easy_rider

My ls1 took and dump after 108K miles, and I took it to Gearhead Garage in Gilbert, AZ to see what we could do for engine swaps. Long story short the car is a DD and weekend cruiser so I needed something reliable and with a warranty, but a little faster.

So I had Matt at Gearhead install a few new items.
Crate LS6 from GM Performance Parts http://www.gmperformanceparts.com/En...1268&engCat=ls
LS7 Clutch with new master and slave.
Base LS6 tune (raise redline, etc)

Needless to say I am very happy with the work Matt put in for me, we got the engine late on a Wed and by Friday evening I was driving it again. I drove it all weekend and I am very happy with the final product. Matter a fact I just put a few car lengths on a 05 GTO last night with it . Mainly it feels just like the LS1 till I get to about 3.5,4k RPM then it pulls much harder. Once it’s fully broke in I'll get some dyno numbers posted up. Here are some pics...

Here is the old engine
ftp://ls1.homelinux.com/ls6/IMG00097.jpg
Here is the new engine
ftp://ls1.homelinux.com/ls6/DSC03501.JPG
Gearhead Garage with new engine
ftp://ls1.homelinux.com/ls6/DSC03507.JPG
LS6ed Trans Am
ftp://ls1.homelinux.com/ls6/DSC03510.JPG

Thanks to Matt for the timely install, one happy customer here.

EliteCamaro94

don't mean to be nosey or anything but how much did it cost you? im trying to either do a rebuild or a new motor in my LT1 camaro and im trying to find a good shop to do it.

Gearhead Garage

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Now it is time to do some modding.

camarojunky74

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awesome man congrats, why dont you break that new motor in and drive over to so cal on a thurs and hit up irwindale speedway

wsSIKK

awesome! i remember back when i needed a swap, needless to say i got the bad end of the business. but glad to hear you love the finished product! i love the LS6, they sound awesome.