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02-08-2014, 02:11 AM
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Arghhh!!!! That Sucks bigtime. I suppose nobody is going to put their hand up re the motor either? They'll say it was fine when it left our shop...
02-08-2014, 02:00 PM
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02-08-2014, 08:46 PM
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Sorry to read this. Hopefully it will be resolved as easy as possible. Fortunately, replacing a shortblock is far easier and faster than all of the other awesome work completed. In the grand scheme, just a bump in the road.
02-08-2014, 11:51 PM
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Flushing out the thirteen miles of lines/tanks/coolers to make SURE they're clean is not going to be easy.
02-10-2014, 10:38 AM
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02-10-2014, 10:44 AM
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Everyone... that's for the words of encouragement. And yes... the engine is probably the least expensive part of this project.
That said... :-) since I'm there now .... and because a set of pistons and rods cost the same no matter the engine displacement :-) It looks like I'm just going to build a LS3 short block at 6.2L vs the LS6 at 5.7L and pick up some power along the way.
Using my same CNC'ed LS6 heads, we're going to open up the valve sizes and unshroud the vavles picking the compression up with the piston.
We've plotted it on the computer and there are substantial power gains to be had going this route.
So there it is.... gonna order the parts today. Should have it back together in a couple weeks.
TonyG
That said... :-) since I'm there now .... and because a set of pistons and rods cost the same no matter the engine displacement :-) It looks like I'm just going to build a LS3 short block at 6.2L vs the LS6 at 5.7L and pick up some power along the way.
Using my same CNC'ed LS6 heads, we're going to open up the valve sizes and unshroud the vavles picking the compression up with the piston.
We've plotted it on the computer and there are substantial power gains to be had going this route.
So there it is.... gonna order the parts today. Should have it back together in a couple weeks.
TonyG
02-10-2014, 01:05 PM
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Everyone... that's for the words of encouragement. And yes... the engine is probably the least expensive part of this project.
That said... :-) since I'm there now .... and because a set of pistons and rods cost the same no matter the engine displacement :-) It looks like I'm just going to build a LS3 short block at 6.2L vs the LS6 at 5.7L and pick up some power along the way.
Using my same CNC'ed LS6 heads, we're going to open up the valve sizes and unshroud the vavles picking the compression up with the piston.
We've plotted it on the computer and there are substantial power gains to be had going this route.
So there it is.... gonna order the parts today. Should have it back together in a couple weeks.
TonyG
That said... :-) since I'm there now .... and because a set of pistons and rods cost the same no matter the engine displacement :-) It looks like I'm just going to build a LS3 short block at 6.2L vs the LS6 at 5.7L and pick up some power along the way.
Using my same CNC'ed LS6 heads, we're going to open up the valve sizes and unshroud the vavles picking the compression up with the piston.
We've plotted it on the computer and there are substantial power gains to be had going this route.
So there it is.... gonna order the parts today. Should have it back together in a couple weeks.
TonyG
Turning lemons into lemonade !!!
Good luck