Motor Swap Progress
 

Over the next few days I will be tearing apart a perfectly good working LS powered camaro to accomplish one goal: go faster! I will be swapping in a motor that has 80K miles while taking the 185K mile one out. Since the engine is sitting on a stand, I thought it'd be a good time to add some goodies to it. I started tearing it down tonight, and here is how far I got.

Stock longblock:
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...torswap001.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...torswap002.jpg

Now a shortblock:
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...torswap003.jpg

Some new valvetrain parts:-P
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...torswap004.jpg

Over the next few days I will be taking pictures and posting progress of the build. My plans are to have the motor back together by thursday night, and work from friday-Sun to get the car back up and running. Check the classifieds section for cheap LS1 parts!

Nice !! Good Luck !

niiiice vin!

haha i sure hope i make more than minimum wage after being at the same job for almost 2.5 years lol. thanks for all of the words of encouragement guys! :)

looks like fun. good luck with the project

thats what i need to do.........good luck

What cam did you go with?

EPIC FAILURE....

Vin...call me when you need help....

A texas speed spec'd cam....pretty small. Just looking for something to make me go a little faster and still get good gas mileage.

Looks great, Vinnie. Post some more progress shots when you get a chance.

...I guess you dont want to give the specs?

street racers don't give specs :shifty:

Nitrous cam yo!

nah, no street racing here...i'd like to keep a little mystery to the build for the lt1 guys.

Give the kid a break....H/C LS1...even put together by an idiot will do one of two things...not start or rip....


Good luck Vin...like I said if you need a hand just let me know...

-Dave

I would cut him slack if he did it while the engine was in the car, but since he isn't, no slack what so ever. :nod:

hey maybe i'll have a car put together and we can race......at THE track!

lol so far youve run a best of 12.8 once.....vinnies car was faster than yours before this freshen up. it will continue to be once its back together. :nod:


nice job vinnie...hope to see it out there next spring.

Just a little progress
 

While everyone was bickering back and forth, I was outside getting some work done. Stock cam, lifters, oil pump, crank pulley, etc. are out...now it's time to start cleaning up the motor and then the new goodies will start going on. Goal for tonight: Get new cam, oil pump, oil pan, lifters, timing chain, and pulley back on the motor. While I was out in the garage the new clutch from monster arrived. The real fun starts tomorrow when the heads go on tomorrow and then the tear down of the car starts.

Just 2 pics of progress:
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...5/IM001334.jpg

Stock cam(for sale:lol:)
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...5/IM001335.jpg

so are the cam specs a secret?

Until I get a few passes out on the track-yes. Some people have had great results with this cam...others have had ok results. It's not huge(not even the size of a MS3 cam).

if you give me the stock cam, i'll throw it in......my trunk :rofl:

i'm no ls1 guru but what do your heads flow and compared to stock?

Some more progress
 

I'm only throwing on stock ls6 heads...don't have the money for a port and polish job.

The new cam, oil pump, timing chain, and front cover are installed. As well as the valley cover was installed. Also, the pistons and block were cleaned up(still gotta clean up some more tomorrow).

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...rswap003-1.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...rswap004-1.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...torswap006.jpg

He doesnt want to be embarrassed when he runs a 12.8 with heads and cam :rofl:

torquer cam.....

hey vin glad to see someone of your age is able to pull that engine apart and put it back together. (as long as it runs)

there is nothing like hittn the starter button after a motor you built by yourself and it goes vroooom !!!

i remeber my first sbc i did from bare block to file fittin the rings to wiring the whole car.
when that engine went diiiddiiidddiidddi.........vrooooom
lumpyity lump lump lumpity lump lump.....
i had this **** eatin grin for hours !!! you will too.
congrats man.

p.s. welcome to the local LS1nuthugger club ! lol