King Nothing

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ticking like a sewing machine?

caseypryan

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No. It wasn't the usual sewwing machine. It was a clicking or chatter. It started up really bad and loud.

87gtNOS

Did you leave it running at about 2000 rpm for a few minutes....maybe your lifters needed to pump up?
My 5.0 was famous for this trick!!

caseypryan

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I think the push rods are too long possibly. and the lifters may have collapsed. I'm not sure.

caseypryan

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Figured it out. One of the rocker arms came loose! runs like a champ now!

caseypryan

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MUCH BETTER SOUND CLIP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Egjs-3kJHI

sjsingle1

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sounds good !!!

King Nothing

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damn that sounds good! can't wait to see your track numbers and your dyno numbers

TXZ28LS1

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casey,

great soundclip man. the TR230 definitely has some sick lope to it. I also am waiting to see your numbers man. It would be great to see how much power is made with a reverse split and some heads.

sayed_000

sounds good !!

caseypryan

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Thanks guys! please keep the comments coming. I'm taking it to an exhaust shop for some finishing touches.
Here are some more pictures of the build as well!

LilJayV10

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Except for the oil pump and the oil pump pick up tube I was surprised how easy the top end of these motors are to work on. There were fewer wires than the LT1 cars I have worked on in the past. I have no experience with the bottom end of an LS engine.

bene

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Yeah, it was relatively easy for a newb, like me.

Sounds good OP.

LilJayV10

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I popped my LS cherry with my H/C/I/E swap.

OP,

What changes are you having done at the exhaust shop?

caseypryan

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No changes. Just having them weld a new o2 bung on the driver side..it got stripped..and having them make my CME tips PERFECT. They're a few cm's off and little low for my taste

King Nothing

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awesome keep us posted!!!

caseypryan

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Also I might mention at first I had some real trouble getting oil pressure upon first start up. I didn't have time to work on it because I had to go to work but mike hooked the battery up to a charger and cranked it like crazy and it still didn't build up. So he startedd it and within a couple second it jumped right up to 60. oil pressure is great now.

And I chose 7.4 push rods because texas speed says they have been usuing 7.425 lately along with others. Pat G recommended 7.425 with stock heads and I'm milled .020

Valve train sewwing machine noise is very very minimal.

blsnelling

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What muffler do you have? Sounds great with the cam. Any drone/resonance?

slt200mph

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Just a FYI for the OP ... you did not have to unhook your AC compressor to do a heads/cam swap.

caseypryan

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I have SLP D/D muffler but the second video is just cut out opened. I haven't had it higher than 2500 or so since it's not tuned I don't want it to go lean..

I know I didn't have to take out the AC condenser, I just chose to so I would have more room to work with. It's not hard to just fill it back up.