Another step forward....

Heads suddenly flow to 314cfm. And the work was free. Combustion chamber is now 62cc instead of 64cc. New valvesprings, new bigger valves. 2.08 in and 1.60 out.

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ha, I love how you use your house as your garage.... you never know whats cookin in your kitchen...

I can't help it. I have a tiny garage. :lol:

what is cooking there? boiling it in oil? why?

Lifters. Lunati

To clean them and have them saturated in oil when they get installed. I won't boil them, but I will warm the oil up nicely to help the air get removed.

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and then after hes going to reuse the oil to deepfry onion rings....:lol:

hahaha

i know luos hasnt got a girl now. Hes cooking car parts on the stove, and he has rebuilt engine parts laying all around the house.

i know luos hasnt got a girl now. Hes cooking car parts on the stove, and he has rebuilt engine parts laying all around the house.


If only all of us could be as lucky.

i know luos hasnt got a girl now. Hes cooking car parts on the stove, and he has rebuilt engine parts laying all around the house.
I swear I have a girl. :lol:

And none of this stuff it rebuilt. All new baby!!! YEAH!! :icon16:

I swear I have a girl. :lol:

And none of this stuff it rebuilt. All new baby!!! YEAH!! :icon16:


OOO, so ur rich 2 now :loser: , thats why u have a girl. :grinno:

Rich....hell no. This car makes sure I stay broke. :lol:

:lol:

SON OF A BITCH!!!!

Just broke off a bolt. Main cap bolt. That adds a little work, and ordering more bolts. Fuck it, ARP here I come. I also need a new torque wrench. Motherfucker didn't work right for me.

Jesus, breaking bolts fucking sucks. So doesn't drilling and tapping ones when you break them in the threads.

I was hoping I could just take the main cap and bearing off....no luck.
Gonna have to get the drill out. :lol:

If it isn't one thing....it is another.

The oil pump I have here is fucked up. The helix number in the pickup tube bolt is coming out. I can't torque the bolt to even 106 in/pounds. Now I get to try to deal with SLP and have this pump here by next weekend. Bet that doesn't happen.....

Couple more pics....
The lumpy bumpstick on its way in....
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If it ain't broke don't fix it :grinno: haha, just playing. Hey man I know the feeling. Its a never ending cycle.

The problem is....the pump is BRAND NEW. :lol:
Just my luck I guess.

Oh really thats too bad.Good luck fixing it soon, and cheap.

Haha, your title is a little decieving right now. Sounds like 1 step forward, 2 steps back :cwm27:

Well, I don't know anyone that had done a major project like yours and hasn't run into snags. So unfortunetly gotta get use to broken bolts and oil pumps.

Yeah, I know.
Just when I thought I had everything, something vital is shit. :lol:
Couldn't have been a simple bolt I was short or something simple....

The way of life.. Think you're all big/done and bam something breaks/happens

lol, i will help you put the new engine back in if i can have like 10% owner ship of the car, but you would have to keep the car somewhere between us... like in NJ.

lol :D

I have plenty of help. :lol: :lol:

come on man, you can always use an extra pair of hands.

What I need today is a tap and die kit, and a helicoil kit. Maybe I can fix the oil pump so I don't have to deal with sending this one back.

There isn't some place local where they sell the same model oil pump. So you can just buy another one and return the one you have thats broken?. Maybe not but here in central Jersey there is a speed shop every mile.

Not so lucky here. There are only a handful of LT1/LS1 shops around here.
On top of that, it is a ported LS6 pump. Sold by SLP. The pump isn't a problem. Might have been the bolt as well. Either way, needs fixed. Problem is, SLP isn't the greatest about getting stuff out fast. I wanted to have the motor in the car next weekend, but that looks rough now.

The helicoil is backing out, should be able to pick up a kit for cheap and fix it myself.

Too bad your not were I am, cause SLP is about 10 minutes from my house.

HAHA!!

I should just send it to you, and have you go over there with it. :lol:

Hopefully this helicoil kit works. If not, I might just try to loctite the threads up there. The bolt would hold fine, just didn't torque down. Gotta do it today otherwise my dealer is calling SLP in the morning for me.

Personally, I'd beat the crap out of slp.... Its not worth it messing around with an oil pump, what if it doesn't work right and you wreck everything you put into it? SLP is great about shipping things fast to nh, wonder why they are so slow about going west?

damn, thats gonna be a bad ass car. and umm how did you get all that work done for free?

man i'm gonna NEED that nitrous kit if i wanna run w/ you any more... there goes my dreams... i just need bout 2 grand and i'll be sprayin 150, and hopefully runnin w/ ya...

Personally, I'd beat the crap out of slp.... Its not worth it messing around with an oil pump, what if it doesn't work right and you wreck everything you put into it? SLP is great about shipping things fast to nh, wonder why they are so slow about going west?
I just don't think they will ship me a pump until they get the old one. Which will severely slow this build down. I was hoping to start it in 2 weeks from today. I bet I don't have a pump for 1 1/2 weeks.
damn, thats gonna be a bad ass car. and umm how did you get all that work done for free?
One of the head guys for the shop that did the work on the heads knows what motor the heads are going on.
There has been a dispute between the shop that built the motor and the shop that did the heads. They both want to look good here. Can't say I blame them.
man i'm gonna NEED that nitrous kit if i wanna run w/ you any more... there goes my dreams... i just need bout 2 grand and i'll be sprayin 150, and hopefully runnin w/ ya...
Would be pretty close. This machine should make around 500 RWHP, hopefully a little better than that. Compression will be right around 11:1. Should make for a stout car even without boost or spray. 10's would be easy with the right suspension and slicks. Should be 11's on street tires. At sea level, trapping 122-124 MPH.

Oh...and I got that damned main cap bolt out today as well.
I will post a pic of that fucker tomorrow when I get home from work.

Well, I pulled a Mr.Luos today.Had a bolt in my rear panhard brace that would not come out and broke my sawzall trying to get it out. So attempt number 2 tommorow.

john i think u scared 97green away with ur sig of him.

Haha pulled a Mr. Lous.. or a Curtis, that'd be better..

More people know him by Mr.Luos than Curtis and I bet you if I put up a poll and asked people what his name was that Luos would beat Curtis.

hwo did he come across MR Luos any wayz

If I remember, right he said it was just a name he came up.

Yup, just some letters that worked together. :lol:


The bolt, pic taken with my shitty camera.
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is the bolt alluminum? cuz if its going into an alluminum block and its hardened steel, it makes no sense that it would give... i would figure it would be alluminum except i would think alluminum bolts might not be strong enough... idk... maybe i'm thinking too much

Man luos you need a new camera, my cameraphone takes better pictures than that :lol:

I had a similar incident which was a really scary one at that, happened when i was insatlling the headers. The exhast manifolds were really rsted on, and the one of the bolts decided to break off inside the damn head. It was a real bitch getting it off. It came off abot 2hr later. Alot of time consming wrenching. I thogh i was gonna have to get a torch to get it off.

How'd you get the bolt out link?

How'd you get the bolt out link?

Yeah dude, how DID you get it out?

I would much rather break a bolt off in the head than one in the main cap. :lol:
My new block isn't aluminum, it is iron.

Man luos you need a new camera, my cameraphone takes better pictures than that :lol:
Asking for one for X-Mas. :lol:
I know it sucks. It is old with NO options.

Iron huh.. how much more does it weigh from your old LS1?

About the weight of the A/C that isn't going back in. :lol:

Around 80 extra pounds.

Wow really? Tht isnt that much, also why arent you putting the A/C on?

If it is that hot, I drive the Grand Am. Trying to save the weight off the front of the car.

Probably weight. I see a lot of people taking that out, just not on the 'Maro forums.

Well its obvious about the weight but I wouldnt think you'd want to drive the G/A after you got done with the car.

And it also has to spin one less pulley.

How hot does it get over there? Over here we've hit up to 120 one time..

If it hits 100, it would only be a couple days a year. We had a rough July and August, bunch of 100 degree days in there. Most of the summer we are in the 90's, and now we average about 83-85. I am sure we will have a couple more 90 degree days yet though.

The Grand Am runs off midgrade, Trans Am will do nothing but ping without premium. Plus, I doubt the Trans Am will be getting 27+ MPG when she is running again. :lol:

Wow I thought Colorado was cooler than that.