Reminds me of the GM plant I worked at...I really enjoyed the video and when I saw him put the plate on it which read built with pride in the USA by GM and UAW I shed a tear for it took me back to the passion for perfection that I took to my job everyday. I would think of the great teamwork and American spirit that put a man on the moon and planted a flag on the sands of Iwo Jima. I took great pride in a quality job well done and setting a production record that will never be broken....right up to the bittersweet moment of running that last part. The factory is gone but the spirit lives on.
I like this way making an engine all by himself a lot. This is the way to make one engine today. He's careful on many, dust issue he's pretty much aware. Bolts are all equal, Gaskets are all evenly tight. Why not being USA made? No one else does it in that manner. Plus I like the latest design of Corvette. Be proud! If you are not. I'm proud!
The LS9 found in the C6 ZR1 to all the engine builders of Wixom Michigan thank you guys it is a shame they closed down your plant you guys were responsible for the LS7, LS3 and LS9 the best small blocks of the modern era
DustinCorvetteZr1 i looked up the plant and it still shows that it's operating and UAW Local 29 union is there. General Motors announced the relocation of Performance Build Center to Bowling Green Assembly Plant but the Wixom plant still shows open unless i missed something.
The LS series of V8's has just surpassed a Toyota engine as the 2nd most produced engine ever behind the VW flat four, but should pass that within a few years. Everyone uses the LS crate engines in their car builds. You will find Mustangs, Dodges with LS engines. Go to a high end car show, 60% of the cars have an LS no matter the make. Race or street cars also have the LS's. You could combine all the latest Dodge Hemi's and Mustang crate engines, they combined still sell less than 15 percent of what the crate LS engines sell.
@@pwengineering9070 I have an LS7 in a C5. Love it. BUT-I find it impossible to believe there have been more LS small blocks produced than the traditional small block Chevy.....
Congratulations, Mr. Priest, on a job well done. You, sir, are clearly a craftsman. I have a '98 C5 with a plain vanilla, line built LS1. It currently has 170 KMiles on it and still runs beautifully-one quart of oil every 3 KMiles. It's just one darned fine engine in a car that is always a treat to drive.
@frank My brother and I built a little 289 for a '66 ford galaxie, and it never used ANY oil in 10,000 mi. because we ran it that long without an oil change just to see if it would or not. I think we are a couple of pretty good builders too, huh?
@@jerrylawler4431 what I have learned is to build an engine that doesn't leak or burn oil, you need 2 things. 1 you need to build it right,. 2 you need to do the first oil change at 3,000 miles max, I prefer 1,000 miles first oil change. If you don't break it in right and get your initial oil change fast they will always be oil burners.
Nice plant, it is neat, clean and effective. The cantilever for engine assembly is a good thing. Other equipments also lighten the works. The man is focus doing his job.
@@clinteastwood9115 our country is so f-up. The government and all these big CEOs don't care about great jobs. Only great jobs left are UPS, police, fire and a few overpaid office jobs.
I love how my 2017 Corvette Stingray (manual transmission) gets 36 mpg on the fwy in ECO mode via cylinder deactivation, and instant v8 when I step on the gas pedal.
Why does everybody skip the good stuff? A crank only installs one way. Yet every single video shows it like it's something to see. Show us how the bearings are located and installed consistently. How do they get in the right spot so that you done have bearing jammed into the radius of the crank because the bearing is too far to one side? Instead, we see the same thing. Again and again and again. Crank installed. Heads dropped on. Drop the intake and induction system on and BAM! Engines done.
This looks like the full skirted 6.2 all aluminum v8.the other engine is the iron block 6.0 V8 with aluminum heads.i think both engines use solid lifters.
We see here how the mechanics with the help of high tech tools can torque all bolts at the time & torque (I saw it also for the GTR & Veyron engine)..so when I re-built my 5 cyl Turbo Volvo and it was time for assembly...I had 3 friends over with each one their own personnal torque wrench..!! and we tried to bolt all key parts at the same time ..!!
A lot of non Corvette or Camaro owners complain about no overhead cams. The overhead cams on the Ford Mustang GT add 40 pounds of weight to the top of the motor and affect handling because the center of gravity is much higher, and this extra 40 lbs is in the front of the car further affecting handling. If you drove the Corvette, you would experience a very pleasant driving experience, and really appreciate what and old tech 2 valve pushrod engine can do. Our 2014 Corvette Z51 does a very real zero to 60 in 3.8 seconds, and still delivers 29 mpg consistently going down the road.
That will be your secret only on the street in a straight line C6 and C7 dominate LeMans year in and year out against Porsche, Ferrari , and BMW so give credit were credit is due GTR doesn't even offer a manual anymore
Why not install the 7.4 liter, 454 big block in the Cadillac Escalade/ESV or the Duramax diesel engine in the aforementioned? Any detrimental reasons. Gas mileage doesn't apply if your person can afford this luxury SUV.
Somebody call OSHA fast, I saw this guy MANUALLY pick up a head and an intake then a flexplate , even though it's mostly all aluminium can't have him lifting all that weight, he could break a fingernail or worse get a boo boo from all that weight.
Layer upon layer of electronics.. Scary stuff. IT will become a maintenance nightmare !! The electronics should be kept away from the motor with the exception of pickup sensors and those should be engineered with access in mind.
What difference does it make if a robot uses tools to ASSEMBLE an engine or a person uses the same tools to do the same thing ? If anything the robot will make fewer if any mistakes and do it consistently.
+TheAceHD To be honest if you look at the way a Bugatti engine is made or something that is ACTUALLY high class quality, than you can see how humans can do things robots cannot. GM on the other hand is just kinda knocking it off, no offence but that engine doesn't take special treatment unlike the tranny in that beast. But the other aspect is that when they use people to build the car and not machines, it makes the rarity of the vehicle go up which legally lets manufactures like GM technically can raise the car in value. If machines built them it wouldn't make the car as special to some people as well as rarity.
BlueonGoldZ Yeah my bad for doing so. I just think the only reason the have people assemble their stuff is to charge more for it. Im not a huge fan but I also am not trying to make anyone angry. You know what GM is real sick tho is the GTO!!!! Dayum son!!!!
Tried to get on with GM several times. But since I don’t have a college degree, I got shunned. I could do this, easily!! I’ve built lots of engines. The automation takes the grunt work out of 90% of the engine build.
All automated torque wrenches reverse the thread (lefty-loosey) until the bolt/screw goes "pop." It then knows it's aligned for tightening. Side question....doesn't everyone reverse all (lefty-loosey) screws/bolts before going righty-tighty, until you feel the "pop/bump" I just described????? You CANNOT cross-thread bolts/screws when using this method.
Please make mine an updated version of the LS-7 ,427CID NATURALLY ASPIRATED OHV VERSION, to install on my Chevy vette GRAND SPORT. Small spoiler. Here $$$$$,thanks.
Reminds me of the GM plant I worked at...I really enjoyed the video and when I saw him put the plate on it which read built with pride in the USA by GM and UAW I shed a tear for it took me back to the passion for perfection that I took to my job everyday. I would think of the great teamwork and American spirit that put a man on the moon and planted a flag on the sands of Iwo Jima. I took great pride in a quality job well done and setting a production record that will never be broken....right up to the bittersweet moment of running that last part. The factory is gone but the spirit lives on.
If I was stuck in a daily routine job, that's the kind of job I would like.
I like this way making an engine all by himself a lot. This is the way to make one engine today. He's careful on many, dust issue he's pretty much aware. Bolts are all equal, Gaskets are all evenly tight. Why not being USA made? No one else does it in that manner. Plus I like the latest design of Corvette. Be proud! If you are not. I'm proud!
Musik Mews Corvettes are American made
Musik Mews many car makers do this. Nissan with GT-R, AMG with Mercedes for example.
WOAH! Mike Priest made the motor in my Z06. Way to go, Mike Priest!
Mike makes it look easy and its not !!!
Yea man 👨
The LS9 found in the C6 ZR1 to all the engine builders of Wixom Michigan thank you guys it is a shame they closed down your plant you guys were responsible for the LS7, LS3 and LS9 the best small blocks of the modern era
well said brother
well said
DustinCorvetteZr1 i looked up the plant and it still shows that it's operating and UAW Local 29 union is there. General Motors announced the relocation of Performance Build Center to Bowling Green Assembly Plant but the Wixom plant still shows open unless i missed something.
@@jza80king It is still open. I have a meeting there every week.
The LS series of V8's has just surpassed a Toyota engine as the 2nd most produced engine ever behind the VW flat four, but should pass that within a few years. Everyone uses the LS crate engines in their car builds. You will find Mustangs, Dodges with LS engines. Go to a high end car show, 60% of the cars have an LS no matter the make. Race or street cars also have the LS's. You could combine all the latest Dodge Hemi's and Mustang crate engines, they combined still sell less than 15 percent of what the crate LS engines sell.
@@pwengineering9070 I have an LS7 in a C5. Love it. BUT-I find it impossible to believe there have been more LS small blocks produced than the traditional small block Chevy.....
Beautiful assembly with how delicately he adds the parts
Congratulations, Mr. Priest, on a job well done. You, sir, are clearly a craftsman. I have a '98 C5 with a plain vanilla, line built LS1. It currently has 170 KMiles on it and still runs beautifully-one quart of oil every 3 KMiles. It's just one darned fine engine in a car that is always a treat to drive.
@frank My brother and I built a little 289 for a '66 ford galaxie, and it never used ANY oil in 10,000 mi. because we ran it that long without an oil change just to see if it would or not. I think we are a couple of pretty good builders too, huh?
jerry lawler dammmmmmm
@@jerrylawler4431 what I have learned is to build an engine that doesn't leak or burn oil, you need 2 things. 1 you need to build it right,. 2 you need to do the first oil change at 3,000 miles max, I prefer 1,000 miles first oil change. If you don't break it in right and get your initial oil change fast they will always be oil burners.
@@infidel66687 you and I believe the exact same! I have always done 1k oil changes on everything I own. I have never had one use or burn oil.
@@JAMESWUERTELE oil changes at 1K? That's a little excessive don't you think. You could easily go 3K to 5K without any issues😊
Built with love, Man that's a great engine !!!!
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built with union dues.
I think it's a really cool and the right decision that one man builds one engine by himself
Wow, we're 9 now. We've come a long way since '55. GM loves the pushrod engine. Still works. Thanks, Chevy.
Still works? Failing left and right
Nice plant, it is neat, clean and effective. The cantilever for engine assembly is a good thing. Other equipments also lighten the works.
The man is focus doing his job.
It's so weird, with the clean environment and the level of care taken, the GTR 3.8L build inspires a lot more confidence.
Nice work. This type of stuff made America great too bad we don't have that anymore
Yup the heart beat is at china now !
@@clinteastwood9115 our country is so f-up. The government and all these big CEOs don't care about great jobs. Only great jobs left are UPS, police, fire and a few overpaid office jobs.
Good to see Built in America Muscle
I have only owned GM or Ford and after watching this video, it makes me proud!
I'm wondering how it would feel you're building one of the coolest engines ever!
Thats your opinion.
Not any more ! Thier on strike!
I’m sure it becomes monotonous just doing the same thing over and over and over and over and over again, being micromanaged I assume
I hope the folks in upstate New York
have craftsmen like this gentleman
Say what you want about OHV engines, but in the long run I'd some lifter noise over a catastrophic failure from a slipping/stretching timing belt...
LOVE HIS GLOVES ! NO SKIN !THIS IS HOW U PUT A ENGINE TOGETHER ! !THANK U G M !
That bottom end does look strong!
Something top secret about putting rods and pistons in?
That is a thing of Beauty
EXCELLENT JOB TO ALL those GREAT workers of all GM BY AMERICAN ALL GMC very nice work
LS9 and LT4 engines, PRICELESS.
Yup the heart beat of china!
Talk about dream job!!!
So many opinions and no one from the assembly line. They are the people I want to hear from.
Was ahead of its time!
Great little deal about the engine but if like to know more about that particular rolling engine stand.
A work of art
I love how my 2017 Corvette Stingray (manual transmission) gets 36 mpg on the fwy in ECO mode via cylinder deactivation, and instant v8 when I step on the gas pedal.
Beautiful engine
Why does everybody skip the good stuff? A crank only installs one way. Yet every single video shows it like it's something to see.
Show us how the bearings are located and installed consistently. How do they get in the right spot so that you done have bearing jammed into the radius of the crank because the bearing is too far to one side?
Instead, we see the same thing. Again and again and again. Crank installed. Heads dropped on. Drop the intake and induction system on and BAM! Engines done.
Right! I wanted to see the pistons and bearings. The complete install.
Nice job👍👍
The best GM V8 ever made.
Best thing about this video is that their is no music
He’s like now let’s put these grenade style lifters in 🤣
We have learned valuable lessons from Bentley, BMW and Farrari
Congrats to GM
One guy built every ls motor.😂 every body must be on break .
Finally see the cam go in before the crank. About time lol.
This looks like the full skirted 6.2 all aluminum v8.the other engine is the iron block 6.0 V8 with aluminum heads.i think both engines use solid lifters.
Nope. Hydraulic.
So much for this plant! No more bailouts!
Great work , made with pride !
We see here how the mechanics with the help of high tech tools can torque all bolts at the time & torque (I saw it also for the GTR & Veyron engine)..so when I re-built my 5 cyl Turbo Volvo and it was time for assembly...I had 3 friends over with each one their own personnal torque wrench..!! and we tried to bolt all key parts at the same time ..!!
Push rod engine,the best.
putting / stamping your name on the engine is awesome...
Approx how much
Truly a master craftsman at work. I wonder if this engine has hydraulic or solid lifters? This guy gets to do this all day and get paid for it.
+heffo and juff Hydraulic lifters ofcourse, I don't know of any modern V8 that comes out of the factory with solid lifters.
+MrZdvy Agreed. All hydraulic
I would love to see the full assembly video.
I'd love to see the wall go up....
its really interesting comparing this to the video of the BMW engine assembly plant in China.
GM, REINA ABSOLUTISSIMO, MAIOR POTENCIA MUNDIAL
Give Mike Priest a raise 👍
A lot of non Corvette or Camaro owners complain about no overhead cams. The overhead cams on the Ford Mustang GT add 40 pounds of weight to the top of the motor and affect handling because the center of gravity is much higher, and this extra 40 lbs is in the front of the car further affecting handling. If you drove the Corvette, you would experience a very pleasant driving experience, and really appreciate what and old tech 2 valve pushrod engine can do. Our 2014 Corvette Z51 does a very real zero to 60 in 3.8 seconds, and still delivers 29 mpg consistently going down the road.
The Chevrolet Engine Factory looks more like Santa's workshop.
you got it right we love chevys
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND CHEVROLET.
this guy built my ls7
Good job Mark.
Best job ever
Are the parts he's putting on hand built too? Lots of already bolted together things getting put on
And this is why the GTR engine assembly techs own these guys day in and day out...
i saw the GTR engine assembly, it is more soothing to watch and relaxing haha.
TheNugler shhh maybe that's why millions of American are driving them
サントスシｮナサン
Sure thing Zipperhead. GTRs were cool like 10 years ago when fast and furious came out
That will be your secret only on the street in a straight line C6 and C7 dominate LeMans year in and year out against Porsche, Ferrari , and BMW so give credit were credit is due GTR doesn't even offer a manual anymore
corvettes can get to over 100k to tho........ tbh build one even just the base and they are about the same price
Quand je pense que je répare des 1.6 hdi qui pissent l'huile tout les jours et que je voit cette mécanique de rêve 😍
No locktite on the fly wheel bolts
Somebody should tell Mr. Wizard an engine without gaskets is gonna leak like a sive
You left a couple of critical steps out like installing the pistons and the clutch.
Pretty impressive!
Nice job, Mike
thanks Mike👍
Only one guy making all the engines? No wonder gm profits are up!
These are the special order engines, yes made one by one.....
The LS9 or LT4 engine, integrated with the new 10 speed transmission, should be OEM in Cadillac Escalade/ESV vehicles. More bang for the buck.
This one will be hooked up to a real transmission.
this is the LS9 engine (supercharged 6,162 cc (6.162 L; 376.0 cu in). Not as big as the LS7 (7.011 L; 427.8 cu in) engine.
You chopped out all the interesting assembly work that I expected to see.
They want to show off their assembly skills, not tutor you for free.
Why not install the 7.4 liter, 454 big block in the Cadillac Escalade/ESV or the Duramax diesel engine in the aforementioned? Any detrimental reasons. Gas mileage doesn't apply if your person can afford this luxury SUV.
What 7.4?? these engines are before the oil crisis
Somebody call OSHA fast, I saw this guy MANUALLY pick up a head and an intake then a flexplate , even though it's mostly all aluminium can't have him lifting all that weight, he could break a fingernail or worse get a boo boo from all that weight.
Doesn't hand start _any_ of those bolts...! Wonder how many are cross-threaded? 🤨
That is just a beautiful beast of a machine.
Okay, who got the LS9 with blower rotor shipping plug still installed under the lid?
He forgot to remove the rotor dust cover in the Supercharger. Eaton rotors are black not white.
Handmade for the best engine ever.
nothing Against Mike Priest I'm sure he's a good worker but that video was very lacking
Layer upon layer of electronics.. Scary stuff. IT will become a maintenance nightmare !! The electronics should be kept away from the motor with the exception of pickup sensors and those should be engineered with access in mind.
Salute!
Better than a Ford anytime.
Now thats a beast of an engine!
What type of corvette was this going to
A c6 zr1
He forgot to take off intake plastic cover on that supercharger 3:18 lol
Nick K. Good Eye Nick! I noticed that also!
he didnt forget ,it was deliberate
I didn’t know each worker has their own name plate they install on each individual car; also, that engine looks huge
Take it back part. You forgot the oil pump pick up.
Unless I missed it completely when he was putting the heads on I didn't see a head gasket what am I missing here ?
1:56. You can see it
i was refused enterance into the production tour because i owned a toyota camry. my toyota is assembled in georgetown ky, usa.
And all the profits for your Toyota go straight back into Japan's economy. Shame on you.
What difference does it make if a robot uses tools to ASSEMBLE an engine or a person uses the same tools to do the same thing ? If anything the robot will make fewer if any mistakes and do it consistently.
+TheAceHD To be honest if you look at the way a Bugatti engine is made or something that is ACTUALLY high class quality, than you can see how humans can do things robots cannot. GM on the other hand is just kinda knocking it off, no offence but that engine doesn't take special treatment unlike the tranny in that beast. But the other aspect is that when they use people to build the car and not machines, it makes the rarity of the vehicle go up which legally lets manufactures like GM technically can raise the car in value. If machines built them it wouldn't make the car as special to some people as well as rarity.
+BiltonFriends You make it sound like GM wants to be in the same market as Bugatti.
BlueonGoldZ Yeah my bad for doing so. I just think the only reason the have people assemble their stuff is to charge more for it. Im not a huge fan but I also am not trying to make anyone angry. You know what GM is real sick tho is the GTO!!!! Dayum son!!!!
No need to mass produce and build an assembly line for an engine that isn't going to sell as much as a base model.
In the remote control car world. The hand wound electric motors cost more because they are better than the machine wound motors.
Tried to get on with GM several times. But since I don’t have a college degree, I got shunned. I could do this, easily!! I’ve built lots of engines. The automation takes the grunt work out of 90% of the engine build.
And the skill level is far less!!
No wonder they tick he forgot to tighten the valve train
beautiful! great job !man and machine working as one.
How come they don't last long?
is this the same motor thats in my chev truck
no rods and pistons... magically, rods and pistons in place. TV is magic. pfft
He didn't get the plastic cover out of the supercharger exhaust port :(
+highlanderc
Time index?
3:18
thats not a plastic cover, its the light reflecting off the aluminum which makes it look like blue clear plastic
ʇɥƃᴉɹlɐ ʇou ɯᴉ Wrong! It’s a cover!
I noticed that too! I’ll bet it drove them Crazy trying to figure out why it doesn’t run right!!
V8 16 valves.. What à technology !!!!!
Again, still more powerful than many overpriced, overengineered foreign garage queens...
Any idea who the assembler is?
No chance for "cross-threading" there?
the threads are likely recessed a bit and the bolt would align as it enters is my guess. especially seeing it on engines I've built.
All automated torque wrenches reverse the thread (lefty-loosey) until the bolt/screw goes "pop." It then knows it's aligned for tightening. Side question....doesn't everyone reverse all (lefty-loosey) screws/bolts before going righty-tighty, until you feel the "pop/bump" I just described????? You CANNOT cross-thread bolts/screws when using this method.
Nope, the computer controlled wrenches can usually sense it before it occurs, factory defect rate is much lower.
Where can I get a block from
Please make mine an updated version of the LS-7 ,427CID NATURALLY ASPIRATED OHV VERSION, to install on my Chevy vette GRAND SPORT. Small spoiler. Here $$$$$,thanks.