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Old 03-05-2010, 09:28 PM
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Default got me a rebuilt ls1 for my truck!!! new pic 5/19

yep.....gonna take the leap and do an ls1 swap. got a great deal from a guy on tech. gonna be buying a buddies cam so he can go bigger. cam is a 228/232 588/595 112. gonna put a new melling oil pump as well. gna use my lifters and trays outta my 4.8, it only has 54k on it. cant wait. gna put in my performabuilt lvl 2 at the same time!!! hopin she runs good, hell im goin from 292cid to 346cid, and a nice cam.

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Right on!! sounds like fun...Did you get a good deal on the motor?
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yessir i did. i cannot wait
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http://www.angelfire.com/fl/procrastination/motor.html

used this to figure up my comp. ratio on my ls1 with the 706 heads. came out to be 10.9376
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Yeah thats close. I have read 11.1:1 with the 5.3 heads on a 346. Just realize that you are losing flow to gain compression unless your having the 706's worked over with bigger intake valves. Good luck with the build!!
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just puttin em on for now, gonna do tea 2.5s
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Congrats! That will run NICE!
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Originally Posted by 06tx4.8
yep.....gonna take the leap and do an ls1 swap. got a great deal from a guy on tech. gonna be buying a buddies cam so he can go bigger. cam is a 228/232 588/595 112. gonna put a new melling oil pump as well. gna use my lifters and trays outta my 4.8, it only has 54k on it. cant wait. gna put in my performabuilt lvl 2 at the same time!!! hopin she runs good, hell im goin from 292cid to 346cid, and a nice cam.
This will be fun
Whos cam is that?
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Originally Posted by Wheatley
This will be fun
Whos cam is that?

some dude that tunes my truck, i think you've heard of him.......
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congrats that should make a killer combo


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