Darton MID sleeve will cost you over $3K and some machining will be needed after. If you have a LS3 block, take a look at ERL's offerings. Complete dry sleeve short block around $5K. If you have a few more bucks and are serious about FI in the future, look at the Superdeck. Put a set of MAST LS7 heads on top and you will have a foundation for whatever you want in the future.

Lots of fun spending other folks money.

 

Targeting a late May completion on mine...fingers are crossed!!

 

yeah, hell yeah.
well i hope things work out for you.
WE'll have to meet up, maybe we all could cruise and meet up with powertour together.
you'd have to keep up though ha

 

what did you mean by this?

 

Well. That will be interesting....hope you bring more than a 427, lol

 

oh, its not me to worry about haha. ill be trying to keep up with you more likely.
its the people im going with that is the issue lmao.

 

Were going with ls3 heads (stage 3)

were gonna shoot for around 600-650 crank.
so lets cross the fingers.
im going up to the shop monday.

another update for the body.
were doing a gmmg wide body kit for the rear quarters
were also using 345 nittos

 

where you ordering the heads from?

 

not ordering, just going with stock castings for now.
stage 3's

next year if i want to make some more power. were gonna go with the small bore ls7 heads. and have those massaged
but for now, im only lookin for around 600-650 crank hp.

next year might wanna bumb it up to 8.
and thats when well do that.

 

What I was asking is who is doing the stage 3 porting

 

Wow! sounds killer-got pics of project? How did you obtain a GMMG Wide body kit? CIA Contacts in the sandbox??

 

Its about $1,900 for the sleeves to dry sleeve a block, machine work, stress relief, installation and decking. Boring, honing, align honing runs about $600 additional.
You need to send them your pistons, main and head hardware so they can do the finish hone work.

Thats everything to prep the block for assembly.

Do it....you wish you had if you don't.

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haha, its a gmmg STYLE lol, it'll look very close. but no. i didnt go to the cia and ask for gmmg rear quarters haha.

 

were having the block sleeved, (apparently the stroke is really big for the (stock sleev and causes the piston exposure including part of the rings and in time will cause premature oil burn and quicker intervals of rebuild.)
so yes were having it sleeved but keeping the same bore.

 

and the stage 3 porting will be done by a guy who did my friends heads. hes down the road and has gottin stage 3 ls3s to flow between 360 and 370 depending on certain factors.

 

hope the guy down the road knows what he's doing. Does he have the right equipment like a cnc machine or is just gonna hog them out with a die grinder? There is a weak spot in the L92/LS3 heads somewhere.... can't remember where but if to much material is taken out than you will have a very good chance of failure. Drops a valve i believe. It's something to do with the spring pocket that protrudes down into the runners. Someone help me out if you know what i'm talking about.
I wouldnt let bob down the street touch my heads, send them off to WCCH, or TEA and have it done right.

 

hmm. good points, ill call them first thing and see if they know about it. If not then i wont have it done.
I talked to WCCH the other day. seemed like they know there ****.

 

WCCH, Texas Speed or TEA= all proven power makers...wouldn't let anyone else touch them...

 

Tea??

 

total engine airflow. http://www.totalengineairflow.com/pr.../gmhead/gml92/ I dropped my heads off personally to them. They are in the same facility as trick flow, and know there ****.