How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10

[C10_ustacould]

Originally Posted by gringoloco

Thanks, I agree on the lack of liking an intake tube, unless there’s a reason like a turbo or centrifugal supercharger We’ve discussed this before, but I think you’re money ahead and heartache behind by using your current throttle body with the MSD timing control. Keep it simple or succumb to the snowball...

I have used, thus far, 3 cans of the Seymour: 2 on the longblock and most of one on the adapters and valve covers. I foresee at least one more for the intake and water pump, so if I’m lucky four total.

Yep, the path of least resistance is to use my stuff and just swap in the LS1, I already have the flywheel adapter and flywheel that's required for the LS1/700r4 combo. We'd like to swap the cam for something that sounds wild, maybe a BTR or a Thumper from Comp Cams, and a stall converter to help it get into the power. I am mildly worried about burning up the 700r4 with more power but we can deal with that if/when it happens. Thanks for the quantities on the paint, did you buy online? Amazon?

[gringoloco]

Originally Posted by C10_ustacould

Yep, the path of least resistance is to use my stuff and just swap in the LS1, I already have the flywheel adapter and flywheel that's required for the LS1/700r4 combo. We'd like to swap the cam for something that sounds wild, maybe a BTR or a Thumper from Comp Cams, and a stall converter to help it get into the power. I am mildly worried about burning up the 700r4 with more power but we can deal with that if/when it happens. Thanks for the quantities on the paint, did you buy online? Amazon?

Thumpr cams do sound BA, but are known to be hard to make cooperate, especially with an auto. Suggest sticking to a healthy, power producing cam with a tight LSA to give you the idle chop. BTR is the cam of choice currently, but that seems to change every couple of years. Hard to beat their prices and customer service. They are supposed to be very good with helping you choose a cam if you call and tell them your goals/desires. I did a lot of reading on LS1tech and listened to a bunch of clips on you tube before ordering.

I am lucky enough to have a local place that stocks the Seymour engine paints, so I just swing by there and grab it. Amazon does carry it, but if I recall, it was kind of expensive. In the absence of Amazon deals, I usually search eBay and sort by lowest price with free shipping...

Looking forward to seeing yours come together!

[gringoloco]

The firewall saga continues, day 537

More sanding, this time with 400 grit. Found a few minor imperfections that I filled, then sanded some more. Finished off the day with another coat of primer. I think it’s looking pretty good, but looking at it from different angles, there are a couple of spots I’m not 100% happy with, so more sanding and filling again tomorrow I feel the end is nigh...