In 2020, Lingenfelter Performance Engineering charged me $1800 for a CNC port, install new valve guides, competition valve job, new GM LS7 exhaust valves, and new springs. Shipping was extra. Just get a competent machine shop to knock out the guides, hone the new ones to 0.0015-0.0018” stem to guide clearance and bolt them back on. Problem solved. Guess what? You can’t buy a Chevrolet Performance LS7 block or complete engine anymore so don’t take a chance with dropping a valve. You don’t want to be that sucker driving around a Z06 with a 5.3 or 6.2 block in it because you didn’t get the damn heads fixed.
Literally nobody here stating the obvious that GM simply produced a bad design, that *_LITERALLY REQUIRES, BY YOUR OWN ADMISSIONS_* an aftermarket 3rd party company to come in and fix GMs fuck up, so y'all can go back to *_PRETENDING_* that GM vehicles are the best thing ever....
@@iraqifoodcart8447 Every performance car from this era has a fatal flaw requiring a $1200-3000 fix. Porsche IMS, BMW rod bearings, Chevy harmonic balancer/valves on the LS7. Par for the course.
Took me 2 hours & 30 minutes to pop a battery in my Z06 about 2 months ago! And, I took a small hacksaw & cut a notch in the center so that I had room to drop the battery past the positive cable! Bought my 2008 3 years ago this December. Only had 6,008 miles on it! The beautiful metallic blue color, and what a great car!
One of best cars period! Heads cam package coming up! Order up Race proven motorsports B3 camshaft and u can make 620whp plus!! She's beautiful man! Chevrolet all day!!🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲💪💪💪
Vales, Guides, Jessel Rockers, New Pushrods/Lifters, BTR 10,000 RPM Camshaft, Larger Throttle Body and DONE. Maybe some other Cylinder head work, add a bit of compression ratio and call it a day. More than enough power N/A to have a ton of fun with an already stout package that needs very little. Congrats on the new ride.
@@regsmith7604I don’t think he’s going to be ragging on the car very much more while it’s stock. I do understand valve guide wear is an issue, but a few donuts isn’t going to be the end of the world. I doubt it’ll be stock for long anyways. Not sure why it seems I struck a nerve…
I never thought of pulling the Onstar fuse to help with the battery drain issue on these cars. Mine historically was always questionable after sitting for 10-14 days MAX. It never occurred to me the Onstar is possibly the big draw. I'll have to figure out what fuse that is and see if it helps. One big upgrade I made this year was the battery, and it was a cheap one at that! I took my old battery out (3 years and it was toast after being charged up and down so many times) and brought it down to Walmart to grab a replacement. While I was there, I noticed another "MAX" battery on the shelf that was the same size, but about 3/4"-1" taller, although it had an additional 200 cca. It was even a little cheaper. Since putting that battery in, I have not had a single issue starting the car, even after a couple of weeks, and not one "slow" start when the engine is heat soaked. Total game changer!!! The only two negatives was the terminals were on the other side (but the cables still reached), and the factory hold-down no longer fit. While it would be possible to fab up a new hold-down, I didn't bother yet as the battery is obviously very secure in the factory location, and the cables would prevent it from falling out if it the car were upside down... and honestly, I'd already have big issues if that were the case anyway, lol! Oh, and the battery "flap" still closes with the taller battery, although it's close. But that change has been such a huge improvement over the factory size batteries I've always used, regardless of brand or price! I'll definitely look into finding the OS fuse if that helps the sitting drain issue also!
@@ssoffshore5111 For me it was 6 or 7 days which turned into 2. Well see how long it last over the winter im driving to much now during the summer to see.
I'd like to have the 400 ls for autocross. Believe with the beef up bottom end and 3.750" rods, it would be a high rev engine. So how much did it make on the Dyno? If you tell me close to 800hp N/A, I'll buy the $30,000 engine.
Ive had 2 99 FRCs and have owned an 08 Z06 for the last 10 years. Its one of the only cars ill actually keep forever. HCI really wake them up depending on the cam you go with - i was able to get a 9.9 @ 141 out of mine.
I've noticed on my C6 that I can't put it in competitive driving mode for a time after swapping the battery. If you have a check engine light or even a tire pressure sensor light on, you can't put it in that mode.
How 'bout this: 4.125" bore, 4.125" stroke, LSR block, F310 heads, 5-stage Dry sump system, solid roller valvetrain..... You see where I'm trying to go ....
Replace with good aftermarket heads! You can "fix" the factory heads, but I've still seen those fail as well many times. The safest way to address them is go aftermarket heads IMO.
C6 Z06/C6 secret. Active handling codes, engine codes, or anything acting up on the dash? Disconnect battery cables and rub them together for about 10 seconds, then reconnect. It resets the system. If there is a REAL problem the lights will come back on. But sometimes it’s just a glitch and this fixes it. Thank me later.
The heads on the LS7 Z06 have a fatal flaw from factory. I'm sure your aware of this issue? Many upon many dropped valves reported on this engine. Hope it doesn't give you an issue. That is why I passed on the C6 LS7 and I am very happy with my C6 LS3.
@@twinturbols9843 ? what are you talking about? i commented on the fact it was called a front engine car which it is not. i would know, i have one in my garage. not one part of the engine is in front of the front axle.
In 2020, Lingenfelter Performance Engineering charged me $1800 for a CNC port, install new valve guides, competition valve job, new GM LS7 exhaust valves, and new springs. Shipping was extra. Just get a competent machine shop to knock out the guides, hone the new ones to 0.0015-0.0018” stem to guide clearance and bolt them back on. Problem solved. Guess what? You can’t buy a Chevrolet Performance LS7 block or complete engine anymore so don’t take a chance with dropping a valve. You don’t want to be that sucker driving around a Z06 with a 5.3 or 6.2 block in it because you didn’t get the damn heads fixed.
Seen 2 of those "LS3 swap" Z06's here locally on the used market.
@@drewmorg. Yep. More than likely a proper valve job would have prevented total engine destruction.
I had a loser not install lash caps in Nashua New Hampshire. Then went to west coast cylinder heads, what a better experience
Literally nobody here stating the obvious that GM simply produced a bad design, that *_LITERALLY REQUIRES, BY YOUR OWN ADMISSIONS_* an aftermarket 3rd party company to come in and fix GMs fuck up, so y'all can go back to *_PRETENDING_* that GM vehicles are the best thing ever....
@@iraqifoodcart8447 Every performance car from this era has a fatal flaw requiring a $1200-3000 fix. Porsche IMS, BMW rod bearings, Chevy harmonic balancer/valves on the LS7. Par for the course.
Took me 2 hours & 30 minutes to pop a battery in my Z06 about 2 months ago! And, I took a small hacksaw & cut a notch in the center so that I had room to drop the battery past the positive cable! Bought my 2008 3 years ago this December. Only had 6,008 miles on it! The beautiful metallic blue color, and what a great car!
Thats a really nice car and hard to find not unmolested clean Z06, I would do the heads and call it done.
One of best cars period! Heads cam package coming up! Order up Race proven motorsports B3 camshaft and u can make 620whp plus!! She's beautiful man! Chevrolet all day!!🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲💪💪💪
Vales, Guides, Jessel Rockers, New Pushrods/Lifters, BTR 10,000 RPM Camshaft, Larger Throttle Body and DONE. Maybe some other Cylinder head work, add a bit of compression ratio and call it a day. More than enough power N/A to have a ton of fun with an already stout package that needs very little. Congrats on the new ride.
Do the heads to prevent that dropped valve syndrome
I’m very sure he’s going to be doing a lot more than just the heads lol
@@vette2763 I mentioned that seeing how he’s doing donuts and burnouts. Once that valve goes south, it all could’ve been prevented. Not laughing.
@@regsmith7604I don’t think he’s going to be ragging on the car very much more while it’s stock. I do understand valve guide wear is an issue, but a few donuts isn’t going to be the end of the world. I doubt it’ll be stock for long anyways. Not sure why it seems I struck a nerve…
@@vette2763 You’re triggered
@@regsmith7604 lol have a good night
I'm now contemplating having you build me a motor. It took 3 people to install a battery 😂😂😂
Just got done going down the battery drain issue. Fix was pulling the onstar fuse and a dc power alternator and a new agm battery
I never thought of pulling the Onstar fuse to help with the battery drain issue on these cars. Mine historically was always questionable after sitting for 10-14 days MAX. It never occurred to me the Onstar is possibly the big draw. I'll have to figure out what fuse that is and see if it helps. One big upgrade I made this year was the battery, and it was a cheap one at that! I took my old battery out (3 years and it was toast after being charged up and down so many times) and brought it down to Walmart to grab a replacement. While I was there, I noticed another "MAX" battery on the shelf that was the same size, but about 3/4"-1" taller, although it had an additional 200 cca. It was even a little cheaper. Since putting that battery in, I have not had a single issue starting the car, even after a couple of weeks, and not one "slow" start when the engine is heat soaked. Total game changer!!! The only two negatives was the terminals were on the other side (but the cables still reached), and the factory hold-down no longer fit. While it would be possible to fab up a new hold-down, I didn't bother yet as the battery is obviously very secure in the factory location, and the cables would prevent it from falling out if it the car were upside down... and honestly, I'd already have big issues if that were the case anyway, lol! Oh, and the battery "flap" still closes with the taller battery, although it's close. But that change has been such a huge improvement over the factory size batteries I've always used, regardless of brand or price!
I'll definitely look into finding the OS fuse if that helps the sitting drain issue also!
Which fuse is the onstar one?
@@lifeonmars03 On the C6 its in the passenger foot well. the fuse box panel tells you which one its a red 10 amp mini fuse.
@@ssoffshore5111 For me it was 6 or 7 days which turned into 2. Well see how long it last over the winter im driving to much now during the summer to see.
@@ssoffshore5111 the battery drain on C6 Corvettes is terrible and a major pain in the ass.
You nailed the "this" part of the Doug impression haha
This is what TH-cam was made for 🔥🔥🔥
I'd like to have the 400 ls for autocross. Believe with the beef up bottom end and 3.750" rods, it would be a high rev engine. So how much did it make on the Dyno? If you tell me close to 800hp N/A, I'll buy the $30,000 engine.
Go ahead and get a tick performance clutch master cylinder. Just bought a 2008 19k mile C6 Z06 two months ago and the OEM one gave out after 5 days
How much did you pay for you car?
@@spenserfenner7449 50k flat.
Best corvette chassis ever made
Ive had 2 99 FRCs and have owned an 08 Z06 for the last 10 years. Its one of the only cars ill actually keep forever. HCI really wake them up depending on the cam you go with - i was able to get a 9.9 @ 141 out of mine.
What cam and heads?
U were the first person to do a burnout in that car she wasn't ready for that but now she knows who's master
I've noticed on my C6 that I can't put it in competitive driving mode for a time after swapping the battery. If you have a check engine light or even a tire pressure sensor light on, you can't put it in that mode.
How 'bout this: 4.125" bore, 4.125" stroke, LSR block, F310 heads, 5-stage Dry sump system, solid roller valvetrain.....
You see where I'm trying to go ....
I put American heritage performance heads in mine, I bought it stock with 27000 miles. They weren't cheap but the motor is g2g now
show us to prevent or fix the valve drop problems lol .. and congratulation beautiful ride
Replace with good aftermarket heads! You can "fix" the factory heads, but I've still seen those fail as well many times. The safest way to address them is go aftermarket heads IMO.
Excited to see the build!!
Please find a larger parking lot to do your stunts before you wad that car up.
C6 Z06/C6 secret. Active handling codes, engine codes, or anything acting up on the dash? Disconnect battery cables and rub them together for about 10 seconds, then reconnect. It resets the system. If there is a REAL problem the lights will come back on. But sometimes it’s just a glitch and this fixes it. Thank me later.
If you keep driving it like that than the first step would be, changing the heads before you put a 6 inch vent hole through the side of the block
What microphone are you using. It did pretty good with that wind
The heads on the LS7 Z06 have a fatal flaw from factory. I'm sure your aware of this issue? Many upon many dropped valves reported on this engine. Hope it doesn't give you an issue. That is why I passed on the C6 LS7 and I am very happy with my C6 LS3.
Nice Z06! Are you planning on running to a set of rules? CAM S or a GridLife, open track or such?
The Doug impression in the beginning 😂😂
You would take a pristine Z06 and mod it is crazy bro. You do that to cars that need it.
Congratulations on the car, cant wait to see what you do to it!!!
The oem alternators absolutely hate high rpm’s. The donuts most likely sent it
so why could it not go into the different driving modes? what was the reason?
Hope to see NA project
Nice! This is gonna be a blast to follow.
Is that a zr1 style front lip?
Congrats man! Clean beast 🔥
For alternator go with JS alternator 250amp ✌🏻
Where did you find a black 2011?
Love it glad to see u back in a vette
How much is a heads cam swap cost on these cars ?
Got a sub from me. I'd love to see this build and what you have planned for it. Thanks for posting.
Holy‼️Jacob finna turn it into a monster.😂
Check your tire pressures.
Congratulations
That's a way nicer version of my car lol
I'm curious what route you're going to take with the cylinder heads.
Is the drivetrain going to be for sale
Awe man I’m gonna miss Ricky!! O well this is cool!
My dream car my budget a 99 Z28 the Trailer park cousin 😂
Agree have a 2017 ZO6 now but C6 a fun car to build
Love the car. Hate the old fashioned head and taillights. Replace with LED’s
Cool car. You almost smacked it into that wall. Don't do that. Nice car. Im about to get a C5.
That LS7 engine is going to destroy itself in the valve train.Just look up LS7 problems.
Watch those valve drops
If you have a c6z with stock heads you should be losing sleep every night….
RPM heads and a can.
This dude put a super start in a z...whats wrong with people? Smh
Its gonna be broken soon the way you drive it...poor car
LOOKS LIKE DADDY BUYS YOUR RUBBER, OAR KNOT........................
not front engine...
You clearly have no idea what you talking about...May be check the hotlap of 2012 Z06 vs GT3 RS vs GTR..then make a comment
@@twinturbols9843 ? what are you talking about? i commented on the fact it was called a front engine car which it is not. i would know, i have one in my garage. not one part of the engine is in front of the front axle.
@KimberKlr my Z06 Is front engine. Not sure why you're saying yours isn't.
I need that
Nit-wit
I want it.