She's Alive!!!
 

She fired up tonight :D :cheers: :chug:

Sounds friggin sweeeeeeeet. I'm so excited can't wait to get her on the road!

Big thanks to PurEvl for the LS6 :judge:
Thanks to everyone who put up with my questions over the last few days - (Mike, Keith and especially Don). Also big thanks to Kevin, George, Scott, Ginter, and the new guy for helping with tools, parts runs and getting dirty.

I'll post up when she hits the streets ;)

God I am stoked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :devil: :burn:

awesome man, good to hear. cant wait to see how it runs

sweet :) good to hear mike i know its been killing ya to turn that key again

W00t!

Good stuff, bring it down to Don's sometime.

I need to get my Camaro battery juiced up again then I'm gonna wash the car, it'll be the first time in about 2 months. Marcel has my good detailing stuff so all I can do is wash n wax the car, oh well.

Your gonna wash and wax my car... Awesome man! :jest:

Took it for the first test flight today. Maybe I am paranoid, but I'm hearing every little noise. Maybe Don or someone can tell me what acceptable valvetrain noise sounds like??? or if I was supposed to shim the windage tray? God am I paranoid... and I didn't even smoke the funny stuff. If all goes well, she'll be at Don's this Saturday :D I'm gonna hook her up to a scan tool tomorrow at school and make sure she's good electrically.

The Valvetrain will make some noise with that big Cam in there.The windage tray doesn't need to be shimmed(well Mikes wasn't).

Did you say big cam? :drool: :jest:

Like a tapping at idle? Seems to go away with RPM though... I dunno, as soon as she cools completely, I'm going for another quick spin.

got your message...does it go away when it heats up at all?

Not at idle, never really changes with temp - I'll pay closer attention on my second ride - it's tough to keep the cutout closed though :)

Mike, I got to hear this beast this weekend :chug:

rod bearing... :eek2: :lurk:

My Paranoia was going away... until now. :rolleyes:

I am not sure the rocker adjustment methods on an LS1...but if it were me, I would readjust the rocker arms while the car was running. If it doesnt go away and it is still loud, then perhaps you need to worry.

Don't worry about the LT1 boy :eyes: He's still in the stone age :)

ya rod bearing on a motor thats been flawless at 700hp and has only 12k on it :jest: :jest:

oh an mike if you try to adjust them while its running please video it for me because it will be comedy gold

It sure would... Here hold these coil packs... :jest:

Well I took her out for a beating today to make sure all was well and the valvetrain got louder again. I don't think she'll make the trip home :( Those pushrods must be too short or something. I'm just going to order the tool and measure for the right size. Unless you guys can fix it on site when I get her home... ;)

and yeah... she felt like a friggin BEAST :devil:

if dons got the pushrods and you baby it up im sure one of us could get it done

Valvetrain noise with XE-R's is normal.

Get some GOOD oil (Amsoil 2000 0W-30) or Redline 10W-30 and it should diminish the sound.. this was done right on TTP's dyno once- noise disappeared after the Amsoil went in.