what "Re-Build" actuall means.
have fun with the rebuild and put in a bigger crank if you want to up the displacement but you can't bore it because the walls are already too thin. a 6.0 iron block=success but a 5.7 aluminum block=fail
i was told this by a few different engine builders and the guys at soggen dickey and texas speed said the same thing 
04-08-2010, 12:01 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAfdq...eature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQfh6...eature=channel
04-12-2010, 12:05 AM
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that is an awesome vid. I have another friend at my unit, he has a '99 T/A. He told me that the camaros ls1 engine could be removed from the top but T/A's had to be dropped from the bottom only? sounds alil weird to me but is it true? I had just brung up the subject of a cam swap. I thought u could just remove the radiator to make space to do the swap, is a engine drop neccessary? wth...
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his T/A is badass but I know he's a cocky arrigant ******...My advice/opnion wouldn't matter to him. one of those guys you can't them ****...
Although I took my buddy who has an Evo X for a ride and was highly impressed, I think he might be reconsidering those 4cyl's and converting him to bigger blocks...his evo 10 is nice and all but it's not even close to being worth $30K
Although I took my buddy who has an Evo X for a ride and was highly impressed, I think he might be reconsidering those 4cyl's and converting him to bigger blocks...his evo 10 is nice and all but it's not even close to being worth $30K
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With the $$$ that you're buddy is spending on a rebuilt...he sould just buy a short block from a sponser...and slap on the heads if their in good condition, it will be around the same amount spent.
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^^^ who is a decent priced sponser for blocks? or crate's? If my compression test looks bad enough, I may just go with a new block cause I'm already missing an ear off the bottom of the block for one of the starter supports. ( and since LS1 are aluminum, hard to find that welder, plus I would still need the ear lol )...had a shop bolt a bracket up for me, Good, decent Temp fix.
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that is an awesome vid. I have another friend at my unit, he has a '99 T/A. He told me that the camaros ls1 engine could be removed from the top but T/A's had to be dropped from the bottom only? sounds alil weird to me but is it true? I had just brung up the subject of a cam swap. I thought u could just remove the radiator to make space to do the swap, is a engine drop neccessary? wth...
I did my cam swap without dropping my motor. All I did was remove the radiator (and all parts blocking that). It was a fairly easy process, although I had removed the entire top half of my engine (other then the heads), But that's because I was also doing an intake manifold swap. Shouldn't be hard to get the cam out and in.
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I did my cam swap without dropping my motor. All I did was remove the radiator (and all parts blocking that). It was a fairly easy process, although I had removed the entire top half of my engine (other then the heads), But that's because I was also doing an intake manifold swap. Shouldn't be hard to get the cam out and in.
but yeah thats what I was thinking, remove the radiator, did u make a mess? lol
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