Pulling engine, need shopping list
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Drifting
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Austin Texas
Pulling engine, need shopping list
There will be a break in the racing season for me over the hot months of July and August. Time to pull the LS6 motor and balance it. The objective:
1) Balance the rotating parts and rods.
2) Refresh the valve springs and rings
3) Align hone the bores.
4) Pin the main pulley
5) Replace timing chain
6) 380-385 RWHP on the engine, with headers and Haltech intake. More is fine, but I will not compromise durability for performance.
To those ends, I need a shopping list. I've not pulled the engine before. I have pulled the heads and redone the valvetrain. I have a full set of manuals. I have a clean place to work, and an engine stand and hoist. I do not have a lift, so this will be done on jackstands. I like to do my own work, where possible. It leads to increased peace of mind while racing the car. So what do I need? Specialized tools? RTV? Some obscure rebuild kit from Gene? Comments welcome! Thanks.
1) Balance the rotating parts and rods.
2) Refresh the valve springs and rings
3) Align hone the bores.
4) Pin the main pulley
5) Replace timing chain
6) 380-385 RWHP on the engine, with headers and Haltech intake. More is fine, but I will not compromise durability for performance.
To those ends, I need a shopping list. I've not pulled the engine before. I have pulled the heads and redone the valvetrain. I have a full set of manuals. I have a clean place to work, and an engine stand and hoist. I do not have a lift, so this will be done on jackstands. I like to do my own work, where possible. It leads to increased peace of mind while racing the car. So what do I need? Specialized tools? RTV? Some obscure rebuild kit from Gene? Comments welcome! Thanks.
Safety Car
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Santa Fe TX
This is a decent write up on how to pull the engine from the top:
http://www.cajundude.com/engineswap.htm
http://www.cajundude.com/engineswap.htm
Former Vendor
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: Portland OR
St. Jude Donor '10-'11-'12
stroke it maybe? $2275 for a 383 rotating assembly balanced to your door. That would be my only suggestion. After breaking it down and putting it back together more power might be nice?
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Drifting
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Austin Texas
More power would be nice, but NASA TTA rules limit me sharply on what I can do. Balancing and so forth are free, but changing stroke or bore by any amount that would matter is verbotten. Thus, my objective is to make the engine stronger and more durable than before, and a modest power gain from the balancing. I'm looking for 380 HP at the rear wheels when done, including headers, deleted cats and a good air filter/bridge.
