LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

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Old 05-18-2009, 09:48 AM
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well finally the motor is out. we lifted the car last night and rolled it out. broke 2 brake lines but other then that it was smooth heres some pics


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well a slightly frustrating night spent on the car. took the trans off the old motor and got the old motor off the kmember onto a stand. got the headers and ory off. the trans was a pain in the a$$!!! pissed me off alot. i was completly covered in old oil cant wait to get new clean parts in. the old clutch was fried! there was nothin left of it. got work tomorrow then i may spend a few more hrs on it. here's the only pic i took
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so did a little bit today. cleaned the trans and bellhousing and took all the sensors and lines off the motor. trans looks real good got all the old oil and crap off it and now its stuck on me. the gf cleaned the bellhousing in the parts washer heres some pics
befor


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motor

sorry there all upside down and stuff i couldnt flip them
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well cleaned the bottom got alot planned for tonight. and im excited cuz after a long time talkin to brian tooley on here from tea i finally called and made an order/deposit for a set of 220cc trickflows and a custom cam.
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well did some work last night and got some new parts. dropped the rear, the gas tank, and all the rear suspension. shouldnt have took long but i did because bolts from 1995 take some work to get out. got the nitrous parts i ordered. here's a few pics some suck cell phone+dark=crap pics




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well did more work last night feel lik i got nothin done. more cleanin and powerwashing. got the ac out and just cleaned/moved things out the way to paint. im sick of cleanin cant wait to put it together. here's a pic me doin work and you can see the big hole from the ac


o and also. wen i talked to the machine shop for the info to order my heads i found out that they only went.041 over. so my dad called back because they said they went .060 because .041 would need a custom ordered piston. well they went.041 and told us they hav the pistons for that on the shelf. then were lik so you want to go .060 and of course we dont. this shop is so retarded we cant wait to get our **** back itll be the first and only work they do for us.
Old 06-04-2009, 09:21 AM
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0.041"?? 0.040" is a fairly common piston size.
Old 06-04-2009, 09:23 AM
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they said .041 i know .040 is idk i dont want to get into it with them cuz the only guy at the shop that knows anything doesnt deal with the customers
Old 06-05-2009, 06:22 AM
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well got the clutch and flywheel in. so gotta get the flywheel to the machine shop. also got the bottom all painted black and the engine bay primered to be painted. i forgot to whipe it down with paint thinner though now i feel lik i f'ed it up.

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got a bit more done took the weekend off the gf woulda killed me if i worked all weekened. so we painted the engine bay which looks amazing the pic doesnt show how good it is. its a darker metalic grey. and my friend spent 2hrs sand blasting all 4 brake calipers and the upper A-arms painted all them. and polished 1 header to sell. it took all night to do 1 header. wont get much done tonight ill be cleannin up a bit so its cleaner to get the new stuff in. here's a few pics.

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well last night was interesting puttin the kmember back to get it as a roller. well our hoist broke. we had to use a jack to get the the car down off the blocks my dad almost died. we put a jack on cinder blocksand a 4x4 on the jack not thinkin that the jack couldnt wheel back as we let it down. so as it went down the 4x4 rolled and boom the car came down fast but it was right onto the jackstands and not onto my dad. (please dont tell me how dumb it was i already know) so that was my night i hav one pic.
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making some good progress IMO

just take your time and do it right which will pay off in the end
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What kind of front seats are those and where did you get them, they're sweeeet.
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bomz racing. and i got them from bomz racing. made our own brackets so they sit as low as possible
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Looking good!!! Any idea when it might hit the streets?
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its gettin close. i was hopin before july. but i hit a snag. it was an accident and i completly understand. dont want to make them look bad. i recieved the wrong fuel pump from speed inc. waitin on the lt1 pump and the ups guy to get the ls1 pump. once thats in we'll be sailin again. brian tooley said the heads are close to done so i need the motor back. im also stuck on the intake. i didnt plan to spend 500 on an lt4 intake. now im thinkin that it might be the same price to do a victor e but im not to sure.
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so. went to put the rear together the other night and wen we tightened down the backing plate the axels wouldnt turn. figured the plates were the wrong way but theres only one way for the plates to go. searched and thought there was a shim missing. there wasnt. the machine shop put the backing plates on the wrong axels wen they put the bearings on. im pissed and now kinda worried that they are machining my motor. i pray they do that right.
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Damn man, ever time I look at this thread its getting better and better. Can't wait to see it wen its done. Good luck.
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cut some stuff out tonight all those little brackets for rear seats and all. started mounting the kill switch and fixin the ac box so i still have heat (i wanna ditch the whole thing but someone else doesnt)


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