Turbo LS6 Cap Walk?
Turbo LS6 Cap Walk? So I've been working on my 98 camaro ss for the past 4 months, its still on jack stands as we speak..
It started as a forged ls6 shortblock, with Trickflow 215 heads, custom mid 230's cam, ls6 intake,
But I ran into legal troubles and had to sell my H/C combo to help pay for stuff, anyhoot I've decided that I no longer want a budget H/C build..
Instead I'm going FI, single 76mm turbo, and Im getting things together and I've ran into one future problem that could arrise.
My shortblock is still sporting stock main caps and stock bolts... and I would hate to have cap walk on it, especially since it has forged rods and pistons and ARP rod bolts, stock crank..
the engine should be making 600-700 hp pretty easily, Im just worried now about the stock main caps + bolts..
any thoughts? opinions?
I've heard people running high boost and 600+ hp on stock ls1's with no problems, but I maybe wanted to hear some stories from people first hand who have done this or seen this..
I know i should have went lq4/lq9 but Im kinda already invested in this ls6 and its fairly new with 8k miles on it so i wanted to use it.
Is it necessary to pin the stock main caps and ARP main studs at the power level I'll be at 650-700? Or should the stockers hold up fine?
It started as a forged ls6 shortblock, with Trickflow 215 heads, custom mid 230's cam, ls6 intake,
But I ran into legal troubles and had to sell my H/C combo to help pay for stuff, anyhoot I've decided that I no longer want a budget H/C build..
Instead I'm going FI, single 76mm turbo, and Im getting things together and I've ran into one future problem that could arrise.
My shortblock is still sporting stock main caps and stock bolts... and I would hate to have cap walk on it, especially since it has forged rods and pistons and ARP rod bolts, stock crank..
the engine should be making 600-700 hp pretty easily, Im just worried now about the stock main caps + bolts..
any thoughts? opinions?
I've heard people running high boost and 600+ hp on stock ls1's with no problems, but I maybe wanted to hear some stories from people first hand who have done this or seen this..
I know i should have went lq4/lq9 but Im kinda already invested in this ls6 and its fairly new with 8k miles on it so i wanted to use it.
Is it necessary to pin the stock main caps and ARP main studs at the power level I'll be at 650-700? Or should the stockers hold up fine?
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Yeah I should have went ARP main studs for peace of mind, but I might have to risk it with stock main bolts because it'll be a complete engine disassembly to align hone for studs..
Do they make ARP main bolts? Not studs. And I heard the don't require lign honing? Any truth to this, I've searched and it's pretty empty
Do they make ARP main bolts? Not studs. And I heard the don't require lign honing? Any truth to this, I've searched and it's pretty empty
If I hurt the motor Ill just go bigger and badder anyway!!
