Originally Posted by Dr Chill

I recently received my motor from Steve. He's a nice guy but was not the easiest to deal with because it seems he sells more motors than he can handle. Total time from auction end to delivery was 3 months. That being said, I took the motor not yet completed because he had issues with the rocker clearances. When the motor arrived, the shop doing the install had no problem clearancing them. They did however discover that when turning the crank there was excessive resistance. Removing the timing cover revealed metal shavings where the chain was hitting the cover. I had to replace the timing set again and the cover had to be clearanced to fit the dual roller. Had this not been noticed, I suspect the motor could have been severely damaged from metal shavings or a broken chain. Anyway, the only thing affected was my wallet and after all is said and done, the motor runs very well with a very safe tune done before the motor was installed. It pulls very strongly and sounds awesome. Here are the specs:

LS2 408 (4.030 x 4.00)
Mahle -12cc pistons
Dart 225 milled .010 (61cc) with Patriot Gold dual springs
Harland Sharp 1.7 Roller rockers
Cometic .040 head gasket
ARP head and rod bolts
Engine Main girdle with ARP Bolts
Crower Custom Cam 238/246 .622/.609 112+4
I'm still using my old LS6 manifold and ported TB, LG Pro headers, and vararam.

I will get the final tuning done and have hp/tq numbers after the 96mm Professional Products intake and TB are available.

If asked whether I would buy from him again, i probably would not, but that is because my car is my daily driver and the 3 month wait was intolerable. The problems that arose at the end with the clearances are partially my fault because I was really impatient toward the end. I suspect he would have fixed the issues on his own before shipment. If you can wait 3-4 months for your motor, I don't hesitate to recommend Steve.

Originally Posted by Dr Chill

I had the car up to about 5000 rpm yesterday and the motor screams and pulls very strongly from 3000 rpm up. I can wait to wind it up on the back straight at Sebring.

After driving the car for a while, I can truly say it was worth the wait. Steve at LS1 Performance can definitely build a motor for a good price, but just make sure you get him to build what you want. He will use whatever components you desire and charge you only what the parts cost over what you initially pay for.

I won't have dyno #'s for a while because I want at least 1000 miles on the motor beforehand, butI will post them in this thread. I wonder how blkvett01's motor is doing.