I know I'm a few years late but it''s because I'm just now getting around to my LS swap in my c10. But that was really clean in there for 220k miles. I did LS rebuilds on trucks and SUVs at a small dealership for a few years it was pretty interesting some of the shit you find in there. They're so resilient it's incredible.

@JeffLyle

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Mike! no kidding, these engines will run forever if maintained. I got the donor vehicle when it had 113k miles on it. I've put another 10k on it since its been in the truck so it has 235k now and runs like a champ. The Chevelle I did was LQ9 from an escalade with 200k miles on it and it was mint too! Good luck with your swap. Let me know how it turns out.

Before torqueing the oil pump. Hand tighten the bolts. Spin the motor over a couple of times to center the pump. Same on front cover. Since the pan wasn't there to locate it. Also a straight edge on the back of the pan to block surface/face

@JeffLyle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

I second that with the castech heads. I had to swap out an avalanche motor and there was so much sludge under the valve covers you couldn’t see the springs. Nice work so far.

@JeffLyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking out the build... stay tuned for the Chevelle swap coming up!

Yea I really need to invest in a new 1/2” impact. My old air impact just isn’t cutting it anymore.

@JeffLyle

4 жыл бұрын

Can't beat the Earthquake for the money... i'm kicking myself for not getting it sooner

Great work can go wrong with a ls swap

@JeffLyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and following along with the build!

Once again, these exhaust manifolds are a weldable alloy, but broken bolts at one or both ends is aluminum on cast iron movement. I suggest “Speed Engineering” headers in Stainless steel but use a rat-tail file chucked in a drill, use a 4” length of emt conduit to water pipe to guide the file CCW or CW in the hole to oblong the hole, front to rear, even on headers. Place a flat wash under the bolts head to allow sliding to prevent future braking. You missed the opportunity to modify the oil pump by using a dremal and bit to smooth out the inlet and outlet side of the internal edges of the pump. This improves oil flow and reduces the possibilities of cavitation. Adding a single flat washer under the spring of the oil pressure relief spring will help increase oil pressure as even spring steel looses tension over hot/cold cycles. I am lost.

@JeffLyle

3 жыл бұрын

More good stuff brother!!! I am lost too though... haha