Okay, so about a month ago (at 150Kmiles) the 5.3 in my 2008 LTZ 4x4 decided to give up the ghost. I had a 6.2L in my garage that I had planned on putting into the Avalanche at some point, so it kind of forced my had. So the following posts will be progress and pictures of the project. My Garage helper will be doing most of the work.

Okay, so about a month ago (at 150Kmiles) the 5.3 in my 2008 LTZ 4x4 decided to give up the ghost. I had a 6.2L in my garage that I had planned on putting into the Avalanche at some point, so it kind of forced my had. So the following posts will be progress and pictures of the project.


The 60K mile 6.2L out of an Escalade:

 

starting the tear down:





My garage helper is doing most of the work!

 

Most of the parts that will be going back in:

Yank 2600 Truck Thruster
ARP Head Bolts
PaceSetter Long Tube Headers
PaceSetter Off Road Y-Pipe


LS7 Lifters
LS3 Valley Cover (PCV System)
1.8 Yellaterra rockers
Dual Springs
Vinci Performance Cam
Titanium Retainers
VVT Delete
DOD Delete

 

Made a little progress tonight. The garage helper did most of the work.

Cam with ARP bolts





Torquing the cam bolts





Cleaned up the pistons and block

 

Removing the valve springs:







Installing oil pump:



Oil pickup tube

 

Installing the front cover







Stopping point for tonight.

 

Okay! So she installed all the springs on both heads..











Set the head on the Block



Torqued the head bolts!



Video of setting the torque wrench as the first pass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkhl..._srM3RGZhpqDVQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y51H..._srM3RGZhpqDVQ

 

Was there a motor in those pics? LOL nice helper wish I had one like that in my garage!

Looking forward to the rest of the project!

 

I might have seen atleast 2 engine pics.



Looks like some good times though, should be a nice setup.

 

Very cool. It should be a fun upgrade! I'm with those guys... I wish my helper looked like her.