Okay, all you guys wanting to build LS powered vehicles..........Check this out
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Holy crap thats badass. There is a single cab S10 SS for sale near me with a magnacharged 5.3 in it. Still has AC too.
Loved my 2000 ECSB when it was turbo'd. Had a front mount GT4202, 6 speed manual and 14 bolt rear. Was a blast to drive for sure! Not as fast as that car but really made people scratch their heads sometimes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AJJvJHSm00&list=UUh9m3SNw65Dbi-77u-jRznw&index=9&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AJJvJHSm00&list=UUh9m3SNw65Dbi-77u-jRznw&index=9&feature=plcp
Loved my 2000 ECSB when it was turbo'd. Had a front mount GT4202, 6 speed manual and 14 bolt rear. Was a blast to drive for sure! Not as fast as that car but really made people scratch their heads sometimes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AJJvJHSm00&list=UUh9m3SNw65Dbi-77u-jRznw&index=9&feature=plcp
Wow that was wicked. Loved the sound when you let off the throttle.
I am dying to get a 6.2 out of an escalade to put in my Malibu.
Little 4.8/4L60E combo I picked up for cheap. Gonna open up the bore a little and make it a short stroke turbo 5.7 with LS1 pistons, LQ4 heads and an LS6 cam.
Throwing it in a '73 4x4 C10 frame with a '49 5 window body on top.
This whole project has cost me less than a twin kit for a Duramax and I bought it all off CL. Anything I dont use or need goes back on CL to fund the rest. Going for 550+ rwhp on this build.
I'll post pics when I'm done but the build thread will be on LS1Tech forum. I hope to be up and running before October.
LSX 454 block for sale in anchorage.... I really want it bad for my 67' camaro. Not really cheap but holly sheet it would make some power on boost.
I know Matt (sometimes he goes by Mott, or 'denmah' on the forums) personally.
He and his crew of "Sloppy Mechanics" are an awesome bunch of guys. Its hilarious how they purposely try to see just how hack they can make stuff....while still making crazy amounts of power for the smallest amount of money possible.
Heres how they tighten head bolts.
[YOUTUBE]DIU0R7sOjm8[/YOUTUBE]
They literally reuse head gaskets, head bolts, bearings, etc. Just because....its hilarious, and when you can pick up a whole new engine for 100 bucks, why not!!
On one of his 4.8 (truck engine) builds he even had mis-matched heads on the engine, because he bought the motor with a dropped valve...so he stuffed in a used piston (used bearings, used rings, etc) in it...and the only extra head he had laying around was an LS1 vette head. So he threw that on there. That motor did well over 550rwhp and ran well into the 10's and lasted many many passes. Used pistons, used head gaskets, and a truck-5.3 head on one side and an LS1 head on the other side!!!
(EDIT: I posted this before I read the article...apparently he did mention the 'mis-matched head' motor. )
His car now has a 4L80 in it, in the article he still had the TH400
Once again reaffirms the fact that the LS-small blocks are pretty much the most amazing engines in the world. Old school chevy small blocks, and old school chevy big blocks dont have crap over the 99+ LS engines, seriously. The old chevy small blocks, I consider boat anchors, when put next to an LS. The LS engines are literally bulletproof, they last forever, they can withstand absurd amounts of horsepower on all stock internals....and did I forget mention that you can buy a complete 4.8/5.3/6.0 with harness and ECM.....for the cost of duramax head studs???????
Its a no brainer hot-rod engine swap. Just based on price alone.
A $200 junkyard beat up 5.3, factory vette ZR1 cam ($97 from GM), and a crap ebay turbo will easily do 550rwhp. And completely stock, it will hold together at that power level. Try doing that with a duramax....
ben
He and his crew of "Sloppy Mechanics" are an awesome bunch of guys. Its hilarious how they purposely try to see just how hack they can make stuff....while still making crazy amounts of power for the smallest amount of money possible.
Heres how they tighten head bolts.
[YOUTUBE]DIU0R7sOjm8[/YOUTUBE]
They literally reuse head gaskets, head bolts, bearings, etc. Just because....its hilarious, and when you can pick up a whole new engine for 100 bucks, why not!!
On one of his 4.8 (truck engine) builds he even had mis-matched heads on the engine, because he bought the motor with a dropped valve...so he stuffed in a used piston (used bearings, used rings, etc) in it...and the only extra head he had laying around was an LS1 vette head. So he threw that on there. That motor did well over 550rwhp and ran well into the 10's and lasted many many passes. Used pistons, used head gaskets, and a truck-5.3 head on one side and an LS1 head on the other side!!!
(EDIT: I posted this before I read the article...apparently he did mention the 'mis-matched head' motor.
)His car now has a 4L80 in it, in the article he still had the TH400
Once again reaffirms the fact that the LS-small blocks are pretty much the most amazing engines in the world. Old school chevy small blocks, and old school chevy big blocks dont have crap over the 99+ LS engines, seriously. The old chevy small blocks, I consider boat anchors, when put next to an LS. The LS engines are literally bulletproof, they last forever, they can withstand absurd amounts of horsepower on all stock internals....and did I forget mention that you can buy a complete 4.8/5.3/6.0 with harness and ECM.....for the cost of duramax head studs???????
Its a no brainer hot-rod engine swap. Just based on price alone.
A $200 junkyard beat up 5.3, factory vette ZR1 cam ($97 from GM), and a crap ebay turbo will easily do 550rwhp. And completely stock, it will hold together at that power level. Try doing that with a duramax....
ben
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Loved my 2000 ECSB when it was turbo'd. Had a front mount GT4202, 6 speed manual and 14 bolt rear. Was a blast to drive for sure! Not as fast as that car but really made people scratch their heads sometimes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AJJvJHSm00&list=UUh9m3SNw65Dbi-77u-jRznw&index=9&feature=plcp
I remember reading the builds on that truck on PT.net. Man I sure do miss my gas truck! Especially since I would always balls up to the diesels around here and get them or be damn close.
I can't understand why he's running 241 heads on one side and 856 heads on the other side.
Where the heck is he finding 5.3's for 200 bucks, or 4.8's for 80?? I have been looking for a while hear and there, wish they were that cheap on this coast.
I remember reading the builds on that truck on PT.net. Man I sure do miss my gas truck! Especially since I would always balls up to the diesels around here and get them or be damn close.
Yeah, Ive been watching videos of it lately and now I miss driving it around big time.
Spent a lot of time on PT.net for sure! Lots of knowledge on that site, no doubt.
I can get a 5.3 for 200-400 bucks around here but a 6.0 is 1000-1200. That's just crazy. But supply and demand drives prices.
I already explained why. He bought the 4.8 and it had a bad head. He didnt have another stock 4.8 truck head to put on it, but he did have an LS1 head lying around....so he threw it on there, just for shits...and because it would make the build even more hack/hilarious.