SoCal Engine Is Finally Running!

[coker6365]

Huge shout out to Josh Harris (AKA Bonjour) at Top Notch Garage. We were finally able to get the LBZ back up and running last weekend after some sweat and tears. We took it on the maiden voyage Saturday night and I am absolutely loving the new setup so far.

Engine
SoCal engine
SoCal billet narrow rod crank
Carillo Rods
Mahle forged .020 pistons with gapless 2nd ring
Stage 1 heads with clamshell machining
14mm studs
9100AF cam

Fuel
250% F1 injectors
Dual 10mm pumps (1 Exergy and 1 S&S)
Fass 260
Billet injector hold downs

Air
472/87/1.0 SXE
491/100/1.45 Forced Inductions
Piping built by Josh
HSP billet manifolds and 2-1/4" uppipes
Banks intercooler

Trans
Billet input
Billet output
Billet C2
GPZ clutches

 

[TheBac]

So that was your engine that socal had on their fb feed a while back. Very nice. Have fun.

 

[1TRIKHD]

Looks great man! Have fun with it.:thumb:

 

[Bdsankey]

What are the benefits of clam shell machining?

 

[malibu795]

What are the benefits of clam shell machining?

Opens up the area, allows for better radius into the ports, and reduced the pockets that can cause Eddie's in the air flow

 

[coker6365]

So that was your engine that socal had on their fb feed a while back. Very nice. Have fun.

May have been. We have had this engine since the end of last year, just now got around to getting everything buttoned up.

 

[JoshH]

Lies! It's a stock motor that we cleaned up with oven cleaner and spray painted.

 

[coker6365]

Lies! It's a stock motor that we cleaned up with oven cleaner and spray painted.

Sure would have been cheaper! :roflmao:

 

[Burn Down]

So Josh blew the welds on his manifold racing you?:rofl:

 

[coker6365]

Something like that! Josh was definately pouring the coal to the poor shop truck. We were rolling pretty good when it decided to talk dirty.

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[Ne-max]

What are the benefits of clam shell machining?

I wondered the same thing. Your engine sealant bead better be on point. If not what goes inside will be a issue. Also would suck with a wagler intake.

 

[MarkBroviak]

The point of the clam shell relief is to give more volume to the clam shell itself and it shortens the individual runners some to increase rpm flow and take a little bit of the lowend torque away. We have been doing this for going on 6 years now with our builds with great luck and had Guy start doing our heads we buy from him like this. Later he started offering this way to his customers too.:hug:

 

[Burn Down]

Well the engine is pretty sob, but Id expect nothing less from you guys and Socal:thumb:

Josh's turbos on the other hand are fubar big time:rofl:

 

[JoshH]

 

[Novak]

Lies! It's a stock motor that we cleaned up with oven cleaner and spray painted.

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[WolfLMM]

The point of the clam shell relief is to give more volume to the clam shell itself and it shortens the individual runners some to increase rpm flow and take a little bit of the lowend torque away. We have been doing this for going on 6 years now with our builds with great luck and had Guy start doing our heads we buy from him like this. Later he started offering this way to his customers too.:hug:

It’s worth the extra few bucks, that’s for sure!

 

[Ne-max]

It's a optional thing?

 

[Burn Down]

It's a optional thing?

I would imagine, it’s quite a lot of extra machining.

 

[prostreeter600]

Sweet setup. What are you thinking it will run once dialed in. That’s some carnage on Josh’s turbo.

 

[coker6365]

It's a optional thing?

It is optional. I believe it's $400-500. We do not have back to back data to support the cost benefits but I definitely do not see it hurting anything.