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Old Mar 9, 2013 | 07:58 AM
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You'll want to put a 24x reluctor onto the crank, so it'll work with the car's ECM. You'll also need to drill out a couple holes bigger and tap for knock sensors. Think you have to change the cam postion sensor too and some other things.
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Originally Posted by 30th t/a
are you going to have to flycut the pistons?
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You'll want to put a 24x reluctor onto the crank, so it'll work with the car's ECM. You'll also need to drill out a couple holes bigger and tap for knock sensors. Think you have to change the cam postion sensor too and some other things.
24x relucter is already been done and tapped the side of the block for my knock sensors and using the LS2 front cover with timing sensor with 1x timing gear.

This week I did some clean up and smoothed out the rough casting to the exhaust ports and just blended the valve seats on the intake side on the heads.
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taking donations to get this thing done......LOL
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 09:55 PM
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taking donations to get this thing done......LOL
It looks great! I have my ls3 swap running now and it is fantastic. Hang in there mine was a 9 month journey.
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 10:34 PM
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bout time you get some work done lol. **** adds up quick, I'm waiting on more funds to finish mine as well, hopefully by June. Looking good though!
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just need a few parts, Cam "Polluter", timing set, oil pump, head gaskets, front and rear covers and push rods.
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Quit being a wuss and get it done!! Lol, I'm in the same boat, hoping to have the heads sometime in May, getting tired of staring at an assembled short block
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Old Apr 27, 2013 | 10:34 AM
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GREAT WORK MAN , im doing a ls3 swap as well , milled ported heads as well 12-1 compression and looking to do a polluter as well
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Originally Posted by Knight-Z06
GREAT WORK MAN , im doing a ls3 swap as well , milled ported heads as well 12-1 compression and looking to do a polluter as well
Ls3 is the way to go!
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Getting Closer, got my oil pump Melling 10296, N-Motion single roller LS2 timing set, front and rear covers, pro.comp head studs and rockers and stands. All I need now is my cam, pushrods, Cometic .040 head gaskets and truions kit for my rockers to complete the motor.
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That great! I had to wait to get mine together but it well worth it. I went 11.30@121mph not even broke in.
Nice! Looking forward to getting mine at the track once I get some bugs sorted out
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Old Jun 11, 2013 | 04:07 PM
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got bored at work this week and made my own cutout, doing 3" Y pipe into a 4" single caback. heres my intermediate pipe with the cutout I made.

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Old Jun 11, 2013 | 09:40 PM
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Nice! Looking forward to getting mine at the track once I get some bugs sorted out
I know yours will fly!
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Still at a stand still due to work being slow.................
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Finally getting her finished up, hope to be running soon!
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Where did you get the block, and how much was it? I've got 190K on my stock LS1, and I think I'm getting a little rod knock. So, I'm thinking about starting an LS3 build as well.
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Originally Posted by fbodlovr
Where did you get the block, and how much was it? I've got 190K on my stock LS1, and I think I'm getting a little rod knock. So, I'm thinking about starting an LS3 build as well.
From a chevy dealer, it was around 1450 for the bare block.
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Really. That seems about in line from what I've been seeing for these blocks, new. Is there a reason you didnt just go with a pull out short block?
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That red looks sweet man! Makes me want to paint my block while it's on the stand now lol...keep us posted for sure on the build! Crazy how all the small things you need like gaskets, bolts, sensors add up fast!
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