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Old Jun 4, 2003 | 05:51 PM
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What is a good resource for the average "Do it yourselfer"? I'll tell you what, I loved it when it came time to do some work on the 92 Silverado. Not a problem in sight. The LS1 on the other hand... jeeeeeze. I wouldn't mind getting my hands on a good reference manual for the LS1.
The GM shop manual is all we have for LS1s right now, but it covers it pretty good. It will never be as easy as your Silverado; <same size block, smaller engine compartment> = major asspain!
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Old Jun 4, 2003 | 06:04 PM
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The GM shop manual is not all you have, my site helps out as well:
http://www.ls1howto.com

I've got head only swap, heads/cam swap, and next week there will be a cam only (with spring) swap. You don't need the $100 gm manuals to do these very simple modifications.
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Old Jun 4, 2003 | 07:03 PM
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I went exclusively by jmx's site and it worked great.
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Old Jun 4, 2003 | 08:45 PM
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The GM shop manual is not all you have, my site helps out as well:
http://www.ls1howto.com

I've got head only swap, heads/cam swap, and next week there will be a cam only (with spring) swap. You don't need the $100 gm manuals to do these very simple modifications.
Sorry about that, what I meant to say was the GM shop manual is the only book we have, not the only resource; my mistake. I've been to your howto page and have to say it's very well done; didn't mean to discount that at all. In fact, I have printed out your LS6 PCV mod and heads &amp; cam install; would be nice to see just a cam install since that's what I'll be doing next. You have to admit though, it's still nice to have the shop manual since it's a very complete manual that covers everything on the car with all the proper torque numbers.
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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 01:25 AM
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Cal, I understand what you were trying to say, don't worry. And all the torque specs in my documents come straight from the GM manuals so they are proper as well.
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