going to the dark side *engine is in*
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all 8 rods and pistons are nicely sitting in their shiney bores! tomorrow comes the fun process of torquing everything down, windage tray and oil pickup tube. ive got another week and i can hopefully order my cam... i have too many bills to pay! but i did see a true ZL1 today both new and old at the blacktop nationals!
It still aggravates the heck outta me that LS1 cams cost $100 more than a billet solid roller cam for a SBC/BBC, or just about any other engine. I can even get a custom roller for a 348/409 cheaper....and those aren't "popular" items.
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well speaking of keeping things the way it is... ive been considering either keeping the stock heads/cam or milling/cleaning on the 317 heads i have and running a ls9 camshaft
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i need some sponsors! haha i hope to have most of the engine bay blasted tonight if not all of it...
not much to post about, but i am about 2/3 done with the sand blasting all thats left is the drivers side and down around the heater core
the firewall must have had a thin/crappy coat of paint because it went quick, all the way down into the trans tunnel.
not much to post about, but i am about 2/3 done with the sand blasting all thats left is the drivers side and down around the heater core
the firewall must have had a thin/crappy coat of paint because it went quick, all the way down into the trans tunnel.
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Yeah but at least his are on course and close together. If I did build threads there would be 1. 97 SS getting heads/cam/home built 12 bolt, 2. 95 Z28 getting pretty much the same, 3. 94 Z28 getting scavenged and scrapped, 4. 1961 Bel Air - two part one here - A. 433 solid roller bbc coming out and getting freshened while B. LS2 with L92 heads and a carb goes in to pull temporary duty before finding a home somewhere else. 5. 1961 Parkwood (Bel Air station wagon) getting built up for daily driver/kid hauler use.
And each one of those would get updated about once every 3 months. Seems like I've been in the part collecting stage of all of them forever.
And each one of those would get updated about once every 3 months. Seems like I've been in the part collecting stage of all of them forever.
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i keep it updated so i keep track of what im doing, i only get ~1-2 hours a day to work on it. the pick up tube is just mocked up since the o ring broke, where can i get another one at? im taking all 3 pairs of aluminum heads to the scrap yard so i can make a little cash to fund my project... plus i have a couple hundred more pounds of aluminum and at least a ton of scrap iron. along with 300 pounds of copper, 2 cats, 2 junk cars, and a 454/th400
Well....#1 & #2 I already have everything to do, plus they are going to be kinda getting built up a little along while being used.
#3 is being sacrificed for #1 & #2
#4 is the only car that really matters to me in the world. It's been on the back burner for too long while I spent $$$ on #1 above, but that has also been my DD for over a year.
#5 is going to be our family car instead of sinking over ten grand in something newer with seating for 9. Me and my 4 kids PLUS my fiance and her 3 kids.
Oh....so as not to be a total
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OP....have you seen the pricing on bare LSA heads lately?? You can get those along with the stock LSA intake valves pretty cheap compared to LS3/L92 stuff. I hear they flow slightly less, but still great. You could put together a set reasonably by picking up a set of used L92 exh valves on here along with the HP springs of your choice. Not sure if this helps, but it's an idea.
#3 is being sacrificed for #1 & #2
#4 is the only car that really matters to me in the world. It's been on the back burner for too long while I spent $$$ on #1 above, but that has also been my DD for over a year.
#5 is going to be our family car instead of sinking over ten grand in something newer with seating for 9. Me and my 4 kids PLUS my fiance and her 3 kids.
Oh....so as not to be a total
:OP....have you seen the pricing on bare LSA heads lately?? You can get those along with the stock LSA intake valves pretty cheap compared to LS3/L92 stuff. I hear they flow slightly less, but still great. You could put together a set reasonably by picking up a set of used L92 exh valves on here along with the HP springs of your choice. Not sure if this helps, but it's an idea.
i keep it updated so i keep track of what im doing, i only get ~1-2 hours a day to work on it. the pick up tube is just mocked up since the o ring broke, where can i get another one at? im taking all 3 pairs of aluminum heads to the scrap yard so i can make a little cash to fund my project... plus i have a couple hundred more pounds of aluminum and at least a ton of scrap iron. along with 300 pounds of copper, 2 cats, 2 junk cars, and a 454/th400
Also...with your aluminum heads and other parts....make sure you strip them down to bare aluminum or they probably won't pay you anything more than scrap iron price. Not that I'd scrap those heads, but at least if you do, maybe you will get the right pay for them. Wouldn't they bring more if you sold them on here for like $50 a pair or something cheap for a quick sale?
Thankfully her baby factory is 
now so we can enjoy without consequences. 
LSA heads are rectangle port LS3/L92 type heads found on the LSA supercharged 6.2L 56x hp used in CTS & 2012 Camaro's very similar to LS9 heads. Supposed to be a denser and smoother casting than LS3/L92 heads, but they have a wing in the intake port which cuts flow slightly, but they still flow over 300 cfm stock. Alot of people are removing or mostly removing the "wing" or "vane" casting from the port. I don't think it would take any real porting experience to get rid of it....or maybe it would work best left alone on a NA build? Flow numbers aren't everything.