this guy is a genius, I'm 22 and I have a c5 (a purchase a 22 year old would make with not enough funds) and Im working on building it right now, and im just baffled at this guys knowledge... unreal.
I'm so glad to see some one explaining the LS build I'm mean this guy covers every detail I'm 63 never I'm my life did I think that gm would build any other block than the old block. I have a 6.0 in my Yukon every day that I drive it I'm so impressed with its power reliability every time I take to the road 249000 and it's just as reliable as when it had 89000 . The old school engine when you stop for fuel you always have to check the oil and water and most of the time beat on the carb to stop it from flooding I'm learning so much from this gentleman I'm taking it all in and taking notes so my friend I so appreciate you for helping us old school knot heads.....tks
Thank you Sir for this excellent channel. I have a friend who balks at great engine information every time. He says whose those guys that fill your head full of crap. Thanks for taking the time and being one of the top "those guys". You're greatly appreciated.
I'm getting ready to build my first ls1 out of and Holden Calais 5.7L 3rd gen and I've reed the manual on how to rebuild the engine - but found these video's so watching to make sure I have my head around what the manual stated.. Grateful for this group of video mate as it's helped me a truck load. So she will go or blow by the end of the rebuild..... Fingers crossed lol
I am also 'old school' and remember when starting an engine with forged pistons sounded like a rock crusher. Nice to know, although not entirely surprising, that they have figured out a way to control the expansion.
Really great work, love the crank driven oil pump. And the blue printing be good to have fancy worksheets to record the I.D O.D and clearence. The second ring with a bit bigger clearence can prevent pressure build up between em' and prevent top ring "flutter"as i understand it. The honing of the nickasil and the rings should seat In like the first five minutes. And those head bolts that pull tension further down the cylinder, causing less distortion for better ring seal. Ya there's sooo much good stuff there the valve seat runout after 20k or so miles and valve guide concentricity after thermal cycling turns out right. Be a dream come true
Good to see don't touch bearing with fingers my pet hate and talk or even mention bearing crush look at all they other u tube mechanic vids fingers all other bearing and never mention bearing crush much. respect to you sir attention to detail. Peace
This may be an obvious question but what is the process if after you check the crank dimensions and find that with the bearings purchased they are out of specification?
Seeing your a transmission builder, can a 4l60e handle 650hp if it was built with a stronger sunshell and other quality internals???......I ordered a lsa supercharger to put on my ls3 headed lq9 and I'm hoping my transmission could handle it
Thanks for this video series, there is a lot of talk about the marks left behind from the dial bore gauge on the bearings, especially with less expensive gauges and less experienced users, what are your views on this.
hello friends I just have one question this engine is a 5.3 or 5.7 I have my 2000 Corvette 5.7 engine and I don't know what the gap of the rings will be if I can also apply 19 thousandths I would like if you could help me My pistons are 0.3916 And the truth is confused 🤔
There's been a lot of back and forth regarding camshaft failure with 3rd gen hemis. Since you're the most intelligent, and most qualified person on RUclips to speak about the issue, will you be releasing a video on the subject? I, for one, would love to hear your ideas about the cause of it to see how close your thoughts are to mine.
I could do a video I suppose I can tell you briefly what I have discovered I have done quite a bit of failure analysis on these cams and lifters, I know that Chrysler will probably not agree with me but my opinion is the lifters and cam do not get enough oil at low rpm if you look at the oil gallery location in the center of the block and at low RPM it blocks the oil thrown off the crank the angle of the lifters and the location of the cam they raised the cam tunnel and its too far away from the crank the lifters and cam just do not get enough oil at low RPM the most common failures are among police and government owned cars and trucks allot of low RPM cruzing in my opinion it's a bad design bottom line is if you have a gen 3 hemi keep the RPM's up
You can take the pistons off the rods..they are floaters...not pressed, I rebuilt my l96 and instead of using the l96 dished pistons I used ls2 flattop pistons to bump up the compression, did the same to my lq4 too....
I've seen guys running ring gaps of .028 or more under boost. Too tight you bind and blast a piston. Bit too loose, and you have a little bit of blowby. I'll take the blowby thankyou!
@@trentdawg2832 haven’t tore it apart yet but pretty sure it broke the piston ring lands smoking really bad out drive side number 5 and 7 plugs look like the were dipped in oil
I share these videos on my Facebook page "the stars are the cars" because this man is the best builder on RUclips. Everyone loved his video about proper camshaft selection.
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this guy is a genius, I'm 22 and I have a c5 (a purchase a 22 year old would make with not enough funds) and Im working on building it right now, and im just baffled at this guys knowledge... unreal.
I'm so glad to see some one explaining the LS build I'm mean this guy covers every detail I'm 63 never I'm my life did I think that gm would build any other block than the old block. I have a 6.0 in my Yukon every day that I drive it I'm so impressed with its power reliability every time I take to the road 249000 and it's just as reliable as when it had 89000 . The old school engine when you stop for fuel you always have to check the oil and water and most of the time beat on the carb to stop it from flooding I'm learning so much from this gentleman I'm taking it all in and taking notes so my friend I so appreciate you for helping us old school knot heads.....tks
Your very welcome
You sir have documented some of the most important videos for building any engine thank you for your knowledge i pray it last forever
Thank you Sir for this excellent channel. I have a friend who balks at great engine information every time. He says whose those guys that fill your head full of crap. Thanks for taking the time and being one of the top "those guys". You're greatly appreciated.
Pay attention to what he said about mathematics, because that's one of the most accurate statements.
Always great to learn from years of experience
nice video i am watching the whole ls1 series
COOL!!!
Love your channel because of the knowlege you give in your videos
I'm getting ready to build my first ls1 out of and Holden Calais 5.7L 3rd gen and I've reed the manual on how to rebuild the engine - but found these video's so watching to make sure I have my head around what the manual stated.. Grateful for this group of video mate as it's helped me a truck load. So she will go or blow by the end of the rebuild..... Fingers crossed lol
How'd you go mate? Almost about to do the same.
I am also 'old school' and remember when starting an engine with forged pistons sounded like a rock crusher. Nice to know, although not entirely surprising, that they have figured out a way to control the expansion.
Really great work, love the crank driven oil pump. And the blue printing be good to have fancy worksheets to record the I.D O.D and clearence. The second ring with a bit bigger clearence can prevent pressure build up between em' and prevent top ring "flutter"as i understand it. The honing of the nickasil and the rings should seat In like the first five minutes. And those head bolts that pull tension further down the cylinder, causing less distortion for better ring seal. Ya there's sooo much good stuff there the valve seat runout after 20k or so miles and valve guide concentricity after thermal cycling turns out right. Be a dream come true
Really good video on this build
Good to see don't touch bearing with fingers my pet hate and talk or even mention bearing crush look at all they other u tube mechanic vids fingers all other bearing and never mention bearing crush much. respect to you sir attention to detail. Peace
Great video keep up the hard work👍👍
Thanks! Will do!
These videos are so informative and good
Glad you like them!
good explanation
Very informative
Thank you for the great information. Do you have a brand of mic, or dial bore gage that you would recommend?
Can you re use standard rod bolts with standard torque and yield settings
This may be an obvious question but what is the process if after you check the crank dimensions and find that with the bearings purchased they are out of specification?
Seeing your a transmission builder, can a 4l60e handle 650hp if it was built with a stronger sunshell and other quality internals???......I ordered a lsa supercharger to put on my ls3 headed lq9 and I'm hoping my transmission could handle it
I’m building an L96 and I’m curious if there are any differences in the rebuild process as shown here. VVT deleted.
do you have to ask for "Blue Printing" and how much extra will it cost? what is the advantage to "Blue Printing"?
Thanks for this video series, there is a lot of talk about the marks left behind from the dial bore gauge on the bearings, especially with less expensive gauges and less experienced users, what are your views on this.
be gentle you need to treat an engine like a lady
@@Myvintageiron7512 LOL, thanks, point taken!
Can you over haul a y block ? Thanks
Is there a specific reason you replaced the pistons and rods or is just recommended when rebuilding?
hello friends I just have one question this engine is a 5.3 or 5.7 I have my 2000 Corvette 5.7 engine and I don't know what the gap of the rings will be if I can also apply 19 thousandths I would like if you could help me My pistons are 0.3916 And the truth is confused 🤔
There's been a lot of back and forth regarding camshaft failure with 3rd gen hemis. Since you're the most intelligent, and most qualified person on RUclips to speak about the issue, will you be releasing a video on the subject? I, for one, would love to hear your ideas about the cause of it to see how close your thoughts are to mine.
I could do a video I suppose I can tell you briefly what I have discovered I have done quite a bit of failure analysis on these cams and lifters, I know that Chrysler will probably not agree with me but my opinion is the lifters and cam do not get enough oil at low rpm if you look at the oil gallery location in the center of the block and at low RPM it blocks the oil thrown off the crank the angle of the lifters and the location of the cam they raised the cam tunnel and its too far away from the crank the lifters and cam just do not get enough oil at low RPM the most common failures are among police and government owned cars and trucks allot of low RPM cruzing in my opinion it's a bad design bottom line is if you have a gen 3 hemi keep the RPM's up
@@Myvintageiron7512 that was exactly my thoughts on the subject
Uncle tony thinks the same
I can not find ring end gap size anywhere,for a 2005 5.3 lm7 std piston
How do i properly hold the rod to put the rod cap and bearing on, then torque it, to start measuring for clearance? I assume a vice isn’t correct.
Use a vice with leather or cardboard.
LOVE your channel! But what happened to the 351 Clevor you started on? I was looking forward to that!
still gona do it
Sweet! Really look forward to it. Thanks for taking the time to make these vids.
Thinking of giving my L96 a rebuild.. can you reuse the pistons and change the rings or replace them and if so are the rods bushed for slip fin pins?
You can take the pistons off the rods..they are floaters...not pressed, I rebuilt my l96 and instead of using the l96 dished pistons I used ls2 flattop pistons to bump up the compression, did the same to my lq4 too....
Do a build off with SloppyMechanic:)
Nope he would definitely be faster Matt is one of the best LS guys on the internet another one is Tom Nelson out in Chatsworth, CA
Isn't the stock bore of a ls1 3.898 not 3.900?
Hi Tony
What state are you in?
What does 'torque angle' mean?
17:14 what's that blue gasket on the floor? I just changed a timing cover gasket (leaking) on a GM 3.4, so the bright blue color really caught my eye.
Felpro Ford 302 timing cover gasket. 99% sure
Chevy small block head gasket
I've seen guys running ring gaps of .028 or more under boost. Too tight you bind and blast a piston. Bit too loose, and you have a little bit of blowby. I'll take the blowby thankyou!
if you build it tight everyone will know if you build it loose only you will know
Listen to him ring gap matters under boost,I know i didn’t gap my crap went south quick😂
What happened?
@@trentdawg2832 haven’t tore it apart yet but pretty sure it broke the piston ring lands smoking really bad out drive side number 5 and 7 plugs look like the were dipped in oil
Are you in AZ?
This is what im talking about but could not get it on video.... Can i plug your video on my channel??
of course
I share these videos on my Facebook page "the stars are the cars" because this man is the best builder on RUclips. Everyone loved his video about proper camshaft selection.
Did he install crank bearing before installing crank?
Jesus, you’re right, he missed it🎉
Personally I blame squirrels
First?
At what being a dork?
really?