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09-25-2007, 08:38 AM
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that's nice if i'm there but i don't have to be! Want to make it as easy as i can on you (working around my schedule as well as your own). plus looks like it's a 5 hr trip driving so i'm definit. thinking about flying out there...How far is the airport from your house and could you pick me up?
did the booster arrive yet?
any word from vintage air?
did the booster arrive yet?
any word from vintage air?
09-25-2007, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by killer71
that's nice if i'm there but i don't have to be! Want to make it as easy as i can on you (working around my schedule as well as your own). plus looks like it's a 5 hr trip driving so i'm definit. thinking about flying out there...How far is the airport from your house and could you pick me up?
did the booster arrive yet?
any word from vintage air?
did the booster arrive yet?
any word from vintage air?
09-26-2007, 05:57 PM
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Those are craftsmenship skills I could only dream of having. Unreal job. I wonder what it would cost to have someone do what you did. Probably priceless, not to mention it would probably never turn out as nice.
09-26-2007, 09:20 PM
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got the new sony deck installed.... some may wanna butcher me cause i had to cut a pefect dash, but IMO its for the better...the lights match the VA control panel so everything looks matching:metal: .here the pics... PS the paint chipped while useing the streight saw, and it'll be touched up 
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. Swapping dashes out isn't that bad of a job, just all the spot welds on the windshield frame 
09-26-2007, 10:02 PM
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I just noticed you moved to Tulsa. That explains the 'delay' in project updates last month.
Looks good. I'm eager to see how the final product turns out. I see you talking about the dyno... Did you add a cam or any internal upgrades while you had a chance?
Looks good. I'm eager to see how the final product turns out. I see you talking about the dyno... Did you add a cam or any internal upgrades while you had a chance?
09-27-2007, 06:16 PM
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yea i moved and that slowed things up a bit, but im getting things going again.... no a cam wasnt added, cause the DOD would (short story) make the cam act smaller, or a custom grind would be need....here is a little more info on the cam thing (near the end of the LH6 info)
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Operationally, the LH6 always deactivates the same four cylinders in the firing order (1, 4, 6 and 7). According to Meaghan, lifter design and pushrod length are the same for all eight cylinders, but camshaft lobe profiles are different for the cylinders, which are deactivated. (This seems, in part, to contradict the GM media website, which states, "...in displacement-on-demand equipped engines, half of the cylinders have unique two-piece valve lifters..." -this being an important stipulation for those wanting to swap camshafts.)
For hot rodders wanting to modify their DOD-equipped LH6s, it's important to know that the switching lifter has a lift limitation of 15mm (at the valve). The factory cam uses 12.2mm of that (about .480 inch), giving the LH6 a theoretical valve lift limit of .590 inch. It's worth noting that this limit is for the lifter; a different valve spring would almost surely have to be used at this valve lift. Interestingly, it seems possible to grind a custom camshaft, which would only provide increased lift and duration to the non-DOD cylinders (2, 3, 5 and 8), thus allowing higher lift with standard non-switching lifters in those cylinders.
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http://www.superchevy.com/technical/.../0405sc_gmdod/
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Operationally, the LH6 always deactivates the same four cylinders in the firing order (1, 4, 6 and 7). According to Meaghan, lifter design and pushrod length are the same for all eight cylinders, but camshaft lobe profiles are different for the cylinders, which are deactivated. (This seems, in part, to contradict the GM media website, which states, "...in displacement-on-demand equipped engines, half of the cylinders have unique two-piece valve lifters..." -this being an important stipulation for those wanting to swap camshafts.)
For hot rodders wanting to modify their DOD-equipped LH6s, it's important to know that the switching lifter has a lift limitation of 15mm (at the valve). The factory cam uses 12.2mm of that (about .480 inch), giving the LH6 a theoretical valve lift limit of .590 inch. It's worth noting that this limit is for the lifter; a different valve spring would almost surely have to be used at this valve lift. Interestingly, it seems possible to grind a custom camshaft, which would only provide increased lift and duration to the non-DOD cylinders (2, 3, 5 and 8), thus allowing higher lift with standard non-switching lifters in those cylinders.
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http://www.superchevy.com/technical/.../0405sc_gmdod/
09-27-2007, 07:32 PM
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what about doing a custom cam that would be bigger on the valves that deactivate. So economy would remain the same while driving down the road, but then you get into, and you have even more power.
Just a thought that I'd throw out there.
Just a thought that I'd throw out there.
09-27-2007, 07:37 PM
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what about doing a custom cam that would be bigger on the valves that deactivate. So economy would remain the same while driving down the road, but then you get into, and you have even more power.
Just a thought that I'd throw out there.
Just a thought that I'd throw out there.
10-06-2007, 09:49 PM
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this is absolutelly sick! me and my dad are looking to build one for him and mom when they retire in the next 5-10 years, and he gave me the OK to put a LSx motor in it!! i cant wait, and will definatelly keep these threads of yours in my favorites. Might contact you for questions once it gets rolling if you dont mind. Thanks man, rodney
10-07-2007, 11:16 AM
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this is absolutelly sick! me and my dad are looking to build one for him and mom when they retire in the next 5-10 years, and he gave me the OK to put a LSx motor in it!! i cant wait, and will definatelly keep these threads of yours in my favorites. Might contact you for questions once it gets rolling if you dont mind. Thanks man, rodney
