LQ4 Build on A Budget
10-01-2012 | 12:54 PM
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So I stripped all the shiny aluminum paint and sanded/primer/painted with some high heat aluminum color. It looks a ton better to me
There's one valve cover and a spot on the timing cover that just has some bad casting and couldn't get it smooth but it'll be mostly covered up anyways when all the BS is on it anyways.
There's one valve cover and a spot on the timing cover that just has some bad casting and couldn't get it smooth but it'll be mostly covered up anyways when all the BS is on it anyways.
10-03-2012 | 07:47 AM
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excuse the shitty cell pics
Gotta touch up the block again due to some overspray but not bad for a rattle can job. Still up in the air on putting a chain dampner in
Will be ordering cam soon
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10-06-2012 | 07:59 AM
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Little update. Decided to go with the Pat G spec'ed cam, EPS 222/226 597/605. I want the torque!! Ordered the ls7 lifters, new ls2 chain, crank seal and ls2 lifter trays. I'm ****** impatient!!!!
11-21-2012 | 09:59 AM
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Well I almost forgot I had started this thread.
My 5.3 **** a lifter and more than likely a cam lobe as well so I had to finish as quickly as possible on this build.
I found some 799 heads that had been lightly ported on intake and med/heavy porting on exhaust that had come off a turbo truck. Had 8K miles on em so I snatched em up.
New LS2 chain. Didn't really make a diff in slack
Motor is ready to go
Had my buddy come pick up my truck and out to his shop, which had a lift
Getting motor ready to pull
5.3 coming out
6.0 going in
Motor is in and test fit of intake
I wanted to thank Justin (2007chevy5.3) for help on the swap and Corey (BlackGmc) for letting me borrow the crank pulley tool
My 5.3 **** a lifter and more than likely a cam lobe as well so I had to finish as quickly as possible on this build.
I found some 799 heads that had been lightly ported on intake and med/heavy porting on exhaust that had come off a turbo truck. Had 8K miles on em so I snatched em up.
New LS2 chain. Didn't really make a diff in slack
Motor is ready to go
Had my buddy come pick up my truck and out to his shop, which had a lift
Getting motor ready to pull
5.3 coming out
6.0 going in
Motor is in and test fit of intake
I wanted to thank Justin (2007chevy5.3) for help on the swap and Corey (BlackGmc) for letting me borrow the crank pulley tool
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11-21-2012 | 10:14 AM
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Videos
Here is some videos of start up and idle.
When we first started up it wasn't right
After some checking it ended up being five bad injectors thast came with the tbss/nnbs intake I had bought, so I put the 5.3 injectors in and reflashed my old 5.3 tune in because the startup tune had diff injector values.
Soooo, here is the first actual startup
Idle video
When we first started up it wasn't right
After some checking it ended up being five bad injectors thast came with the tbss/nnbs intake I had bought, so I put the 5.3 injectors in and reflashed my old 5.3 tune in because the startup tune had diff injector values.
Soooo, here is the first actual startup
Idle video
Last edited by cdub81; 11-21-2012 at 03:38 PM.