BAM55 wrote:Doright wrote:I have a couple of LS engines now, Cant say I am a Big fan yet
I don't know why you are not a fan of LS engines. They come with nice power and takes very little to make more, dependable, and strong.'68 Coronet R/T wrote:Ha, this guy is a perfectionist so it may not be that close to being done as you think. He might decide to put a jet engine in there if the LS doesn't make him happy.
Why you got to go there on me man.lol You're right though.lol
Bam
I really do not care for My LS1 engines I have the blown up one from my 98 Vet in the machine shop now and another in a 04 GTO. I find they are under Powered and When I wanted to modify it I found out I couldn't bore them out but only but a few Thousandths like .009 max!
Why on earth GM would make a Block that cant be bored I have no idea
Now its true I can go exotic and Bore all the cylinders out and Sleeve the Blocks to the bore I want but at a price of $2000+ Its cheaper to get a different block like a 6.2 or bigger and bore that or buy an after market Block add in all the special front and rear cover plates and dam its expensive.
I still may go the Sleeve rout just to keep the Matching numbers deal for the GTO but for the Vett it makes little sense they made tens of thousands of these cars there nothing special in my opinion and with a Value of only 8-12 Grand value makes little sense to build an engine for it that would be worth more than the car.
I want a 4.125 bore minimum 400 cubes or larger bigger is BETTER!
When its all said and done to being close to what I want I would have 12-15 grand into a build to do it the way I want not including Dyno time add Turbos and a Fuel system Probably add at least another 10K, If I spent that kinda coin on an Old school 400 it would include a Blower and mechanical fuel injection and make more power!
Its a lot of coin to build big on The LS platform and I have to many other projects on my plate currently so its gonna wait and I will just fix it stock.