LS1 Rebuild, Bearing & Component Questions..
 

considering pulling the motor and sending everything out to have checked. since im new to ls1s and whats out there for new technology i am wondering what everyone recommends for main, rod and cam bearings for these engines? also interested in ring sets. it will obviously be run hard and will see lots of street use. i want to do it once and do it right. aftermarket balancer of choice? powerbond? oil pump, stock, ported, aftermarket?

stock ls6 ... lol

biggest thing to worry about is the machine work. That will make/break a motor.

what do you reccomend for a balancer/underdrive pulley, powerbond? ported oil pump neccessary?

Joe I have an LS rebuild book if you want to borrow it. Seems to be helpful.

depends on what your doing with the motor. Stock H/C = use stock shit.

What balancer did you Use John? that was well built piece.

Slp

If your going that far y not do a forged 348

SLP is Powerbond

pulled the cam out tonight, found the bearings are wiped out and the cam is damaged as well. glad i didnt throw the new heads and valve train on this short block lol.

Esh bummer

yeah looks like valve float to me!!!!!

Also would explain the ticking lol

i dont know if you guys can see the nick on that lobe, ill circle it and reload the picture.

:idontknow:

Oh i could see it haha

yea thats not ideal.

caused by oil quality or oil pressure.

was probably abused and neglected before i got it. i put 12k on it since last spring and did 6 oil changes using mobil1 and an ac delco filter. never had to add oil to it, oh well.

id say it was the guy before you!

well the block and rotating assembly are at the machine shop!

going to give don a call tomorrow, thinking about rods, pistons and camshaft.

mine has a summit on it :shrug:

talked to machine shop today, everything was in great shape. theyre going to polish the crank, hone the block, resurface the deck due to some corrosion and instal new cam bearings. waitin on the rod bolts to come in so they can check the rod sizing and the rings.

nice!

thats some Great News!!! guess your sticking with stock stuff!

got everything back from the machine shop, hope to have it together soon. glad i had the rod size checked with those arp bolts, they closed up a bit and needed a hone to be right again. everything else was in awesome shape. bores were good, main line was good, cam line was good. they cleaned the block, installed new cam bearings and honed the cylinders. polished the crank, cleaned the pistons and checked them and the rods.

nice pile of stuff you got there!

nice!

nice!

Done Yet!?!?!?!?!

havent started on it yet, ive had the cab off my truck since last friday, itll be back together in a day or two. then ill have time to put the short block together.

if youre around saturday mike theres a truck meet and dyno day at dez racing.

Finally doing studs!!!!!

yup bout time lol.

going to order those new tsp long tubes and ORY, absolutely smokin deal for that setup. going to cash my cats in and sell my manifolds. i want 11s.

Yeah I have been looking at them too what a deal! You gonna throw a cam in that thing?

i think im going to stick with the stock cam and put the money towards the long tubes, doing both is just going to cost to much. it would be nice though.

i called tsp earlier their y pipe is 304 stainless just like the headers, sweet setup for 630 bucks!

wow I want some!! :sCh_elmodance: