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Old May 5, 2006 | 08:55 PM
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Hi All,
The LS7 bare block is available and we're selling it for 3075 + shipping!

Thank you,
Gene.
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Old May 5, 2006 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Gene@FredBeans
Hi All,
The LS7 bare block is available and we're selling it for 3075 + shipping!

Thank you,
Gene.

is it set up for a dry sump or a traditional "wet" sump?
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The block is a cast sleeve and GM is selling it for the cost of a darton dry re-sleeve????

I'm so glad I waited...
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Old Jun 3, 2006 | 12:55 PM
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Is this the block that uses the standard oiling system or the dry sump?
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does it come with a flux capacitor?
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Originally Posted by SpinMonster
The block is a cast sleeve and GM is selling it for the cost of a darton dry re-sleeve????

I'm so glad I waited...

Is this a good or bad thing?
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Is this a good or bad thing?
Its a bad thing. You can easily resleeve a block with the Darton package when cylinder wear becomes too much. With the LS7 block, the sleeve is cast integrally with the block, and its a tricky operation to resleeve, basically costs more than the block is worth to do.

To the hotrodder or racer who uses his engine hard, an annual rebuild is a matter of course. With the resleeved LS1 or LS2 block, that's not hard or terribly expensive, with the LS7 block it is.
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