I hope this turns out reallly good cause you did this for the low and got the haters talking!!! Love the re ring rebuild and hilbilly hone !! My type of guy
I think most of us think this way but are scared to say it openly due to the backlash we get … if it ain’t broke why fix it 👌🏽 I’d rather atleast tryyyy to rebuild a motor myself like this then to pay someone 3k+ to build me one
Dude! What a refreshing build! Kinda tired of watching the channels with all their sponsored machinery and parts. This is how we grew up in the shop doing a rebuild with buddies over a weekend!! Hats off . Live your OnX content also.
I have followed you for years. You built a Hummer called the 'Urban Gorilla" many years ago and the body you used came from a small shop I worked at in Eastman Georgia. I did some of the work on it. That was between 2000 and 2005 I think maybe 2003ish. Been a long time so don't really remember the exact year. It was a good series and build. I wonder what ever happened to it. I like anything you do from a bicycle build to a honkin trail buggy. You the man Ian...
Tech tip for the bank you're working on. Put it 90° to the crankshaft that way when you slide it in it'll just go down and settle on the crank. You don't have to worry about looking here looking there
Subbed because of the old Wheelin videos back in the day. Thought you looked familiar and then went straight to comments. Turned out i was right!! Absolutely loved that little lineup of cool shit!
Ian, long time Ls based nut job here... I couldn't help but notice you said "5.3" and I see it's a gen 3 engine however seeing your pistons verifys it is a 4.8 the 5.3 came from the factory with a dished piston, the 4.8 came with a flat top, they use the same block but a different stroke The 4.8 has a stroke of 3.267 inches, the 5.3 has a stroke of 3.622 inches just thought i would share... being you're going twin turbo I don't think you're going to notice the difference but the 5.3 is good for a little more low-end grunt great video nonetheless always love watching what you do
@Daniel-Johnson no worries, I use to watch him & Jesse on Sat mornings & again on Sun. I was kinda truthful trolling Lol wondering if he will iron and spray his hair at 50, 60 or even 70yrs and when it becomes desperately funny
The dedication this guy has to his hairdo is more dedication than most people have for anything in their entire lives; haha! Blast from the past-- didn't know he was still doing this kind of stuff.
Educated me on the art of welding and pipe bending in the early 2k's, SFDCI. Learned a crap load from you on all things automotive. Thank you Ian... Mr Johnson ;) Peace be upon you, in all facets of life.
Great video! But FYI, the plastic cone on the cam bearing tool, is for centering the tool against the nearest journal so the bearings go in straight 🤟🏼
The LS is fairly easy to rebuild, during covid I rebuilt a dozen engines from the junk yard and sold them with a trimmed down wire harness and flashed ecu for LS swaps.
Ian, thanks for being you and thanks for providing awesome content. I've been watching you since PowerNation. It's pretty cool seeing you come this far thanks again.
As soon as I saw Ian and that this was a YT Channel I hit the "Subscibe" button! I miss the old PowerBlock TV's Xtreme 4x4 show! With all of you skills and knowledge you make wrenching look easy and obtainable; which most of this is with time and dedication... and a pile o' cash!!!
My early 80's one liter Suzuki SJ 4x4 blew a head gasket between cylinders (this was on Guam, the early SJ was not DOT legal in the U.S.). Used a 2x4 and sand paper to remove all of the high spots on the block & cylinder head.
Dear Mr. Johnson, I hope and pray that you have been blessed. It is good to see you again after all these years from Extreme 4x4. I have been busy what with terminating my degree and thankfully getting a doctorate, but I digress, I was going to make a professional suggestion, what with all my new education, absolutely please update that coffee maker. Sunny beaches. Respectfully, Benjamin Wallace DNP, APRN, FNP-C, LMT PS please forgive me for not offering to send one for the school bill is now due...
Big hair garage, I’m with you on this. I’m wanting to build the same but im thinking use a JY 5.3 like Richard Holdener did in project big bang. Check out his video. He shows running a JY 5.3 with turbos to see what it can do on the dyno before it pops.
Awesome build as always Ian 👍 love em or hate em the LS is a great platform and has a lot of affordable options and can fit in just about anything , im not ready to swap my 72 Nova sticking with the old school Small Block Chevy , it has the original 350 in it but i am building a destroakwd 350 for it it is a 331 , always wanted a little screaming small block . Lol i do plan on adding boost though not looking to make butt tons of power but i like to have some fun with it .
Pro tip, by yourself a 5 gallon pale of carburetor cleaner. Drop those pistons and rods or anything that’s got varnish on it and in a few days they’ll come out like new.
That ECU alone is more than the Holley or Haltech offerings, toss in the THOUSAND DOLLAR harness and it’s double the price of the more name brand competitors.
New sub Ian but watched you on my Saturday morning off on the power Nation with the land speed girl that was in the accident. I always wondered what happened to her on the show when she got her back hurt. Anyway enjoy your videos and going back watching all them.👍👍
I just rebuilt my first LS engine last year & didn't seat the thrust bearings...just great! The motor is in my Nova & runs but I haven't drove it other then in & out of the garage. Now I'm worried what's going to happen.
Great video man . just wanted to tell you mite want to double check I believe you have a 4.8 not a 5.3 with the flat top piston 5.3 have dished piston .
Did he just install the rings without even measuring end gap. he was just pulling them out the package and installing them straight on the pistons. Crazy!! Also i believe you got a 4.8 not a 5.3!
Loving the videos I do have a question. I have a 2001 5.3 in my square body. It does have a cam Troion upgrade hard push rods LS seven lifters and over the winter I added a vs racing 7875 turbo and 80 pound injectors, my question is should I change from the factory thermostat? Should I go down to a 160 or a 180 or leave the factory one? and I am not running the radiator as a trans cooler I have a derale remote mount. I mainly street drive this thing and autocross.
I've had three engines rebuilt. All three broke. On my Chevy 350 it developed a noise. I let anyone listen to it. Most said "rod bearing". After thinking about it and praying 🙏 I decided to do it with some help. We pulled it out and started taking it apart. I removed the timing cover and the chain was loose I was able to take it off. Took the cover to the parts washer and found where the chain was hitting it. Decision time. I could have just put a new timing chain on it and put it back in the truck. No. We went on and tore it down. Took the head's and crank to the machine shop. They gave me a valve job and polish the crank. I took a drill and a ball hone and learned how to hone a cylinder and another. Bought a 88$ re-ringed kit with bearings and gaskets. Put it back together. 115000 miles later I drove it 225miiles and gave it to a friend of mines half brother. My friend took his own life. So I gave it to his brother. He said he wanted to keep it. Less than a year later he sold it. No good deed goes unpunished. That's what true but, I didn't break it. I pulled heavy travel trailers with it. I ran the dog out of it. I had to do a similar thing to an Oldsmobile 350. Same thing only, the oil pick up was clogged up with plastic from the TIMING CHAIN. Did the same thing. Had to get one new piston. The aftermarket piston was lighter and the one from the dealer was 95.00. I got the dealer piston so I wouldn't have to balance the thing. It ran so good. I wish I had kept it. I ran it for 5 years. It ran so good. I guess what I learned was "you don't have to board all engines"regardless of what they say and, if they look at you like a cow looking at a new gate when you ask about torque plates, run away from him. He knows absolutely shit about nothing.
If the cam bearing came out seized on the camshaft then that means it spun in the block and wiped out that bearing bore. It will end up spinning the new bearing very quickly and leave you with a junk engine again. LS blocks are notorious for this problem. The block needs the cam tunnel align bored for oversized cam bearings.
Not that it makes any difference for the parts used or the power goals really, but flat top pistons usually means 4.8 vs 5.3. Same block and everything else, they even stamp them 4.8/5.3 and you can't tell the difference externally. Only difference is in the stroke of the crank and shorter rod length and flat top pistons on the 4.8 for a forced induction motor that is seeing higher RPM I really prefer the lighter rotating assembly of the 4.8. Its not a guarantee though and if you have flat top pistons in a 5.3 means higher compression as compared to the dished and no valve reliefs which don't give you much wiggle room as the piston gets awful close to the heads on the longer stroke of 5.3 which is not really what you want to keep together a budget rebuild you plan on running a lot of boost on. That makes the aftermarket heads you have a better choice but it could be important to note if you are reusing stock heads. You could measure the rods or check the casting numbers on them and know for sure what it is but from my chair to the naked eye those look like the "gen4" rods and pistons from a 4.8 from like late 2004-2006 and if it was a 5.3 I would have expected to see either a dish or valve reliefs but obviously their are plenty of odd ducks out there.
Came to comment this .. only small detail you mixed up is that 4.8 actually have a slightly longer rod length believe it or not. The rest are the same length 5.3 5.7 6.0
Low buck build on the engine pretty sweet! Buttt, with a stand alone controller worth literally more than 3 times the value of the motor at $3G’s starting point (with harness)??? I love hp runners and have an mpvi pro, but Holley and several other stand alones blow this core thing out of the water for a fraction of the price!
first thing, this might be a 4.8. The 5.3 had valve reliefs on the top of the piston. The 4.8 had flat tops like you have. Second thing, you definitely should have gapped your rings. under a boost situation the rings expand and hit eachother and will break a ring land. Lowered compression might help. But I worry about the longevity of this engine.
We get LS's All Day for Cheap here in Michigan, $250 for a 4.8, $300 for a 5.3, $350 for 6.0 and $400 for a 6.2 If in Stock, L60E and L80E's for Cheap, Try THAT with a Hemi or Coyote!😆
Great video, but didn't someone establish at some point that the cam bearings in the LS engines usually look like this not because of wear, but because GM line honed them at the factory??? Don't know about this 100% but I believe I read that somewhere?
Slow down your drill speed and speed up your stroke speed when your "honing" those cylinders. You just made an extremely flat crosshatch which will starve the piston and rings from oil and cause ring chatter from lack of rotation which will kill the rings and cylinders prematurely and then you will have oil consumption. The rings require proper crosshatch angle so they will rotate as they go up and down. Ive seen it many times when blocks come in the shop with a "Honing" job preformed and the crosshatch is completely flat like that and the cylinders will have a chatter look from the rings chattering from improper oil film and not rotating.
As this is a twin turbo engine it will be capable of high boost pressures. Did you increase the gap on the rings? And by how much? What about the pushrods? Stock length or custom? Thanks for sharing.
It was a LOWER cost rebuild for the short block because you reused some things but as soon as you threw new heads and that HPT core at it your costs skyrocketed. Good info for the rebuild but I hate the sponsored crap that always gets thrown in there like us on a budget are going to run right out and grab it!
Not a fan of how you used that cylinder hone... The flat stones are meant for deglazing and reshaping holes, the ball-type "dingleberry" hones are for cross-hatching. 💯
Ian if a cam bearing came out with the camshaft. You really should get the cam bearing seats checked. If the one is out of spec you could ruin an entire engine js. THAT IS A LOT OF CASH TO RISK!
Very true....BUT...and 5.3 is dirt cheap and if I spin a cam bearing again...I can replace this short block for less than the price of machining the cam seat
Man, I haven’t seen this guy in years and I’m instantly flooded with memories of Saturday mornings with my Dad.
Awesome to here!!!
same thing i thought when i saw him in a wheeling youtubers video. I was like "HEY I REMEMBER THAT DUDE!" haha Saturday morning car show memories
Many many Sunday mornings!
Me too! bad ass! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🫡🇺🇸
Memories of Ian and Jesse Combs building 4x4s. Man that takes me back a ways.
They had the best chemistry!
Sure he missing his good friend
I hope this turns out reallly good cause you did this for the low and got the haters talking!!! Love the re ring rebuild and hilbilly hone !! My type of guy
I think most of us think this way but are scared to say it openly due to the backlash we get … if it ain’t broke why fix it 👌🏽 I’d rather atleast tryyyy to rebuild a motor myself like this then to pay someone 3k+ to build me one
hilbilly hone ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Dude! What a refreshing build! Kinda tired of watching the channels with all their sponsored machinery and parts. This is how we grew up in the shop doing a rebuild with buddies over a weekend!! Hats off . Live your OnX content also.
I appreciate that!
Been wanting someone to to an ‘LS rebuild for dummies’ style of video for awhile now. Thanks Ian.
I have followed you for years. You built a Hummer called the 'Urban Gorilla" many years ago and the body you used came from a small shop I worked at in Eastman Georgia. I did some of the work on it. That was between 2000 and 2005 I think maybe 2003ish. Been a long time so don't really remember the exact year. It was a good series and build. I wonder what ever happened to it. I like anything you do from a bicycle build to a honkin trail buggy. You the man Ian...
I did a video explaining that build and what happened to it...ypu can find it on here
As always, I'm very impressed with the work you do. I admire your professionalism and attention to detail. Thank you very much!
Thank you
It's videos you've done like this that gave me the courage to LS swap my 2004 LJ. Please keep doing these longer formate deep dive type videos.
Every cam is a turbo cam 🎉
Right on if it’s a good cam it’s a good turbo cam
Truly excellent story telling. The editing was exceptional.
Much appreciated!
This is a straight up next level science experiment.
Watching Justified while working on an engine. Sounds like a good day.
Hey, it's the guy from Xtreme 4x4 that i always enjoyed seeing and watching alongside Jessi. May she rip. Good to see you doing your own thing now
Loved extreme 4x4 w/jessi!
Tech tip for the bank you're working on. Put it 90° to the crankshaft that way when you slide it in it'll just go down and settle on the crank. You don't have to worry about looking here looking there
Another helpful video for when I possibly rebuild a 5.3 LS to drop into my Jeep JK.
Subbed because of the old Wheelin videos back in the day. Thought you looked familiar and then went straight to comments. Turned out i was right!! Absolutely loved that little lineup of cool shit!
Ian, long time Ls based nut job here... I couldn't help but notice you said "5.3" and I see it's a gen 3 engine however seeing your pistons verifys it is a 4.8 the 5.3 came from the factory with a dished piston, the 4.8 came with a flat top, they use the same block but a different stroke The 4.8 has a stroke of 3.267 inches, the 5.3 has a stroke of 3.622 inches just thought i would share... being you're going twin turbo I don't think you're going to notice the difference but the 5.3 is good for a little more low-end grunt great video nonetheless always love watching what you do
He was busy doing his hair. Come on man...
@@ronaldrey8474 His hair is Legendary!
@Daniel-Johnson I'm not knocking the character.
@@ronaldrey8474 I know haha I was just stating facts
@Daniel-Johnson no worries, I use to watch him & Jesse on Sat mornings & again on Sun. I was kinda truthful trolling Lol
wondering if he will iron and spray his hair at 50, 60 or even 70yrs and when it becomes desperately funny
The dedication this guy has to his hairdo is more dedication than most people have for anything in their entire lives; haha! Blast from the past-- didn't know he was still doing this kind of stuff.
Educated me on the art of welding and pipe bending in the early 2k's, SFDCI. Learned a crap load from you on all things automotive.
Thank you Ian... Mr Johnson ;)
Peace be upon you, in all facets of life.
That is awesome!
Great video! But FYI, the plastic cone on the cam bearing tool, is for centering the tool against the nearest journal so the bearings go in straight 🤟🏼
Thanks for that info....It seemed to work fine by centering on the outside journal
Ian can work on anything I own!
Wow, this is prefect timing! I just started pulling a 6.0 LS and I want to do twin turbo on it as well! Awesome Video 👊
The LS is fairly easy to rebuild, during covid I rebuilt a dozen engines from the junk yard and sold them with a trimmed down wire harness and flashed ecu for LS swaps.
Nice, love the Hussle!!
@@BigTireGarageare you using the new hp tuners computer for ls?
Yes
Great video. It covered all the essential stuff. Excited to see what that truck can do :)
Thanks! 👍
Glad to see a new video. It’s been a while 👍👍
More to come!
Who is cooler than Ian? Thanks for doing this video.
Ian, thanks for being you and thanks for providing awesome content. I've been watching you since PowerNation. It's pretty cool seeing you come this far thanks again.
Loving your eyeball torque angle meter!
It works for me
As soon as I saw Ian and that this was a YT Channel I hit the "Subscibe" button! I miss the old PowerBlock TV's Xtreme 4x4 show! With all of you skills and knowledge you make wrenching look easy and obtainable; which most of this is with time and dedication... and a pile o' cash!!!
Welcome aboard!
Thank You so much for saying "Oil Gallery" 🎯 and not causing my OCD to force me to stop the video at that point....
Ha ha...I do the same thing when people say "pipe" when holding Tube
My early 80's one liter Suzuki SJ 4x4 blew a head gasket between cylinders (this was on Guam, the early SJ was not DOT legal in the U.S.). Used a 2x4 and sand paper to remove all of the high spots on the block & cylinder head.
Glad i stumbled across your channel Ian
Welcome aboard!
Please make another mid engine awd Honda flipped built with a welded diff like you did before. That was so nice of a built.
I didn't know you did a TH-cam of course I added you!!!!!!
Dear Mr. Johnson,
I hope and pray that you have been blessed. It is good to see you again after all these years from Extreme 4x4. I have been busy what with terminating my degree and thankfully getting a doctorate, but I digress, I was going to make a professional suggestion, what with all my new education, absolutely please update that coffee maker. Sunny beaches.
Respectfully,
Benjamin Wallace DNP, APRN, FNP-C, LMT
PS please forgive me for not offering to send one for the school bill is now due...
We still miss Jessie. Definitely wanted to build a TT 5.3 or 5.7 for power, and reliability.
Great TT setup for the go part of the truck. Don't forget to put some stop on it as well. That single pot master cylinder is kind of scary.
Oh it won't be staying
Its funny how this engine reminds me of a modern version of the Windsor based engine and nice video!
Big hair garage, I’m with you on this. I’m wanting to build the same but im thinking use a JY 5.3 like Richard Holdener did in project big bang. Check out his video. He shows running a JY 5.3 with turbos to see what it can do on the dyno before it pops.
Awesome build as always Ian 👍 love em or hate em the LS is a great platform and has a lot of affordable options and can fit in just about anything , im not ready to swap my 72 Nova sticking with the old school Small Block Chevy , it has the original 350 in it but i am building a destroakwd 350 for it it is a 331 , always wanted a little screaming small block . Lol i do plan on adding boost though not looking to make butt tons of power but i like to have some fun with it .
Love this episode, as always, thanks for sharing!!
Glad you enjoy it!
Pro tip, by yourself a 5 gallon pale of carburetor cleaner. Drop those pistons and rods or anything that’s got varnish on it and in a few days they’ll come out like new.
Love that idea!!
That sounds great wow what a noise it's going be a beast for sure 💯🔥🔥🔥
That ECU alone is more than the Holley or Haltech offerings, toss in the THOUSAND DOLLAR harness and it’s double the price of the more name brand competitors.
2:35 excellent understanding of environment!
Here in Europe you would get a 4 digit € ticket for something like that.
Now that the US has a new president elect, he plans on cutting environmental regulations. Let the shit show begin
New sub Ian but watched you on my Saturday morning off on the power Nation with the land speed girl that was in the accident. I always wondered what happened to her on the show when she got her back hurt. Anyway enjoy your videos and going back watching all them.👍👍
I just rebuilt my first LS engine last year & didn't seat the thrust bearings...just great! The motor is in my Nova & runs but I haven't drove it other then in & out of the garage. Now I'm worried what's going to happen.
Please do a sheet metal show on this episode! Would love to see your solution for fitting big tires on this truck!
Story of every gear head's life "I've gone this far, why stop now".
& since where in here ………mine as well replace……
lol it’s a disease… we are sick
Excellent video. Very educational.
Glad you think so!
Really surprised you didn’t rewash the engine block after the roloc pads, sandpaper treatment. Both add grit to the bare block.
I spotted the amazon fuel regulator I bought... a bit surprised it's not a brand name. I hope they work well.
I am looking forward to onx offroad challenge.
It should be a good on this year
I want to thank you so much for showing us how to do this. It's a great refresher course. Also, what's next?
Full video on plumbing the hot and cold side of the turbos
Great video man . just wanted to tell you mite want to double check I believe you have a 4.8 not a 5.3 with the flat top piston 5.3 have dished piston .
Exactly what I needed too watch too make it just do it all my self lol. Very good explainer. Thanks sir. New subscriber
Great info in this video, Ian!
Did he just install the rings without even measuring end gap. he was just pulling them out the package and installing them straight on the pistons. Crazy!! Also i believe you got a 4.8 not a 5.3!
😂good gouge in the top of that piston, 5:32
Been a huge fan of you since Extreme 4X4. Did you see the reaction video Stacey David posted to your favorite build of his? Great content, as always.
I did..Stacey was always fun to work with
@@BigTireGarage Would have liked to have met either of you, when I still lived in TN. Would be awesome to see you two collaborate on a build.
Loving the videos I do have a question. I have a 2001 5.3 in my square body. It does have a cam Troion upgrade hard push rods LS seven lifters and over the winter I added a vs racing 7875 turbo and 80 pound injectors, my question is should I change from the factory thermostat? Should I go down to a 160 or a 180 or leave the factory one? and I am not running the radiator as a trans cooler I have a derale remote mount. I mainly street drive this thing and autocross.
You're the man, nice job!
I've had three engines rebuilt. All three broke. On my Chevy 350 it developed a noise. I let anyone listen to it. Most said "rod bearing". After thinking about it and praying 🙏 I decided to do it with some help. We pulled it out and started taking it apart. I removed the timing cover and the chain was loose I was able to take it off. Took the cover to the parts washer and found where the chain was hitting it. Decision time. I could have just put a new timing chain on it and put it back in the truck. No. We went on and tore it down. Took the head's and crank to the machine shop. They gave me a valve job and polish the crank. I took a drill and a ball hone and learned how to hone a cylinder and another. Bought a 88$ re-ringed kit with bearings and gaskets. Put it back together. 115000 miles later I drove it 225miiles and gave it to a friend of mines half brother. My friend took his own life. So I gave it to his brother. He said he wanted to keep it. Less than a year later he sold it. No good deed goes unpunished. That's what true but, I didn't break it. I pulled heavy travel trailers with it. I ran the dog out of it. I had to do a similar thing to an Oldsmobile 350. Same thing only, the oil pick up was clogged up with plastic from the TIMING CHAIN. Did the same thing. Had to get one new piston. The aftermarket piston was lighter and the one from the dealer was 95.00. I got the dealer piston so I wouldn't have to balance the thing. It ran so good. I wish I had kept it. I ran it for 5 years. It ran so good. I guess what I learned was "you don't have to board all engines"regardless of what they say and, if they look at you like a cow looking at a new gate when you ask about torque plates, run away from him. He knows absolutely shit about nothing.
Twins and you didn't check and adjust the ring gap???
I was going to say the same thing. 😊
No gap = higher compression…..duh… 😂
@@jettob 😆 🤣 😂
@jettob ya and ring compression that cracks the piston and your toast.
@@ianrace4066 I know brotha, was just kidding around. Having fun on a budget, if ya know what I mean
Super interested in this build! As always, I appreciate the education on what you're doing Ian. What ring gap do you use for this application?
I've also got a 4.8 that needs a crank. Might be worth a 5.3 conversion for a little extra $.
If the cam bearing came out seized on the camshaft then that means it spun in the block and wiped out that bearing bore. It will end up spinning the new bearing very quickly and leave you with a junk engine again. LS blocks are notorious for this problem. The block needs the cam tunnel align bored for oversized cam bearings.
Not that it makes any difference for the parts used or the power goals really, but flat top pistons usually means 4.8 vs 5.3. Same block and everything else, they even stamp them 4.8/5.3 and you can't tell the difference externally. Only difference is in the stroke of the crank and shorter rod length and flat top pistons on the 4.8 for a forced induction motor that is seeing higher RPM I really prefer the lighter rotating assembly of the 4.8. Its not a guarantee though and if you have flat top pistons in a 5.3 means higher compression as compared to the dished and no valve reliefs which don't give you much wiggle room as the piston gets awful close to the heads on the longer stroke of 5.3 which is not really what you want to keep together a budget rebuild you plan on running a lot of boost on. That makes the aftermarket heads you have a better choice but it could be important to note if you are reusing stock heads. You could measure the rods or check the casting numbers on them and know for sure what it is but from my chair to the naked eye those look like the "gen4" rods and pistons from a 4.8 from like late 2004-2006 and if it was a 5.3 I would have expected to see either a dish or valve reliefs but obviously their are plenty of odd ducks out there.
That is a great piece of advice, thanks. I thought about going with dished pistons...but mine were in decent shape and cleaned up fine
Came to comment this .. only small detail you mixed up is that 4.8 actually have a slightly longer rod length believe it or not. The rest are the same length 5.3 5.7 6.0
Great job. Thank you 😊
Sounds great 👍👍
Just found your channel , loved you on power block back in the day. Glad you’re over here making your moneys and builds.
Appreciate it!
Cool Project 👌🏻😎🏁
Can’t get any easier 🍻👍
Low buck build on the engine pretty sweet! Buttt, with a stand alone controller worth literally more than 3 times the value of the motor at $3G’s starting point (with harness)??? I love hp runners and have an mpvi pro, but Holley and several other stand alones blow this core thing out of the water for a fraction of the price!
Ai like aholley stuff and use it regularly, but I think the CORE is pretty stout compared to their stuff TBH
This is going to be good 👍
When building a short block like this, Do the rebuild kits come balanced, Clearance? Rings gapped? etc
first thing, this might be a 4.8. The 5.3 had valve reliefs on the top of the piston. The 4.8 had flat tops like you have. Second thing, you definitely should have gapped your rings. under a boost situation the rings expand and hit eachother and will break a ring land. Lowered compression might help. But I worry about the longevity of this engine.
If this engine lasts 300 miles...it will be a win....long term plans are a better bottom end for more power
Can u put a complete list me and my son going to do this for his truck thanks
Good info. Great content!!
Appreciate it!
Hell ya brother!!!
We get LS's All Day for Cheap here in Michigan, $250 for a 4.8, $300 for a 5.3, $350 for 6.0 and $400 for a 6.2 If in Stock, L60E and L80E's for Cheap, Try THAT with a Hemi or Coyote!😆
Great video, but didn't someone establish at some point that the cam bearings in the LS engines usually look like this not because of wear, but because GM line honed them at the factory??? Don't know about this 100% but I believe I read that somewhere?
No idea, but these looked like hammered garbage when they came out
Lovin it!
What are we gonna do now that at least 2 of the teams for the onx off-road challenge are gonna be 1-2 days late? Robbie and Rudy so far
They will not earn the votes in the comps they misses
I got a 6.2 ls (level 3) im hoping to do something similar with it.
Slow down your drill speed and speed up your stroke speed when your "honing" those cylinders. You just made an extremely flat crosshatch which will starve the piston and rings from oil and cause ring chatter from lack of rotation which will kill the rings and cylinders prematurely and then you will have oil consumption. The rings require proper crosshatch angle so they will rotate as they go up and down.
Ive seen it many times when blocks come in the shop with a "Honing" job preformed and the crosshatch is completely flat like that and the cylinders will have a chatter look from the rings chattering from improper oil film and not rotating.
👍🏽🇺🇸👍🏽 great video Ian. Just wondered what ring gap did you use for boost?
I didn't worry about ring gap.
I still love the good ole small block chevy... big block chevy is my favorite...
As this is a twin turbo engine it will be capable of high boost pressures.
Did you increase the gap on the rings? And by how much?
What about the pushrods? Stock length or custom?
Thanks for sharing.
Stock length pushrods, and did not gap the rings because I don't plan on high boost numbers
Are you sure that engine is a 5.3? The pistons look like a 4.8. Shouldn’t have much trouble with detonation if it is a 3.25 stroke.
Yeah someone else brought that up....I think there is a good chance this truck had a shortblock put in it at somepoint
Nice budget build video. Curious if the rings got any extra gap for the boost?
I didn't add any because I don't plan on adding a pile of boost....maybe 4-7 lbs.....if I was hunting for every inch of power I would done that yes
did you gap the rings for boost? never saw it mentioned🤷♀️🤷♀️
great video thanks
Hey mate im from perth west australia i was wondering what was the music by in your vid witch by the way i enjoyed (the 2nd song )
It was a LOWER cost rebuild for the short block because you reused some things but as soon as you threw new heads and that HPT core at it your costs skyrocketed. Good info for the rebuild but I hate the sponsored crap that always gets thrown in there like us on a budget are going to run right out and grab it!
I'm curious why you didn't replace or even mention not replacing the wrist pins connecting the piston to the rods. Do they not wear on the LS?
Low buck rebuild....running what is there
Have a LY5 2007 silverado engine I’ve been buying parts for
Not a fan of how you used that cylinder hone... The flat stones are meant for deglazing and reshaping holes, the ball-type "dingleberry" hones are for cross-hatching. 💯
😂dude is probably just in this engine for the video. Acting like he knows how. Kinda stated it himself when he said "my engine builder"
Well I don’t think this is his 1st rodeo……😂
Ian if a cam bearing came out with the camshaft. You really should get the cam bearing seats checked. If the one is out of spec you could ruin an entire engine js. THAT IS A LOT OF CASH TO RISK!
Very true....BUT...and 5.3 is dirt cheap and if I spin a cam bearing again...I can replace this short block for less than the price of machining the cam seat
. * * * * How about ring end gap ? esp. since you are turbo charging ?