud.

tommycompton

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Thanks !!

I planned on doing an Omega thermistor mod for my Iat sensor, because my sensor that was on the whipple was suspect. When I finally pulled it, I was right.


I know coolant sensors can be used for NA set ups, but definitely not recommended for FI. Now I can see why this little heat sink was getting heat soaked, and giving me false high intake temperature readings. Not sure why somebody would think it was a good idea to use this in this set up???
Anyway here's the new sensor I'll be putting it, probably more than adequate as is, but I'll be doing the Omega thermistor mod to this sensor housing.

tommycompton

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Whipple getting a new coat of Corvette competition yellow, plus clear coat.

DMM

Lookin good man! Excellent find on the IAT sensor, that will help you immensely.