5.3 s475 foxbody, with A/C and holley efi.
01-23-2014, 11:16 PM
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Made some progress as all my bearings and gaskets came in from Texas speed.
So I installed the crank, with no problems. Installed the pistons and almost made it all the way and broke a ring. Then the last piston was really hard going in around the the bottom of the skirt. That was the one I had to beat out. I pulled out the calipers and mesured around. In one very small spot the skirt is distorted about .0015. So I'm trying to source a piston. Shouldn't be too hard.
I was able to take advantage of my new unfinished office in my shop, and kicked the heater on, and worked in comfort.
The trans shop called and invited me up to watch my trans on the dyno. So I ran up and checked it out. The trans seems to shift retarded fast and hard, I'm pretty excited to try the trans brake out. But it also makes me think about how much money I'll have to dump on a driveshaft.
Just ordered a bunch more stuff, so over the next few days I should have a mountain of parts to move.
More pics to come!
So I installed the crank, with no problems. Installed the pistons and almost made it all the way and broke a ring. Then the last piston was really hard going in around the the bottom of the skirt. That was the one I had to beat out. I pulled out the calipers and mesured around. In one very small spot the skirt is distorted about .0015. So I'm trying to source a piston. Shouldn't be too hard.
I was able to take advantage of my new unfinished office in my shop, and kicked the heater on, and worked in comfort.
The trans shop called and invited me up to watch my trans on the dyno. So I ran up and checked it out. The trans seems to shift retarded fast and hard, I'm pretty excited to try the trans brake out. But it also makes me think about how much money I'll have to dump on a driveshaft.
Just ordered a bunch more stuff, so over the next few days I should have a mountain of parts to move.
More pics to come!
01-25-2014, 04:07 PM
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Have a few things to update.
Since I found one of my pistons skirts were out of round, a buddy of mine have me a set of 05 pistons and rods for $50. So those are the flat tops, with the ls2 rods. A little bump in compression never hurt anything on e85. So I should be picking those up in the next day or two.
Had some more parts show up this morning...
I know most guys go on the cheap and run F-body or truck radiators, but I got to doing some research, and thought that might not be enough after going through a 4.5in intercooler, and ac condenser. F-body and truck radiators are only a single 15/16 core. So I opted for this.
It's an all aluminum, 2in 2 core rad, trans cooler, with twin cooling fans. It's actually a foxbody radiator, so the fit is perfect. Only think is, I'll have to fab up radiator hoses, but that won't be hard.
And also picked up this stuff. Because Texas street car.
Looks like I have more stuff arriving next week.
Since I found one of my pistons skirts were out of round, a buddy of mine have me a set of 05 pistons and rods for $50. So those are the flat tops, with the ls2 rods. A little bump in compression never hurt anything on e85. So I should be picking those up in the next day or two.
Had some more parts show up this morning...
I know most guys go on the cheap and run F-body or truck radiators, but I got to doing some research, and thought that might not be enough after going through a 4.5in intercooler, and ac condenser. F-body and truck radiators are only a single 15/16 core. So I opted for this.
It's an all aluminum, 2in 2 core rad, trans cooler, with twin cooling fans. It's actually a foxbody radiator, so the fit is perfect. Only think is, I'll have to fab up radiator hoses, but that won't be hard.
And also picked up this stuff. Because Texas street car.
Looks like I have more stuff arriving next week.
01-29-2014, 09:35 PM
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The parts are rolling in!! But first I tool a little time and set the radiator and condenser in.
My order from holley came in, as well as my cam. My converter should be ready tomorrow, and my intercooler and valve springs should be in.
Had help unpacking everything. Race cat.
Parts from Holley were 120 pound injectors, fuel rail set, valve covers, in/out harness, fuel pressure regulator, pressure sensors, and 3 bar map sensor for the Holley efi. I think I'm going to ditch running gauges and run the Holley screen as well.
I also got a full set of 05 pistons and rods for $50. So I'm going to clean everything up, and switch it over tomorrow.
My order from holley came in, as well as my cam. My converter should be ready tomorrow, and my intercooler and valve springs should be in.
Had help unpacking everything. Race cat.
Parts from Holley were 120 pound injectors, fuel rail set, valve covers, in/out harness, fuel pressure regulator, pressure sensors, and 3 bar map sensor for the Holley efi. I think I'm going to ditch running gauges and run the Holley screen as well.
I also got a full set of 05 pistons and rods for $50. So I'm going to clean everything up, and switch it over tomorrow.
02-04-2014, 08:18 PM
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Thanks man! I don't know the part number off hand as I didn't buy it directly from flaming river. I'll look around on it in the morning to see if I can find a number. One thing they don't tell you is if you use their rack, you must use their steering shaft.
02-04-2014, 08:36 PM
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Running my AJE K member I'm going to have to run a longer steering shaft anyway. my 4 cylinder one is to short. I'll be starting a build thread on mine soon.
02-04-2014, 09:11 PM
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Updates!
So when I took the engine apart I had to beat the number 1 piston out. I figured since the heads were off for a few years it was just all the crap binding up in it. Piston mesured fine.
When I went to assemble the engine I went to put the same piston back in, and had the same result. I remesured the slug, and in one very small spot slightly off center on the skirt, it's about .0005 out. So I found a set of 5.3 flat tops local, and this was the result...
Clearly 4.8 rods. Called the guy and he said he was told he had a 5.3. Oh well he have me my money back, and I found yet another set of pistons. This time the correct ones.
So I stuffed the one piston in, new cam and lifters from Tick, ls2 timing chain, and installed the arp head studs.
Those are ls9 gaskets, and the I copper coated them for a little extra sealing power.
Before I put the driver side head on I found a broken exhaust bolt. So I tried to take it out on the bench. After breaking 2 easy outs, and a drill bit I ended up trashing the head. I have 862 heads, but luckily a buddy have me a set of 706s. (Which are the same thing as 853, and 862 heads) so I'll have mismatched casting number heads, how's that for budget? Lol! So I have to clean that other head off and change over my Brian tooly springs, keepers ect over.
But in the mean time I set the old head on, my new holley valve covers with the coils mounted to see how it would all look.
My blow off valve, t6 flange, gasket, and weld in exhaust scavenger fitting came in.
I cleaned up my intake, and mounted my 120# injectors and fuel rails.
Couldn't help but set the intercooler up to see how it would look. It's 27x12.5x4.5
And lastly, my new circle D 3500 converter.
Once I get the head on I'll be happy. Then after that I need to figure out my accessory drive stuff, and then I can stuff the engin and trans in the car, and it will be ready for the turbo fabrication work. I'm starting to get very excited.
So when I took the engine apart I had to beat the number 1 piston out. I figured since the heads were off for a few years it was just all the crap binding up in it. Piston mesured fine.
When I went to assemble the engine I went to put the same piston back in, and had the same result. I remesured the slug, and in one very small spot slightly off center on the skirt, it's about .0005 out. So I found a set of 5.3 flat tops local, and this was the result...
Clearly 4.8 rods. Called the guy and he said he was told he had a 5.3. Oh well he have me my money back, and I found yet another set of pistons. This time the correct ones.
So I stuffed the one piston in, new cam and lifters from Tick, ls2 timing chain, and installed the arp head studs.
Those are ls9 gaskets, and the I copper coated them for a little extra sealing power.
Before I put the driver side head on I found a broken exhaust bolt. So I tried to take it out on the bench. After breaking 2 easy outs, and a drill bit I ended up trashing the head. I have 862 heads, but luckily a buddy have me a set of 706s. (Which are the same thing as 853, and 862 heads) so I'll have mismatched casting number heads, how's that for budget? Lol! So I have to clean that other head off and change over my Brian tooly springs, keepers ect over.
But in the mean time I set the old head on, my new holley valve covers with the coils mounted to see how it would all look.
My blow off valve, t6 flange, gasket, and weld in exhaust scavenger fitting came in.
I cleaned up my intake, and mounted my 120# injectors and fuel rails.
Couldn't help but set the intercooler up to see how it would look. It's 27x12.5x4.5
And lastly, my new circle D 3500 converter.
Once I get the head on I'll be happy. Then after that I need to figure out my accessory drive stuff, and then I can stuff the engin and trans in the car, and it will be ready for the turbo fabrication work. I'm starting to get very excited.
