heading out to pull the LS1 from the truck. i may have some bottom end destruction pictures in about 2 hours.

 

well the ls1 is trashed. pulled the cam and its chewed. looking through the cam journals i quickly realized that there is no point to pulling the bottom end apart.


my garage has NEVER been this big of a wreck!


since there was so much interest in how to flycut, i took a few pictures. it's a really brief overview, but after you figure out your piston to valve clearance, and know how much you need to cut:

tape off everything:

bring your piston to TDC:

put the cutting valves in the correct position of the head and blot it down (only 2 bolts around that cylinder necessary. lock the collar down using the feeler guages that add up to the depth that you want to cut:


Drill:

vacuum the ports of the heads to remove the majority of the metal shavings. plug up to the exhaust port and pop the valve up and down, then vacuum the intake port popping the intake valve up and down:



remove head and vacuum the rest of the metal (not much left at this point.

FINISHED PRODUCT!

 

Sooo... dump the engine block in someones front yard you don't like??

 

looking good stew

 

If the block is junk and you don't want it I'll take it to make a table for my dads shop. And your tool will be in the mail tomorrow forgot about it.

 

i was wandering about that too. definitely need it this week. montecarloss already got the ls1 junker. dropping it off to him at work in the morning. he will be using it as a mock up motor for all of his ls1 swaps in the future.

 

Is it ready to run yet?

 

looking good Stew! thanks for the lil write up. i might have to do that soon.

 

just hollar if you need the tools. here is a fun destruction report. i did a number on the LS1 lol.

 

Damn, that poor *** engine you murderer! lol