About a month ago I got a tip from a friend someone was selling a clean Monte Carlo SS in blue with a locked up 305.
I go check it out and turns out the car is clean, minimal rust, was someone's show car at some point, but sat outside for about a year.
Make an offer, offer accepted, go with the tow truck and pick it up.
I spent the next 3 weeks recovering from eye surgery and playing with different ideas for the motor and the car. I was really leaning towards a 383 stroker and then my boy pressured me to try to find a LS motor.
picked up a LM7 5.3 with 100k on it and started to disassemble it and clean it up :
no sludge, no dex-cool gunk build up, spins freely, no metal shavings etc; overall I think I got a great 5.3
all the parts are ordered so I am just waiting for stuff to get done/ delivered then i can start putting the motor together.
-CTS-v Oil pan kit
-comp cam 232/234 .595 /.598 110LSA
-243 heads ported, valves , and milled down to increase compression with BTR .660 dual valve springs shimmed
-ls2 timing chain
-ls6 oil pump
-holley 670 CFM carb
-holley carb intake manifold
-ls7 lifters
-tci flex plate
-truck accessory drive (no A/C)
-msd LS box
-champion 3 row radiator
-fan shroud (need to see if my ls1 fans from my camaro SS will fit it)
-texas speed f-body 1-7/8 long tube headers
im sure theres more I don't remember I will add later
very excited to be doing this build
I go check it out and turns out the car is clean, minimal rust, was someone's show car at some point, but sat outside for about a year.
Make an offer, offer accepted, go with the tow truck and pick it up.
I spent the next 3 weeks recovering from eye surgery and playing with different ideas for the motor and the car. I was really leaning towards a 383 stroker and then my boy pressured me to try to find a LS motor.
picked up a LM7 5.3 with 100k on it and started to disassemble it and clean it up :
no sludge, no dex-cool gunk build up, spins freely, no metal shavings etc; overall I think I got a great 5.3
all the parts are ordered so I am just waiting for stuff to get done/ delivered then i can start putting the motor together.
-CTS-v Oil pan kit
-comp cam 232/234 .595 /.598 110LSA
-243 heads ported, valves , and milled down to increase compression with BTR .660 dual valve springs shimmed
-ls2 timing chain
-ls6 oil pump
-holley 670 CFM carb
-holley carb intake manifold
-ls7 lifters
-tci flex plate
-truck accessory drive (no A/C)
-msd LS box
-champion 3 row radiator
-fan shroud (need to see if my ls1 fans from my camaro SS will fit it)
-texas speed f-body 1-7/8 long tube headers
im sure theres more I don't remember I will add later
very excited to be doing this build
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