ok Thunder Racing said my ls6 conversion for the pcv along with the ls6 coolant lines block offs and the y pipe bump hanger will be here by tuesday so prolly no real updates till tuesdayish. until then ill probably put the header on along with the coil packs and the rest of the exhaust

 

way to stick with it......

 

uh-oh!! Another update! Passenger side header is on, and look what else is finished now...

 

Great.

Check your rear end fluid before it's off the lift.

 

ok i jsut read all 17 pages of this thread. and all eleventy billion of the other thread from a year ago..

All i gotta say is good luck Charlie. Looks like you have a finally touched the learning curve.

I have a 228/232 cam and i am using 7.425 PRs... Now my heads are stock 241s and are not milled, so i have no idea what affect that has with using the 7.3 PRs...

but anyways, good luck i am antisipating the start up video

 

did even more today. Lined up my front bumper better closed the gaps on the fenders, working on finishing up the passenger headlight this weekend and tracking down the hood latching components. Also have all the exhaust tied up and adjusted fairly well. just need to mount my POS spohn d/s loop. Also got the fans in and hooked up, all the water hoses are hooked up as well and the air lid tray is on.

sorry no pics, I'll get them tomorrow

 

boy oh boy did I work my *** off today!

Finished all of the exhaust, its wrapped in heat tape, fully adjusted
oil pan is all bolted up and theres now oil in the car
got the tranny dipstick tube in and the oil tube
did some more body work
serviced the rear end
all connections are hooked up except for the obvious ones (intake coils injectors)
valley cover is off awaiting LS6 PCV

 

Sweet! You need to go update on FBL.

 

yeaaa I suppose I'll post these on up over there for ya

 

Important announcement!

Tomorrow is the big day (for the 3rd time)!

Everything is hooked up at this point, jsut plugging in my coil packs and putting my spark plug wires on and starting i up. Everyone say a prayer that everyhting goes well, its time for me to get a damn break!

 

well lets just hope you put oil in it lol

 

lol yes 5 qts and even put on a fancy K&N filter.

 

only 5 and a K&N Filter?

in for breakage

 

Hmmm... you using the K&N truck filter? The "2006" or whatever one?

 

if your using K&N oil filter HP 2006, you will need more than 5 qts....

All i can say Charlie is good luck...

I can not wait for the vid

*crosses fingers*

 

oh god.

taint if you fkk up the oil change just sell the damn car, we wont laugh out loud in your fac3

 

OK good news.....


The car cranked.....and started right up!


The bad news.....

Oil pressure never came up. He let it run for about 10 seconds and then shut it down. Sending unit is hooked up. He did re verify there was oil in the motor. the oil pump is brand new so I dont think its that. He's going to crank it some to see if the system primes up.

Suggestions?

 

put more than 5 quarts in?

 

I did think that, and even told him to last night. But right now, thats not going to keep it from getting pressure.

 

They hold 5.5 quarts with a normal filter. The K&N holds about .25 quarts more oil. It might not be the problem, but it's a bad idea to have it like that. Did you pre oil the filter? Might not be showing pressure because of a dry start.