The must haves?
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Staging Lane
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The must haves? I have an ls2, tsp 402 stroker, tsp heads cam and all the other main parts. But what little extra things should you get? I’m talking about the metal barbel thing and all those that people seem to not talk that much about.
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have a good motor guy check the line bore.
balance the rotating assembly.
Line boring can make a nice moor spin even better. Especially if your block is not "perfectly" centered.
A really precision balance can make a motor gain power well especially at the top end.
balance the rotating assembly.
Line boring can make a nice moor spin even better. Especially if your block is not "perfectly" centered.
A really precision balance can make a motor gain power well especially at the top end.
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As far as pieces-
a new oil pump (high volume/pressure if running loose clearances, high pressure if not),
new GM lifter trays if not running link bars,
new lifters,
good quality pushrods,
new cam retainer plate (as mentioned above) and bolts,
new cam chain,
trunnion kit (either CHE bushing or caged needle)
billet barbell (as you mention)
a new oil pump (high volume/pressure if running loose clearances, high pressure if not),
new GM lifter trays if not running link bars,
new lifters,
good quality pushrods,
new cam retainer plate (as mentioned above) and bolts,
new cam chain,
trunnion kit (either CHE bushing or caged needle)
billet barbell (as you mention)
Getting rocker wipe pattern as close to perfect as possible by shimming the rocker stands.
I think it helps improve reliability & durability because a good wipe pattern does less side loading on the valve. Ran a heads & cam LS1 set up this way for 100,000 + miles with the h&c package.
I think it helps improve reliability & durability because a good wipe pattern does less side loading on the valve. Ran a heads & cam LS1 set up this way for 100,000 + miles with the h&c package.
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Getting rocker wipe pattern as close to perfect as possible by shimming the rocker stands.
I think it helps improve reliability & durability because a good wipe pattern does less side loading on the valve. Ran a heads & cam LS1 set up this way for 100,000 + miles with the h&c package.
I think it helps improve reliability & durability because a good wipe pattern does less side loading on the valve. Ran a heads & cam LS1 set up this way for 100,000 + miles with the h&c package.
This YT installation material, I've seen.
YT's own install guide for YT's
LS1 - How To - Yella Terra - from 2003
FWIW - my friend that did a set of Jesel roller rockers, said it was a very slow fiddly process, much more so than shimming stock rockers. The wipe patterns ended up ideal etc.
Wish you the best with the project and look forward to results.
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...od-length.html
That thread helped me, also having Tony Mamo available on the phone was useful. I have some posts at the end of that thread, one useful thing is that finding shims with a 20mm outer diameter (which is what the YT supplied ones are) was basically impossible for me (n the UK) off the shelf. I had the 10mm bolt upgrade on mine, and M10 shims typically come with a 16mm OD.
Turns out this 16mm OD fits perfectly on top of the rocker pedestal, and so you can get plenty of different thickness shims off the shelf. Apologies for the metric units
That thread helped me, also having Tony Mamo available on the phone was useful. I have some posts at the end of that thread, one useful thing is that finding shims with a 20mm outer diameter (which is what the YT supplied ones are) was basically impossible for me (n the UK) off the shelf. I had the 10mm bolt upgrade on mine, and M10 shims typically come with a 16mm OD.
Turns out this 16mm OD fits perfectly on top of the rocker pedestal, and so you can get plenty of different thickness shims off the shelf. Apologies for the metric units
