5.3 "Squirter" Project test Rusted & Filled with Water. w/ Videos
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Thank you Torkman! Yea, video editing takes time. People think that you just shoot it and post... thats only half of it! lol
Sounds like you've got a nice setup there to practice you video editing skills on! I know you're stoked to get it on the road. I've got parts laying right now waiting for my to get this 5.3 into my C10 and its driving me crazy that I cant drive it yet. lol
Sounds like you've got a nice setup there to practice you video editing skills on! I know you're stoked to get it on the road. I've got parts laying right now waiting for my to get this 5.3 into my C10 and its driving me crazy that I cant drive it yet. lol
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It was a complete loss. So I took out a loan and bought another truck of the same body style but 1987. This "Squiter Project" was meant to go into it until we found out that it was full of rust. Then it just turned into an experiment.
I've got another 5.3 that I'm building for the truck. Just put 4.8 flat top pistons in it.
Here's the thread of putting the pistons in it:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...how-video.html
Here's the video:
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Great videos man. I'm new to LS engines and getting my feet wet by installing a 6.0 into my 54 Bel Air. Heres a link to my thread https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...y-bel-air.html. I've been watching some of your videos this afternoon and have learned alot. Even stopped one video long enought to head over to ebay to order some of the Potz manifold bolts you showed. Keep up the good work and I'm gonna keep following along.
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NOpe. Didn't even take the pan off until it wouldn't fit in the car. Never pulled a piston out. Just sand papered out the rust and put the head back on.
Then to make it worse I did a lil head porting with the heads bolted on the motor. I cut out the rocker boss lump out of the intake ports.
Then to make it worse I did a lil head porting with the heads bolted on the motor. I cut out the rocker boss lump out of the intake ports.
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Great videos man. I'm new to LS engines and getting my feet wet by installing a 6.0 into my 54 Bel Air. Heres a link to my thread https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...y-bel-air.html. I've been watching some of your videos this afternoon and have learned alot. Even stopped one video long enought to head over to ebay to order some of the Potz manifold bolts you showed. Keep up the good work and I'm gonna keep following along.
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Those Potz bolts were a great lead that i got for a guy on youtube called "denmah". He does some great budget turbo LS builds.
I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the show over on youtube man. Thank you for the support! I'll get over and check out your build thread now. Keep on Wrench'n!
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Kinda backwards but I finally got the video up of the Squirter top end tear down from when I first got it up. I had thrown it on the back burner since I thought that I was going to throw this engine away. I added this video to the first page/post now. It shows all the nastiness that was in it very well.
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Well guys, I killed the Squirter Project. Long story short, that number 2 cylinder was eating a lil oil and I didnt pay close enough attention to the oil level. It wasnt burnign so much oil that you could see it or anything. Only time I really saw it was if i left it in gear when coming to a light and let the motor slow the car. About 5 WOT pulls on 2qts of oil killed it.
oh well. Time to drop the 6.0 and turbo into the Camaro.
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