Hey guys,
heres my LS project
it started a few years ago when i bought a 75 nova to drop an LQ4 junk yard engine into, and through life had to sell the nova off but kept the engine around for a moment like this
It started with the purchase of my 1981 malibu in August. rolling shell, well patina'd but structurally wonderful. Old engine and trans were yanked already so perfect starting point
finally stuffed her into a garage and started with the swap. heres the LQ4 engine we built.
The engine was yanked out of a junk yard on a 50% off day. we pulled it down and it was clean!! new rings, new bearings and a fast clean the rotating assembly was put together. I scored again on a 50% off day when a set of 243 heads were hanging out there. i had them rebuilt with z06 springs, added an ASA cam, and a GMPP carb manifold. i got the motor mounts from dirty dingo and everything was ready! Friends of mine got me the holley valve covers which are beautiful but do cause some install headaches!
Next came the trans. i attached a mildly done 700r4. while i realize that the chances of explosion are high with the 6.0 in front of it, it was the choice made based on the no electronics. this LQ4 being an early one spaced the flex plate perfectly and it bolted together without a hitch! ready to drop into the car!
Well i had a trip coming up to NY so i had a goal to at least get everything bolted into the car before i went.
The engine dropped in perfectly! the headers we not designed for this car but the managed to squeeze in.
After all of this it was off to NY!
heres my LS project
it started a few years ago when i bought a 75 nova to drop an LQ4 junk yard engine into, and through life had to sell the nova off but kept the engine around for a moment like this
It started with the purchase of my 1981 malibu in August. rolling shell, well patina'd but structurally wonderful. Old engine and trans were yanked already so perfect starting point
finally stuffed her into a garage and started with the swap. heres the LQ4 engine we built.
The engine was yanked out of a junk yard on a 50% off day. we pulled it down and it was clean!! new rings, new bearings and a fast clean the rotating assembly was put together. I scored again on a 50% off day when a set of 243 heads were hanging out there. i had them rebuilt with z06 springs, added an ASA cam, and a GMPP carb manifold. i got the motor mounts from dirty dingo and everything was ready! Friends of mine got me the holley valve covers which are beautiful but do cause some install headaches!
Next came the trans. i attached a mildly done 700r4. while i realize that the chances of explosion are high with the 6.0 in front of it, it was the choice made based on the no electronics. this LQ4 being an early one spaced the flex plate perfectly and it bolted together without a hitch! ready to drop into the car!
Well i had a trip coming up to NY so i had a goal to at least get everything bolted into the car before i went.
The engine dropped in perfectly! the headers we not designed for this car but the managed to squeeze in.
After all of this it was off to NY!