Engine swap going well
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Engine swap going well
I started my engine swap yesterday and it is going very well. I got the car up in the air and dropped the LS1 out the bottom. It was very easy to do that way. I thought I was going to have it out in less than three hours, but I hit a few little snags on the way. The ground bolts and strap bolts on the back of the heads were REALLY tight and there isn't a lot of room back there. 
Today/tomorrow will be transferring all the item I need off of the LS1 onto the LS6 like the front and rear covers, oil pan, pick up tube, valve covers, rocker arms and all that jazz.
The new motor is a 22k mile LS6 that Vengeance Racing installed a Vindicator cam, LS2 timing chain, dual valve springs, ARP rod bolts and some other supporting goodies into. The heads are stock Z06 LS6 heads with the lightweight valves and such.
After the LS6 is in, all I will have to do is the Spec 3+ clutch, NOS system, bottle heater, purge, gauges (AFR, fuel, N2O), LT headers, hardened output shaft, DTE rear brace and I think that is all. Whew, I still have a lot of work to do...
Hopefully I'll be tearing up the streets with it by Sunday. I'm hoping for 450 to the wheels with this setup N/A. And then I'm gonna spray somewhere up to 150 on top of all that for those pesky KB Cobras and GT500's that get in the way.
Today/tomorrow will be transferring all the item I need off of the LS1 onto the LS6 like the front and rear covers, oil pan, pick up tube, valve covers, rocker arms and all that jazz.
The new motor is a 22k mile LS6 that Vengeance Racing installed a Vindicator cam, LS2 timing chain, dual valve springs, ARP rod bolts and some other supporting goodies into. The heads are stock Z06 LS6 heads with the lightweight valves and such.
After the LS6 is in, all I will have to do is the Spec 3+ clutch, NOS system, bottle heater, purge, gauges (AFR, fuel, N2O), LT headers, hardened output shaft, DTE rear brace and I think that is all. Whew, I still have a lot of work to do...
Hopefully I'll be tearing up the streets with it by Sunday. I'm hoping for 450 to the wheels with this setup N/A. And then I'm gonna spray somewhere up to 150 on top of all that for those pesky KB Cobras and GT500's that get in the way.
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Holy crap........you hope to be done by Sunday!
A project like that would probably take me a month at best.
Sound good, hope everything goes well
A project like that would probably take me a month at best.
Sound good, hope everything goes well
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There have been several cars hit that number with all the bolt-ons using that cam and just LS1 heads. I'll be happy with 420, but 450 is very attainable with LS6 heads. I have a great tuner and good parts. We'll see what the dyno says next weekend.
Why do you not think I will see 450 rwhp?
Why do you not think I will see 450 rwhp?
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