a better view of my cracked piston
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On any of the Gen 3 V-8's is to fit the pre 2001 LS1 steam tubes. As the left rear of the engine (5 & 7 cylinders) run hotter because of the coolant flow.
This thread talks about it but only fior the LS6 PCV conversion. The importance of retaining the steam tubes isn't mentioned.......
https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...me-inside.html
There's some pictures and better idea of it here on an LQ4 build:
http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/lt...-ls1-mods.html
Here's what happened with my #7 piston (which cracked the engine block).
Enough to convince me to go forged.
On any of the Gen 3 V-8's is to fit the pre 2001 LS1 steam tubes. As the left rear of the engine (5 & 7 cylinders) run hotter because of the coolant flow.
This thread talks about it but only fior the LS6 PCV conversion. The importance of retaining the steam tubes isn't mentioned.......
https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...me-inside.html
There's some pictures and better idea of it here on an LQ4 build:
http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/lt...-ls1-mods.html
Here's what happened with my #7 piston (which cracked the engine block).
Enough to convince me to go forged.
Last edited by Sid447; Mar 12, 2009 at 09:12 PM.
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