Smokin87TA

Well alot of you might remember that i was building a 408 ls1 with a huge gt47-88mm turbo, well i got in really over my head and had everything i needed to build it but had no money left over for a cage or any safety equiptment for a 1300hp car. Well i sold off everything and picked up a 6.0l iron truck block and some 243 ls6 heads that i did a little porting to. Just going to run a single plane with 4 barrel tb as well. Has a decent sized cam in it for and ls1, little small for the 6.0l but i had it laying around. Also had some arp head studs, ati balancer and tci flexplate that i am using rather than selling. Had some shaft mount rockers that i was trying to sell but i wasnt going to get what i needed for them so i decided to use them lol. I know the rockers are worth more than the motor alone lol.

i am installing the motor later today and just waiting the headers i ordered and going to redo the fuel lines. the motor will still run on e85 so i can run slightly more timing. would have loved to have increased compression but i wanted to do it on a budget. I decided to paint it chevy orange as well. Ill update more later.

Pics.....






Let me know what you guys think...

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avro206

looks nice (not fan of the "Chevy" orange though)--what kind of times are you hoping for?

Smokin87TA

nothing too crazy just yet. in the 10's for sure on motor tho. My past 3 motors have all been gloss black and i have never done a chevy orange chevy motor so i decided i would do it this time around, and since it will have a 4 barrel setup it will look "old school" I really like how it looks in person.

avro206

I see your point on the colour issue and

Nothing to crazy..10's I'd be happy witha 12.5...maybe

Camarothatcould

I accept all stock used LS1 parts for free. . .

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MaNiAk86

nice to see some progress Tim i was worried when i saw you sellin all your parts. its just so cool to beat a mustang thats pushing 15-20psi while your runnin n/a haha

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08 best: 13.07@107 on street tires, untuned

Smokin87TA

Thanks, yea i just wanted to get it back on the street, im not really cutting any corners since i have some decent parts still in the motor, and it should still run well.

paulbuiltbird

Make up your mind and get that thing on the street already. Looks good though. What trans are you going to run, 400 still?

Smokin87TA

lol yea, its still the th400 with 5500 stall and brake and still have the 9" with 4.11's

Smokin87TA

and some pics of the car after installing the shortblock.

MaNiAk86

im jealous....

dodger65

love the hood prop...

Trans Am#5

Since it's Chevy orange, it needs to have that crutch

Smokin87TA

Alright well time for a little update, It been moving along slowly since i am in summer school so i only work on it on the weekends and when i am not drinking, sooo thats not often lol. Also doesnt help that speed inc took over a month to get me my head gaskets($180 and a month to get is ridiculous).

Since then i have torqued the heads on, re assembled all the rocker stands and set the valve lash. I have also re done the entire engine harness since i will not be running knock sensors, maf sensor, o2's ect since its a full speed density tune.

I am also relocating the coil packs inside the car. I will get them done once i have the headers in.

I am still deciding on what to do for headers, i used to have the stainless works and they were nice. Now i am looking for at least 1 7/8 primary and at least 3" collectors so i might mod a set of bbc headers. I can get some local for $150 basically new so i might try that first.

I also had a really nice 4" air filter on it but it wouldnt clear my hood so i went to this 2.5" one.

Here are some pics...

MaNiAk86

looks nassty... summit brand air filter huh?? i got the same one haha

- so who is gonna tune this monster?

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08 best: 13.07@107 on street tires, untuned

Smokin87TA

Yep the summit air filter lol. I will be doing most of the tuning but will probably have a shop tune for wot on a dyno, to get the timing to make peak hp. Other than that i have tuned my last 3 motors on the street and at the track.

MaNiAk86

very cool... im looking forward to tuning my motor with a screwdriver haha. once i get some other junk outta the garage i can swap mine in.

firebird896

Where did you get the block from? Id like to do a build also

DuronClocker

Check eBay, LS1tech, CamaroZ28, and some local speed shops. Could also call up a few junkyards, etc.

firebird896

Hello, Im going to be puchasing a 1999 Chevy van 350 Vortec block soon. I was just wondering what liter you think it will be?, iron block? las1 capable?

If you could answer those in any way thanks

3.8TransAM

Ummmmm then it would be a 350 vortec engine. conventional small block, your not gonna swap much of it with anything on a LS anything.

However u got a good base to build yourself an efficient and semi powerful small block there.

firebird896

Hmm ok, so would I be better off just goin with an 87' 355 block for $150 with almost everythin, or the vortec block for $75

3.8TransAM

Truck engine should be a 4 bolt main block.

The vortec heads are superior to any other small block head out there.

I would take it personally and its cheaper too.

No diff in the blocks

firebird896

ok I get it now

Thanks Jerry

Camarothatcould

REPRESENT

firebird896

Haha nice, Ok Chevy engines are orange, What are pontiac engines then?

Camarothatcould

uh, not all Chevy engines are orange. Most truck blocks were blue or black. And Pontiac, I dunno blue...? dont like them much

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