Meissen's LT1 Build-up Thread

[Kwazrollinz28]

Better pick up the pace brian, I pickup my motor on friday, and its coming apart friday, haha.

You do have me beat in the whole get the 6 out of the car department though....

It will be neat to see 2 v6 to v8 swaps going on at the same time!

Dude i live in burton holy crap

[meissen]

Haha, it's getting closer. Once I get all the parts I'll take a week off from work and do the cam swap, paint the engine bay and undercarraige with POR 15, and then hopefully do the install.

[sman]

Dude i live in burton holy crap

Really where are you at? Im in the sub @ belsay and potter.

[Kwazrollinz28]

Really where are you at? Im in the sub @ belsay and potter.

I'm right behind Lowes and home depot if you know where thats at
And somewhere close to the walmarts haha.

I'm on Ive's street if that actually helps though.

[meissen]

Got a little bit done today...

[Boost Addict]

for progress!

[JoeliusZ28]

remove the lifter keeper and see if there is any sludge under there, that is first place it will collect. (might as well remove the lifters and soak them in oil too).

Engine looks really good though, you doin some headwork or what??

[Kwazrollinz28]

nice but i would of cleaned the block with all of that crap on then dissembled for easier clean up

that shelf is starting to get full, Ill take some off your hands hahaha

[MP81]

Good progress B!

[meissen]

remove the lifter keeper and see if there is any sludge under there, that is first place it will collect. (might as well remove the lifters and soak them in oil too).

Engine looks really good though, you doin some headwork or what??

Yeah, I'll do that to see what it looks like. I'm still on the fence on whether or not I want to buy new lifters. Part of me thinks I should buy it just for the peace of mind that I have new lifters, but the other part of me thinks I can use the money else where and stick with stockers.

nice but i would of cleaned the block with all of that crap on then dissembled for easier clean up

Haha, yeah, it was mostly a spur of the moment thing. I was content with just removing the intake manifold and then my dad's all "Hey want to take the heads off?" So I said, "Sure why not?" And yeah.

Now that the heads are sitting downstairs, I just need the spring compressor and then I can replace all the stuff in the heads until the rest of my parts come.

[JoeliusZ28]

so ... headwork?

[meissen]

Depends on how much it'd cost.

[Derek]

your gonna love it B, git r done

[JoeliusZ28]

Depends on how much it'd cost.

depends how much you wanna do.

A lloyd elliot or advanced induction job would be north of 800 bucks probably.

Dave at engine craft on the other hand could deck and pocket port for a couple hundred. He did that to mine plus an intake valve job and assembly for just under $400 i think.

Make sure you at least check your valve guides for wear to see if they need to be redone. Otherwise there is nothing wrong with just putting it back together, you could use an impala head gaskets to bump compression up slightly.

[Kwazrollinz28]

Depends on how much it'd cost.

I got a bigger valve upgrade and port for 502 bucks they cleaned them for me to they looked great

what a steal to, would of been over 1000