No secrets allowed here on Tech. You have unlimited funds, the ability to source parts that are non-existent, and secret machine facilities. Heck…you don’t need us.

 

Now I have to start to wonder...

Why does a guy with multiple 1000+ hp vehicles including a 1300 hp fox body, an infinite budget, and friends that do engine machine work come here to ask about how to build an 800 rwhp LS engine?

 

Nice how you say what many out here might be thinking.....

 

No budget, owns a machine shop, why ask strangers questions?

Seriously have a point! If he knew better he wouldnt build an engine for 800

 

Don't care.

Would be happy to use a greatly known and reputable machine shop, a guy whom I worked with moved jobs and now owns a machine shop. Pretty much everyone who I currently work with and have / build their own cars use him as we get great deals and he does a great job.

I'm not keeping secrets, I do not have unlimited funds, just enough to consider spending tens of thousands on random projects whenever i ******* feel like it. My workplace can source any part anywhere in the world for whatever they need. Not secret. I don't build LS engines and I have 0 experience with them.

I didn't build my foxbody it's what the mighty car community might call bought not built. You cannot possibly presume to know anything about me off of the little details you've read from me so far. My foxbody is far from reliable and isn't at all street legal. I have driven plenty of 1000hp plus vehicles I do not own plenty of 1000hp vehicles. I am not only sourcing information from people online, I have people irl whom I am also asking questions and talking to, it's always smart comparing information especially newly learned information with someone who is more knowledgeable in the area.

Don't care.

Don't care.

 

Um...I was giving you a link for LSX parts but it looks like you have that figured out as well.

 

If it's stock parts I'm good but thank you I appreciate it! The company I work for use brand new GM crate engines for testing, we usually throw out the majority of the stock parts and they're basically free rain to any employee who wants them.

 

drop it my way.


you guys are all worse than a sewing circle. lol.

 

That's OK. He doesn't care.... LOL

 

Who is this place that tests GM crate engines and who is the machine shop that everyone you know that works there uses for their engine builds?

You said you aren’t keeping secrets...

you’ve never built an LS but work for a place that tests gm crate engines and throws away all the stock parts?

 

Why would I care about negative comments on an information seeking thread. You're over triple my age I'm sure you have great knowledge you can share with someone whom is getting into something they've never gotten into before.

I am not telling you where I work why on earth would I do that this is the internet. It's a Chemical Additive testing facility. Driveline, fuel, engine oil additives, etc. It seems to me as if you're pushing yourself into attempting to discredit something for who knows what reason. Quit acting like you have all of the information off of a few of my posts, you sound like a child. For someone who's been on a forum such as this for that long you'd imagine the information that top Engine testing facilities throwing away new parts and even engines is not new to you. As I test and monitor the engines I do not build them, nor do I assemble them in the testing cells in which I operate that is up to the Technicians which specialize on those exact engines. There are many engines in which we use for testing, for example VW TDI engines, V6 Chrysler engines which are the most popular for us, LS based engines not limited to LSX blocks. Does that make sense to you?

 

I don’t care if you insult me or talk down to me.


I don’t know anything about you that is why I asked more about your background yet you keep getting defensive. You are still avoiding telling us the name of the machinist or machine shop that does work for everyone you know with 1000+ hp engines. Who is the machinist? It would help everyone to know who reputable machinists and engine builders are. You said you’re not keeping secrets correct.

 

Insinuating that I am lying is not considered asking me of my background. And why are you claiming that I stated everyone whom I know uses the previous coworker and now machinist. I am not giving you their name quit speculating, If you were even genuinely a little bit interested in the information you wouldn't come off as a speculating *******. And I will be building my engine as it is my project, one I wish to work on. I am only here to gain information on the best parts for what I am attempting to build. "You said you’re not keeping secrets correct." I am going to stop responding to you, you're only attempting to annoy me, act your age.

 

Nobody runs around at peak boost so you won't always have 800-ish HP. But I'd you're stuck on a turbo build it's not that difficult. It can be expensive but be prepared for a transmission, driveshaft, and rear to go along with it. Then suspension is needed. All in you will be $30-40k in at a minimum to do it right. I don't know your financial position but if you're good with dropping that much I say go for it.

 

When someone says stock parts to me in the LS world I assume were referring to GM production parts not GM Performance Parts. The LSX comes from GM Performance Parts.

 

So now you’ve insulted me and called me names multiple times yet I’ve not said anything derogatory of you. I don’t care what you think of me.

So you will not share info that would be helpful to us yet you want us to give you info. Most of the good info shared you came back with a negative and dismissive tone. You have ignored a lot of good info and sound like you already know the answers so why come here and ask us?

 

Oh I wasn't even aware of that, some of the parts we throw away for example are the coil packs, pistons after they are graded, cams, push rods, valve springs, etc.

The car is currently running a fairly expensive suspension setup from it's previous build state, bc coilovers, complete spl adjustable arms, basically new polyurethane bushings all around, hodgkins swaybars. I was learning towards a 4L80E trans and I already found swap kits that support the wished hp including driveshafts. The driveshaft I would be going for is a Carbon fiber driveshaft included in the swap kit from LOJ. Thanks for the info

 

Only a couple of people have come onto this thread being childish you being one of them, it's as if you can't read your own tone when typing those messages. You've come off as a insinuating and speculative person throughout all of your messages to me, I have taken all of the good information given to me on this thread with Thank you's. That information is not at all helpful to for you in assisting me, if you have any machine shops you would like for me to take a look at you're welcome to send me a few. But instead you're clenching onto the ex coworker whom I was most likely going to use instead, which doesn't matter.

 

I don't get fooling around building a turbo LSX when you can buy a Tesla that goes 0-6 in 3 seconds. Maybe make a mix tape of your favorite exhaust sounds and blast them from the stereo. I'm joking around.

I'd go with LS3 heads for a turbo, a Holley intake, headers, get Pat G to tune it and be golden.

 

Haha Teslas are cool imo from a technology standpoint they're not fun to drive at least for me. LS3 heads even over brodix? I heard a lot of good things about brodix heads. If I were to go with LS3 heads I'd be getting all of the headwork done so do you have any recommendations on where I could have that done?