On my 04 (LB7) I've been running around a 500hp tune since 06 and the head gaskets finaly give up, upper hose stays hard all the time now. I know I'm for sure going to do head gaskets and studs so heres the deal if I do it the right way the whole motor has to come apart to have it powerhoned with studs/deck plate. Now is there going to be to much material takin from the bores to use my stock pistons?
Now I know people have just put the studs in and called it a day with no problems, there is a huge price savings doing it this way since you don't have to buy all new torque to yeild fasteners/machine work
So if I take it all the way apart to do the studs the proper way do I just stick the lower mileage set of LBZ rods I have laying around in it and call it a day? But what a about needing to be rebalanced, here goes the correct way of doing things again? So if I'm going the have the damn thing rebalanced might as well get some Carrillo's for it right?
This truck is a driver not a racer but I don't need it as a daily driver either, it only has a SC4 trans, lift pump, 4"exh, and still stock turbo. I'm planning on doing a S475/stock twin setup to clean up the smoke a little and to add a little more fun to it, performance wise it's behind the times a little
So if I spent all the money doing things right machine work/balancing, studs, Carillo rods, and keying cams/cranks ect....Now I have a excuse to put bigger twins and dual fueler's on it just to flog the piss out of it now :woott: then it's probably just going to crack a piston.
Now for the pistons mine have about 65k miles, is there really any benefit to having them delipped seams they break either way anyways and theres really no other benefit for longevity using anything else on the street is there?
I'm not in a hurry to fix it just can't decide what to do if I stick the LBZ rods in it I have a reason to hold back, the big power is fun but I'm sure I will be building a motor more than once if I decide to go that route and just can't justify doing it a couple of times after just cracking pistons or breaking cranks.
Now I know people have just put the studs in and called it a day with no problems, there is a huge price savings doing it this way since you don't have to buy all new torque to yeild fasteners/machine work
So if I take it all the way apart to do the studs the proper way do I just stick the lower mileage set of LBZ rods I have laying around in it and call it a day? But what a about needing to be rebalanced, here goes the correct way of doing things again? So if I'm going the have the damn thing rebalanced might as well get some Carrillo's for it right?
This truck is a driver not a racer but I don't need it as a daily driver either, it only has a SC4 trans, lift pump, 4"exh, and still stock turbo. I'm planning on doing a S475/stock twin setup to clean up the smoke a little and to add a little more fun to it, performance wise it's behind the times a little
So if I spent all the money doing things right machine work/balancing, studs, Carillo rods, and keying cams/cranks ect....Now I have a excuse to put bigger twins and dual fueler's on it just to flog the piss out of it now :woott: then it's probably just going to crack a piston
.Now for the pistons mine have about 65k miles, is there really any benefit to having them delipped seams they break either way anyways and theres really no other benefit for longevity using anything else on the street is there?
I'm not in a hurry to fix it just can't decide what to do if I stick the LBZ rods in it I have a reason to hold back, the big power is fun but I'm sure I will be building a motor more than once if I decide to go that route and just can't justify doing it a couple of times after just cracking pistons or breaking cranks.
