Always a fan of third gen content. The time you take to balance showing the work being done and the explanations is spot on man. Love the videos, can’t wait for the next one.
I'm very interested in seeing the header clearance on a gen V. And the tune for the direct injection to run on all 8. I did a LS1 swap in a 86 Trans Am I unfortunately sold on eBay. I'm looking to do a gen V swap in my 88 Formula so all these awesome videos help a fellow 3rd gen guy out!
how does the 3rd gen have so much more engine room than the 4th gen? I'm jealous! Great work! fun fact: GM had to change the name to AFM because the Department of Defense told them to.
Please leave those valve covers off. I've never seen a stock engine look soooo good! You did a phenomenal amount of work rehab'ing that baby beast of an engine and it shows. You have literally inspired me to go the same route one day instead of painting an engine in the typical chevy colors, ect. Way to go Matt!
Matt, You have gotten very good at these "build" videos, clear and concise. Like mine, I am VERY curious how you will address the fuel lines as mine was a carb car as well. Thanks
I wish I had the ability to do these types of projects. I want to build an early 2000's camaro build. V6 to ls6.0 but the task is so daunting to an hvac tech.
I'm a HVAC-R tech and I'm in the process of putting a 2013 LS3 into my 1970 Camaro, there is so much information out there on it that no matter what hiccups you run into someone else has surely been there and probably has a video about it. But it is definitely a huge task. But hopefully it will be worth it !
Man i wish you do a gbody because you are a blessing and i learn some much and am doing my build in a gbody 6.0 and i want my OG guages to work and save money and you helped
Matt I bought the tool to pull fuel injectors and still bent the fuel tube . I soaked them with PB Penetrating. It took me awhile the tool was Absolutely no help! Probably a good three days.
You have to love how GM cheaped out on literally everything on those direct injected messes. You went from reusable silicone impregnated aluminum gaskets to just beads of RTV..... And they leak all the time...gee I wonder why lol. With a good tune and the 6L80e I would not be surprised with sub 5 second 0 to 60's. Adding like 3 degrees of ignition timing over stock takes them from feeling lazy to ripping tires in the trucks haha. I like now since the L8T came out in the HD trucks they went away from that goofy water pump to a normal central mount one and utilize a hydraulic power steering pump again. I think all the aftermarket power steering bracket setups get you to install an LS3 waterpump.
So many questions.... Here is a couple .... Power steering plans? Are you able to bypass the freekin RVC for the voltage regulation with that stock alternator?
I’m pretty sure the rvc won’t be a thing being there is no body control module. For the power steering I’m either going with a hydraulic pump that I’ll mount below the water pump, or an electric volvo unit.
Awesome engine but I thought you were going to put a 6.0 in it. What happened to that engine?? Either way that engine will be a huge improvement. Really like the shine of it!!! 😇
I'm wondering about how well DOD would work in a vehicle a thousand pounds lighter than a Tahoe or a Silverado, with good aerodynamics. Would you consider taking a road trip with the DOD in place to show what kind of economy (I know, totally not the mission of the car) it does over 5-600 miles of limited hooning? I'm thinking you could do between 35-40 mpg at a steady 65-70, with all the power you want any time you want it.
@@moemoe48210 Could your gearing need to be changed? I put a 5.3L in my 1957 truck and Quick Performance asked me how I would use the truck. MPG was the goal - not power. They suggested a 3.5 rear gear since 80 would be the fastest I would go in the truck.
I'm a GM tech, spray some penetrating oil into the lower section of the injector holes. Let it soak for a couple of hours and they should work out with the pry bars.
Michael Davis. I've used the GM green top engine cleaner. A small amount on each of the injectors and let it soak for an hour or so to soften up the carbon and they come right out.
Thank you for the content you produce, man! I'm learning so much from watching the Camaro and Trans Am vids, and the soundtracks are really cool! Keep up the good work, and God bless!
Those lifters suck. My parents 2021 Tahoe broke with 4K miles on it. Ironically I was in the car after my dad picked me up at the airport in Providence and on the ride back to their city in MA the lights lit up the dash like a christmas tree. Lifters went bad and thankfully didn't ruin the engine. It was at the dealer for 3 weeks waiting on new lifters and pushrods.
Wow that was awesome I would had find high temperature clear coat paint and painted all that beautiful polish aluminum you clean and polish for long term against aluminum rusting wow beautiful keep them coming .👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Again, your 80s synth music is killer, especially the tune while doing the engine cleanup!! Your car content is cool too👍🏻 Your T/A and Camaro really makes me want a 3rd gen again!!!
Quite the transformation for that mill. Nice work there Matt. Too bad about those fuel rails. Hopefully some heat will rectify the matter for you. Good work on the wiring too. Cleaned that mess up nicely. The beard trim looks "more gooder" too. LOL
Did you happen to make that ac wire harness for your car? I have all my old wiring for the ac but I’m curious how you wired it for a base map of a how to would be awesome!
Outstanding work / video... My 2 cents on that pass side harness , possibly loom it up tightly and pass it along the manifold passing through the fuel rail then down behind the a.c. compressor. Whatever you do I'm sure will kick ass ✊💯
hay matt my name is trevor and i was wondering if you could pleas send me a picture of your c100 sheet so i can use it as a cheet sheet i have a 1986 pontiac trans am and im building it just like your doing yours we have the same exact car and im trying to knock this harness out so i can move on but iv never done this befor iv built this entire car by watching all your videos and this part im really struggling on if you could pleas get back to me to let me know
i have a question if you dont mind me askin, do you use blue locktite on the adapter plates that go to the block? i never see people use locktite but i would think that would be something youd wanna use em on . have you or do you sir?
Nice job on the cleanup. Pretty cool to see someone else make a gasket from scratch using the oldschool ball peen hammer method. I've done so on things ranging from a Mazda 20B throttle body and turbos in 2013 (Unobtanium, don't ask...lol) to a BMW transmission pan gasket since the OE ones leak as soon as you look at them. My go-to is Fel-Pro 3157 or 3137 for bigger stuff. It compresses quite a bit compared to a paper gasket, so increase your torque about 10%, and use anti-seize, and you'll never have a leak.
Matt the car and the progress is awesome! Can’t wait for the next video! I just bought a new aeromotive tank with baffles and 300 liter pump. How do you plan to fuel that engine?
I fabricate those fuel rails at my plant. They are conveyed through a 2000°f braze oven. The joints soldered with metallic braze made out of nichol and copper. The entire process take 1 hr.
WoW, the amount of knowledge in the last video and this one is out of this world, i like the clean shaven matt( no homo), the bearded matt was depressed and always grumpy. Id recommend to remove the transmission stock hard lines and run -6 AN, they look better and flow more.
Ive been watching your vids for a while now and Im totally envious of your ability to do all the work. Even the interior work. Just remarkable. Your vids are a pleasure to watch !
Hey Matt love the content. I'm about to start an ls swap on my 87 iroc z so the information has been awesome. I just wanted to chime in on removing those injectors. Poor a small amount of GM top engine cleaner (green) onto each injector where it goes into the head and let it soak for an hour or so and use a pry bar to pull the rails and injectors out. That j tool from GM is junk and bends easily. Good luck and look forward to more videos.
Remove the rocker arms and fill the cylinders with Berryman for a day or 2. That will break down and penatrate the carbon that is holding the injectors in.
Always a fan of third gen content. The time you take to balance showing the work being done and the explanations is spot on man. Love the videos, can’t wait for the next one.
Apparently some cheap harbor freight wire wheels and spray paint can work miracles.
Looks top notch my man!! 👍🏻
You are a Vary sick man , in a good sickness to have mad respect keep up the great channel 👍
I'm very interested in seeing the header clearance on a gen V. And the tune for the direct injection to run on all 8. I did a LS1 swap in a 86 Trans Am I unfortunately sold on eBay. I'm looking to do a gen V swap in my 88 Formula so all these awesome videos help a fellow 3rd gen guy out!
I'm working on my lq4 swap into my 88 GTA and these are really helpful
how does the 3rd gen have so much more engine room than the 4th gen? I'm jealous! Great work!
fun fact: GM had to change the name to AFM because the Department of Defense told them to.
Please leave those valve covers off. I've never seen a stock engine look soooo good! You did a phenomenal amount of work rehab'ing that baby beast of an engine and it shows. You have literally inspired me to go the same route one day instead of painting an engine in the typical chevy colors, ect. Way to go Matt!
Matt, You have gotten very good at these "build" videos, clear and concise. Like mine, I am VERY curious how you will address the fuel lines as mine was a carb car as well. Thanks
Great job on that engine Matt. She looks mint! Wonderful to see another T/A vid.
You make it look so easy. Love the 3rd Gens.
I wish I had the ability to do these types of projects. I want to build an early 2000's camaro build. V6 to ls6.0 but the task is so daunting to an hvac tech.
I'm a HVAC-R tech and I'm in the process of putting a 2013 LS3 into my 1970 Camaro, there is so much information out there on it that no matter what hiccups you run into someone else has surely been there and probably has a video about it. But it is definitely a huge task. But hopefully it will be worth it !
Awesome LS build
Man i wish you do a gbody because you are a blessing and i learn some much and am doing my build in a gbody 6.0 and i want my OG guages to work and save money and you helped
Matt I bought the tool to pull fuel injectors and still bent the fuel tube . I soaked them with PB Penetrating. It took me awhile the tool was Absolutely no help! Probably a good three days.
What I noticed on the third gens is Gm used the pink with black stripe wires and bridged them together alot.
You could paint the intake and valve covers to match the color of the trans am would probably look really good
Damn dude! You got a lot done in this vid. Looks great !
You have to love how GM cheaped out on literally everything on those direct injected messes. You went from reusable silicone impregnated aluminum gaskets to just beads of RTV..... And they leak all the time...gee I wonder why lol. With a good tune and the 6L80e I would not be surprised with sub 5 second 0 to 60's. Adding like 3 degrees of ignition timing over stock takes them from feeling lazy to ripping tires in the trucks haha. I like now since the L8T came out in the HD trucks they went away from that goofy water pump to a normal central mount one and utilize a hydraulic power steering pump again. I think all the aftermarket power steering bracket setups get you to install an LS3 waterpump.
Two words…vapor blasting!
I love the KIX shirt!
I came for the T/A video, but I stayed for Matt’s humor.
👍🏾👍🏾 get rid of the DOD ASAP…. bad thing is a cam kit is $1,000 🤦🏾♂️ but totally worth it…..
Just got a 5.3l avalanche wondering what mods you would recommend for both reliability and fuel efficiency?
A Lsa supercharger would fit well 👌 lol 😆. Nice work sir. Be safe team !
Great job, looks great
On LS engines the weight savings of aluminum vs iron is also about 80 pounds
You forgot to put sealant around the oil pan oil ports.
Do you think a smaller idler may have prevented you from grinding the locator off? Or a corvette tensioner?
Looks great! Nice job!
So many questions.... Here is a couple .... Power steering plans? Are you able to bypass the freekin RVC for the voltage regulation with that stock alternator?
I’m pretty sure the rvc won’t be a thing being there is no body control module. For the power steering I’m either going with a hydraulic pump that I’ll mount below the water pump, or an electric volvo unit.
What is your opinion on current GM quality?
Firehouse!! Oh yeah.
That engine is popping
Matt, is it just an optical illusion or does the motor lean to the driver side a little?
I recommend a drip pan.
Hey man, I have 87 GTA Trans Am 5speed. Would like you to work on it
WHAT MOTOR MOUNTS DID YOU USE
Awesome engine but I thought you were going to put a 6.0 in it. What happened to that engine?? Either way that engine will be a huge improvement. Really like the shine of it!!! 😇
The 6.0 went in my Camaro
Why didn’t you use the bmr cross member.
Its made for an ls swap. I didn’t want to cut it up to make it work when I can just use it in my Camaro.
Tahoe has rock music
Trans am has 80s montage music
Awesome video
Why not pick up a tr6060?
Quality.
How is the powersteering going to work?
A few companies sell a hydraulic pump kit that mounts below the water pump. I’m either going with that or electric steering from a volvo.
I definitely think the plastic covers look best
Cool shit
I'm wondering about how well DOD would work in a vehicle a thousand pounds lighter than a Tahoe or a Silverado, with good aerodynamics. Would you consider taking a road trip with the DOD in place to show what kind of economy (I know, totally not the mission of the car) it does over 5-600 miles of limited hooning?
I'm thinking you could do between 35-40 mpg at a steady 65-70, with all the power you want any time you want it.
It is when I drove a charger the mds kicks on at 80 my ram barely can keep it 70
Please do this test.
@@moemoe48210 Could your gearing need to be changed? I put a 5.3L in my 1957 truck and Quick Performance asked me how I would use the truck. MPG was the goal - not power. They suggested a 3.5 rear gear since 80 would be the fastest I would go in the truck.
The valve covers need a deep red Matt LSX logo on them.
LTX
I think you can spray a hi-temp clear coat on the engine to protect it.
I was going to but didn’t want to risk it yellowing.
I'm a GM tech, spray some penetrating oil into the lower section of the injector holes. Let it soak for a couple of hours and they should work out with the pry bars.
Thanks I’ll try that
@@lsxmatt Yeah, the tools for the injector rails rarely work. Just be patient and keep working the injectors. I promise they will come out. 👍
Michael Davis. I've used the GM green top engine cleaner. A small amount on each of the injectors and let it soak for an hour or so to soften up the carbon and they come right out.
@@johnstriffler I'm going to try that next time, thanks! 😁👍
Nice looking engine Matt. That would look good in my Silverado. Lol
Thank you for the content you produce, man! I'm learning so much from watching the Camaro and Trans Am vids, and the soundtracks are really cool! Keep up the good work, and God bless!
Those lifters suck. My parents 2021 Tahoe broke with 4K miles on it. Ironically I was in the car after my dad picked me up at the airport in Providence and on the ride back to their city in MA the lights lit up the dash like a christmas tree. Lifters went bad and thankfully didn't ruin the engine. It was at the dealer for 3 weeks waiting on new lifters and pushrods.
I had to replace a failed injector on my L83 at 61k miles, took me 2-3 days of intermittent prying to get one side out. That’s just the struggle.
Wow that was awesome I would had find high temperature clear coat paint and painted all that beautiful polish aluminum you clean and polish for long term against aluminum rusting wow beautiful keep them coming .👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Any 5.3+ id remove afm and dod. For that matter I would do that on any engine
Again, your 80s synth music is killer, especially the tune while doing the engine cleanup!! Your car content is cool too👍🏻
Your T/A and Camaro really makes me want a 3rd gen again!!!
Felt like I was watching a movie from my childhood and he is preparing to go on some epic save the world type mission in that Trans-am. Lol.
No to the plastic vovers
Quite the transformation for that mill. Nice work there Matt. Too bad about those fuel rails. Hopefully some heat will rectify the matter for you. Good work on the wiring too. Cleaned that mess up nicely.
The beard trim looks "more gooder" too. LOL
Awesome story telling/editing! Thank you for doing this. 👍
Did you happen to make that ac wire harness for your car? I have all my old wiring for the ac but I’m curious how you wired it for a base map of a how to would be awesome!
I really like that you spend time cleaning and painting rather than just tossing dirty stuff in the car nice work!
I've been following him since I was 16 with my first Camaro American muscle baby
Outstanding work / video...
My 2 cents on that pass side harness , possibly loom it up tightly and pass it along the manifold passing through the fuel rail then down behind the a.c. compressor.
Whatever you do I'm sure will kick ass ✊💯
hay matt my name is trevor and i was wondering if you could pleas send me a picture of your c100 sheet so i can use it as a cheet sheet i have a 1986 pontiac trans am and im building it just like your doing yours we have the same exact car and im trying to knock this harness out so i can move on but iv never done this befor iv built this entire car by watching all your videos and this part im really struggling on if you could pleas get back to me to let me know
i have a question if you dont mind me askin, do you use blue locktite on the adapter plates that go to the block? i never see people use locktite but i would think that would be something youd wanna use em on . have you or do you sir?
If you have the interest you can find lt4 blowers for decently cheap. Kinda do a 5.3 lsa vs 5.3 lt4 comparison as well
I feel like I was watching Crockett from Miami Vice prepping his new engine for the big takedown (it was the music - lol)
I love watching this stuff, but if you get more of the dancing mullet lol. 25:00 minute mark. You definitely have my wife’s attention too.
Great video, I find myself saving a few of them for later.
I’ll be cool to see how you hook up your C 100 harness to the psi standalone harness
Great job! Wasn't sure how to address mine thank y'all
Nice job! You rtv applying skills are on point.
Matt your videos are freaking awesome. I’m a fan!!
Can’t wait to see it finished.
WD40 down in those injectors ports helps
Where did you get the wire diagram worksheet from?
Man u made that look easy . Ill still fuck it up tho lol
I have that firehouse shirt! Good job
Incredible job Matt!
Trans Am! About time!
Looking great man!!
I’ve now binged this entire T/A series in 3 days… love it man!! Inspired me to go pick my TA back up! Can’t wait to get cranking on it!
Nice work.
Looks awesome! Thanks for the knowledge.
Nice job on the cleanup. Pretty cool to see someone else make a gasket from scratch using the oldschool ball peen hammer method. I've done so on things ranging from a Mazda 20B throttle body and turbos in 2013 (Unobtanium, don't ask...lol) to a BMW transmission pan gasket since the OE ones leak as soon as you look at them. My go-to is Fel-Pro 3157 or 3137 for bigger stuff. It compresses quite a bit compared to a paper gasket, so increase your torque about 10%, and use anti-seize, and you'll never have a leak.
62K miles engine?! I've never owned that of a low mileage vehicle
Me neither😂
Matt the car and the progress is awesome!
Can’t wait for the next video!
I just bought a new aeromotive tank with baffles and 300 liter pump.
How do you plan to fuel that engine?
I fabricate those fuel rails at my plant. They are conveyed through a 2000°f braze oven. The joints soldered with metallic braze made out of nichol and copper. The entire process take 1 hr.
WoW, the amount of knowledge in the last video and this one is out of this world, i like the clean shaven matt( no homo), the bearded matt was depressed and always grumpy.
Id recommend to remove the transmission stock hard lines and run -6 AN, they look better and flow more.
Ive been watching your vids for a while now and Im totally envious of your ability to do all the work. Even the interior work. Just remarkable. Your vids are a pleasure to watch !
Hey Matt love the content. I'm about to start an ls swap on my 87 iroc z so the information has been awesome. I just wanted to chime in on removing those injectors. Poor a small amount of GM top engine cleaner (green) onto each injector where it goes into the head and let it soak for an hour or so and use a pry bar to pull the rails and injectors out. That j tool from GM is junk and bends easily. Good luck and look forward to more videos.
Great content. Youre giving me the confidence to do a L83/l86 swap to my 1931 hot rod. The old warnout 327 sbc has seen better days haha 😄
Im jealous of your meticulous attention to detail. I know it's a gift and a curse but I wish I had the patience. Excellent work as usual.
Remove the rocker arms and fill the cylinders with Berryman for a day or 2. That will break down and penatrate the carbon that is holding the injectors in.
Enjoying the content. Cant wait to see the finished product! That bird is gonna be sick!
Man I love the progress you have made! It motivates me to get to work on my own projects
This is great Ive been wonder how to get that particular scaling off.
I like the coilpack cover, keep it.
Outstanding content, lsxmat keep up the great work
Great work and great video construction skills..
That cleaned up engine is gorgeous! Love this channel.