LS6 Engine Rebuild Question
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Burning Brakes
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LS6 Engine Rebuild Question
I know one of the problems with the LS6 engine is it is an aluminum block with very thin steel/iron cylinder liners. Cracked rings or destroyed rings can score the cylinder walls deep enough that they can't be cleaned up with .010 to .015 of an inch. My question is if you want to save your original engine block to keep your engine 100% original what can be done. Why can't the original liners be replaced if the aluminum block is OK. Are there any other options? With todays technology there must be a way to save original LS6 blocks. Thanks
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14
I really wouldn't worry about keeping the engine 100%, I don't think the engine numbers are recorded anywhere.
Maybe time for a nice LSX block.
Maybe time for a nice LSX block.
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St. Jude Donor '08
I know one of the problems with the LS6 engine is it is an aluminum block with very thin steel/iron cylinder liners. Cracked rings or destroyed rings can score the cylinder walls deep enough that they can't be cleaned up with .010 to .015 of an inch. My question is if you want to save your original engine block to keep your engine 100% original what can be done. Why can't the original liners be replaced if the aluminum block is OK. Are there any other options? With todays technology there must be a way to save original LS6 blocks. Thanks
Racer
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I know one of the problems with the LS6 engine is it is an aluminum block with very thin steel/iron cylinder liners. Cracked rings or destroyed rings can score the cylinder walls deep enough that they can't be cleaned up with .010 to .015 of an inch. My question is if you want to save your original engine block to keep your engine 100% original what can be done. Why can't the original liners be replaced if the aluminum block is OK. Are there any other options? With todays technology there must be a way to save original LS6 blocks. Thanks
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Burning Brakes
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Does anyone know for sure whether the engine has the car's serial number on it or a casting date. Why do some people get upset when someone tries to keep their corvette 100% original. Every corvette is collectible in my opinion. Did someone in 1980 think the 1967 big block would be worth $130K in 2010?
Melting Slicks
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Does anyone know for sure whether the engine has the car's serial number on it or a casting date. Why do some people get upset when someone tries to keep their corvette 100% original. Every corvette is collectible in my opinion. Did someone in 1980 think the 1967 big block would be worth $130K in 2010?
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