Project "What was I Thinking" 68 SWB

[Sac]

Little fyi also. Friend of mine had a very clean LQ4 with 220K miles and it still had crosshatches in the cylinders and it was never rebuilt. So if its been taken care of, 90K miles ain't nothing.

[GAc10boy]

Yes for LS!! Very clean motor.

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by raull

hey bud sorry ive been away a bid, great progress but I see u set your self back a little by going with ls , cant go wrong with that, im glad I did

Great to have you back buddy, you didn't miss much just bodywork and another motor swap. Really wish I would have gone this direction when I put the big block in but I was scared to do the swap being I'm an LS noob. After driving my GMC for a little over a year it became a no brainer for me and this motor will be a lot more fun to drive and make way more power then my little 5.3 makes.

Originally Posted by Sac

Little fyi also. Friend of mine had a very clean LQ4 with 220K miles and it still had crosshatches in the cylinders and it was never rebuilt. So if its been taken care of, 90K miles ain't nothing.

Thanks, that's what I have been reading everywhere about these motors. Glad I chose to finally go this route.

Originally Posted by GAc10boy

Yes for LS!! Very clean motor.

Thanks, can't wait to get it between the frame rails. I have some work I would like to do to it first so it will be a few months.

[Bennett68C10]

Got the motor stripped down yesterday, now it's ready to get cleaned up, painted and do a cam swap. Still need to purchase the cam and spring kit along with a fbody oil pan. Going to do a new oil pump and timing chain too, makes sense to do it while I'm in there.

[Bennett68C10]

Today I got my LS6 intake cleaned up and painted. I sprayed on 3 coats of Duplicolor plastic adhesion promoter and then sprayed it with Duplicolor Semi Gloss Black engine paint. Turned out really nice.

[slowcpe]

Looking good as always. I also got springs, lifters, trunion upgrade, pushrods, timing chain, and ported oil pump. I'm going to go ahead put a new water pump and thermostat in as well.

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by slowcpe

Looking good as always. I also got springs, lifters, trunion upgrade, pushrods, timing chain, and ported oil pump. I'm going to go ahead put a new water pump and thermostat in as well.

Yeah I'm doing a new water pump and Holley accessory brackets to clear the LS6 intake. Most likely going to run a 2010 and up Camaro water pump so that the inlet matches my radiator and I can run my truck balancer. I'm going to wait on the lifters for now, I'm not going to pull the heads until I can afford to do a set of ported ones, so I'll wait and do the lifters then. I have been talking with Martin at Tick Performance about a cam for my LQ9. I'm looking at his SNS TorqueMax line of cams and he suggested I run the LS2 stage 2 cam. I want a cam that makes good torque and power without losing to much on the low end and what I have seen from these cams on the dyno it is exactly what I'm looking for. Plus I want a cam that has a nice lopey idle. Should be fun to drive now I just need to get my tax return money back so I can order everything

http://www.tickperformance.com/tick-...r-ls2-engines/

[Sac]

Looking good man. Just picked up my LS, going to strip and clean it this week.

[slowcpe]

I've looked into Tick but went with Brian Tooley since he's somewhat local and Hubbard Racing for the ported oil pump as they are out of Indy. All good companies from what I've seen.

I wouldn't be looking into a head change if I had the LQ9. Biggest reason for 243/799s is to bump compression a bit with my LQ4.

[Hart_Rod]

Originally Posted by Bennett68C10

Got the motor stripped down yesterday, now it's ready to get cleaned up, painted and do a cam swap. Still need to purchase the cam and spring kit along with a fbody oil pan. Going to do a new oil pump and timing chain too, makes sense to do it while I'm in there.

Nice score. Welcome to the LS family....

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by Sac

Looking good man. Just picked up my LS, going to strip and clean it this week.

Thanks and congrats on your LS purchase.

Originally Posted by slowcpe

I've looked into Tick but went with Brian Tooley since he's somewhat local and Hubbard Racing for the ported oil pump as they are out of Indy. All good companies from what I've seen.

I wouldn't be looking into a head change if I had the LQ9. Biggest reason for 243/799s is to bump compression a bit with my LQ4.

That was the same plan I had when I was looking for an LQ4. What cam are you going with from Brian Tooley.

Originally Posted by Hart_Rod

Nice score. Welcome to the LS family....

Thanks Rob, I just wish I would have done this a lot sooner. I talked myself out of doing the swap twice previously, should have just went with my initial instinct but at the time I was unsure if I could handle the swap being an LS newb.

[slowcpe]

Not sure yet. Either the Stage 3 or 4. Going to wait until I get heads and go from there. There's a slight chance I may change my mind once or twice on things between now and then.

[mcbassin]

Congrats on the LS! It's going to be so cool to drive with that setup

[texasld]

To reference post #2728. My LS had 216,000 and still had the cross hatches had no lip too. I crammed it, and replaced gaskets. I'm ready to get It started. I'm getting closer.

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by slowcpe

Not sure yet. Either the Stage 3 or 4. Going to wait until I get heads and go from there. There's a slight chance I may change my mind once or twice on things between now and then.

Oh I think I know a thing or two about changing my mind

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Congrats on the LS! It's going to be so cool to drive with that setup

Thanks Mike, now I just have to focus on actually finishing this truck so I can drive it at some point in my life.

Originally Posted by texasld

To reference post #2728. My LS had 216,000 and still had the cross hatches had no lip too. I crammed it, and replaced gaskets. I'm ready to get It started. I'm getting closer.

Awesome, it will be a long time before I get to fire this motor up.

[Shady Chevy]

I saw the comment about ported heads. I have quite a bit of porting experience, although it is mostly on Mopar heads. www.shadydellspeedshop.com Note: my brother Ryan is the one who runs the shop now, and builds the engines there, not me. I started the shop with my brother and worked at it in the past. But anyhow, I am thinking about putting an LS motor in my next project, and would love to port a set of LS heads to see what I could do with them. If you are interested, we might be able to work something out. Talk to me offline if you want. dkj103@psu.edu
Dave

[Justin@EntropyRad]

Looks awesome! Solid cab!

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by Shady Chevy

I saw the comment about ported heads. I have quite a bit of porting experience, although it is mostly on Mopar heads. www.shadydellspeedshop.com Note: my brother Ryan is the one who runs the shop now, and builds the engines there, not me. I started the shop with my brother and worked at it in the past. But anyhow, I am thinking about putting an LS motor in my next project, and would love to port a set of LS heads to see what I could do with them. If you are interested, we might be able to work something out. Talk to me offline if you want. dkj103@psu.edu
Dave

I appreciate the offer but that's a little more then I want to do to the motor right now. I don't plan on pulling the heads off at this time.

Originally Posted by Justin@EntropyRad

Looks awesome! Solid cab!

Thanks Justin, I have a question for you. When I ordered my Entropy Rad, I just ordered the radiator without the fan kit. Do you guys sell just the fan kit to fit the radiator, I didnt see it listed on your site or maybe I missed it.

[Bennett68C10]

Got the grime cleaned off the 6.0 and decided to mock up my valve covers and intake to get an idea of what it will look like. I plan to paint the block, heads and valve covers body color with the black intake and accessories. Should look pretty good.

[Bennett68C10]

One more

[sduckworth13]

Your engine looks great Keith. I really like the valve covers those look cool.

[mooseknuckles]

motor looks awesome!

[Sac]

Looking good.

[texasld]

Motor looks Stellar, Bud! Going to look even cooler with some liquid color...

I'm glad I'm not the only one with those valve covers. If I'm seeing correctly, I think we have the same coil pack mounts. They are sitting on the HF hose reel box in the back ground. Have you figured out where you are going to mount them?

[slowcpe]

I like the valve covers. Where are planning on mounting the coil packs?

I'm currently leaning towards the Holley coil covers.