383 LT1 LE Trickflow build
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Staging Lane
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From: everett, wa
383 LT1 LE Trickflow build Figured I'd star a build thread to keep track of everything and get advice along the way.
The car: 93 Camaro, 6 speed, 12 bolt, Strano springs, Koni shocks, C5 Brakes, Mostly upgraded suspension, EFI 24x conversion yadayadayada
The motor:
383 LT1
.040 over
-5cc Mahle pistons
Scat H beam rods
Scat forged crank
Arp hardware
Splayed 4 bolt main
LE trickflow heads
Mild hydraulic roller probably 239/247 range
Ported intake
LPP longtubes and Y
Magnaflow catback
Melling stock volume higher pressure pump (10554)
Moroso Oil pan (20185)
58mm BBK/Edelbrock TB
Over the radiator intake
single roller timing set (cloyes9-3157)
Fel pro 1074's
First issue: the oil pan scraper is making contact with the main caps in 2 places. I'm up in the air on whether to just notch the new 280$ oil pan or go another route. Once the oil pan gasket is added will i have added clearance?(its in the mail)... Last pic shows the small areas that would need to be notched. Pics for reference:
The car: 93 Camaro, 6 speed, 12 bolt, Strano springs, Koni shocks, C5 Brakes, Mostly upgraded suspension, EFI 24x conversion yadayadayada
The motor:
383 LT1
.040 over
-5cc Mahle pistons
Scat H beam rods
Scat forged crank
Arp hardware
Splayed 4 bolt main
LE trickflow heads
Mild hydraulic roller probably 239/247 range
Ported intake
LPP longtubes and Y
Magnaflow catback
Melling stock volume higher pressure pump (10554)
Moroso Oil pan (20185)
58mm BBK/Edelbrock TB
Over the radiator intake
single roller timing set (cloyes9-3157)
Fel pro 1074's
First issue: the oil pan scraper is making contact with the main caps in 2 places. I'm up in the air on whether to just notch the new 280$ oil pan or go another route. Once the oil pan gasket is added will i have added clearance?(its in the mail)... Last pic shows the small areas that would need to be notched. Pics for reference:
Last edited by fisherz28; Sep 4, 2014 at 07:04 PM.
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Staging Lane
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From: everett, wa
Yup there are 2 sets of 2 black marks in the pan on the scraper where it makes contact. I completely spaced on throwing the timing cover on first and checking with that on thanks for the heads up!
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Make sure to roll the motor over a few times with the pan in place to check for clearance. I had 4 rods hit the crank scraper in that pan. I had to grind notches for them to clear. You may be ok since you have a 3.75" stroke and mine is 3.875", but you should still check.
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Staging Lane
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Thanks! It's been a long time coming but hopefully it'll be back on the road in a month or so.
I actually considered doing that but kinda realized that was a bit too much work for the return on a basic street car.
Good call. nothing hits thankfully but the pump is barely touching one of the studs. And to think I thought I would be able to just slap all this stuff together.
I wasn't terribly impressed with that either. The weld on the interior had a couple of 1/2" pieces of welding wire still sticking outta the welds.
I was planning on around 11.5-1 but Lloyd said a lil more compression might be a good thing as the cam will bleed off some cylinder pressure and keep my DCR in the sweet spot. It's really up in the air still. The deposit is in the mail to him so I haven't squared away the exact details on head CC and cam size quite yet.
Make sure to roll the motor over a few times with the pan in place to check for clearance. I had 4 rods hit the crank scraper in that pan. I had to grind notches for them to clear. You may be ok since you have a 3.75" stroke and mine is 3.875", but you should still check.
I was planning on around 11.5-1 but Lloyd said a lil more compression might be a good thing as the cam will bleed off some cylinder pressure and keep my DCR in the sweet spot. It's really up in the air still. The deposit is in the mail to him so I haven't squared away the exact details on head CC and cam size quite yet.
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Staging Lane
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Yeah getting the car tuned a few years ago was I nightmare. Never ran right and surged with the baby cam it had in it. It had some weird piggy back chip that wouldnt work without it and I couldn't find the right chip since these things are as rare as unicorns apparently.
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Staging Lane
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Welp second minor issue. The oil pump wont seat all the way as it contacts the main stud. My first instinct is to slightly clearance the pump just enough to squeeze into place. Any major reason why i shouldn't? Pics for reference:
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Staging Lane
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Staging Lane
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From: everett, wa
Got a lil bit of progress. Painted the intake, timing cover and water pump. Still waiting on the heads and cam which should be here mid week. Still need to get rockers, pushrods, injectors and some other misc crap. any suggestions on rockers? Im leaning toward the lunati voodoos or ultra pr mags from comp.
