Where in Norcal are you ?

And nice job on the cam swap, I know shops charge too much !

I now do things myself with the help of LS1tech members

 

getting a new intake manifold?

 

I live in Pacifica and my mods to come are as follows:
MS3, Patriot Gold Dual Valve Springs, LS2 Timing Chain, LS6 Ported Oil Pump, Powerbond 25% UD pulley, Pacesetter race ceramic Long Tubes, TSP True Duals with dual manual cut outs, ummmm..... MSD 8.5 Wires, NGK TR55, and LS6 Intake Manifold. I think that is it

 

Headers arrived today and i finished 5 out of 16 valve springs (pain in the ***) should have more pics tomorrow...

 

Get a good valve spring tool if you can, you be thankful in the end.

Did you remove the A/C condenser just because you thought it would be easier?

 

Looks to me as though he's doing a full A/C delete. Saves a lot of weight.


Looks good! But personally I wouldn't have bought cut-outs for the TSP duals.

 

Congrats on an awesome setup!

Post vids when its all done

 

Nice, i remember doing my MS3 install. I thought i got in way over my head while doing it, but at the end i thought it was fun and wanted to do another one.
-JOel

 

I have the $13 crow bar tool thing and now i have the hang of it so its working ok. And yes i am putting the car on a diet and deleting the AC i never use it. And as far as the cutouts go im not a fan of them, i bought the set up with them already used for $200 and its in good condition so im not trippin , And i am having alot of fun with this swap but i cant wait to jump in this thing and go. Im working on a video cam, anyone who lives in nor cal feel free to help me out and film it im hopefully gonna be at newtech to get it tuned on saturday.

 

Nice job, looking foward to the end results

 

It's nice to have detailed pictures to document a build like this.

 

Great write up so far. Keep the pics going!

 

Ya i cant wait till its done and tuned, im almost on schedule but im set back at tad and im also furious. I cracked one of the locks that hold the valve on the spring during installation on the second to last spring . So im gonna see what i can do about that tomorrow. Pics of progress coming tomorrow.

 

No big, any Chevy dealer should stock that.

I forget the part number, but we had to do that with my friend because he just outright dropped one in my mechanic's pit and it was lost forever.

 

No ive gotta get after market because they are dual valve springs....

 

My PRCs used the same locks as factory, now if you're talking about the retainers, then that will have to come from Patriot; I think.

 

I tried to get PRC locks but i have super 7 locks so they are 2 times bigger....

 

I Finished the cam install Video of the tune should come monday And more pics of the finished project.

 

here are the pics from where i left off to where i finished:

the new oil sending unit


passenger side header



drivers side header


getting everything uder the vavle covers tightened up:


LS6 Coolant crossover plates:


installing the LS6 intake


intake went in with some dificulty.. but we got it


everything is coming together!


business end of the Pacesetter LTs


all DONE!!


ill get some sound clips and dyno runs tomorrow

 

The patriot springs use the super 7 locks...the PRC use stock locks. Super 7 locks are nice, but hard to come by if you need them on a whim.

Glad to see you finished trent. I got a charger for the camera, so I can take some video for you. you just need to get a mini DVD so I can burn to it.