LSX motors are a PITA too... most of them need a lot of machining...

yea brian and I talked and he didnt like the black manifold on the 2300, so we are going to remedy that

 

One thing that would be bad *** for you would be the LSX shootout. I know you didn't build it to race and will likely only ever take it once to the track. For the big exposure it would be huge if you ran it at the LSx shootout. Look at the response the TBSS that ran 9's got from it. If you went out there with that hot looking of a truck and it ran a 10.xx you'd be the buzz of the event. Possibly get the attention of even GM High Tech Performance (my favorite magazine) which also recently featured Jeff Bullock's 7.0L Silverado SSS. That same company deals with Hot Rod and others also. Making it in Hot Rod would be the ideal like Parish did and you'd really only need to go to the track once for that. The LSX shootout gets coverage from so many magazines it would be the atttention you are looking for from the sweet machine.

I'm suprised the the block and lower manifold isn't painted to match the outside color of the truck.

On a side note, when does the engine go in?

 

thanks zippy, i will look into the lsx shootout...

i am painting the block blue, just havent had time yet...

 

damn dave taht is just flat out sick... let me know if your gonna be coming inland when its done i would love to see it bro


or if i could some by some time if i can afford the round trip ill come drool all over it

 

I take back my previous comment about the black finish. Once I saw the rest of the motor, there is no way a black blower would look right atop of that beast IMO.

Also, I think I noticed your truck in a tech article in Truckin' a few issues back, are there plans for any future articles? I know your truck by far surpasses many of the ones I see in that magazine from month to month.

 

hey thanks... still have to paint the block blue to match the truck. Plus I have an all blue meziere water pump that adds to the blue scheme.

as for more Truckin' articles, yes, I have 3 articles being shot in 2 weeks. Check my build thread for info and pics... and then roughly 4-5 more tech articles after that, and the a feature in the annual HP edition... and when you see what they have planned for the feature, it is going to be sick...

 

Sweet, I'm looking forward to it. I would have already looked through your project thread but everytime I start to looking at a thread of such magnitude I end up reading through the entire thing lol.