Jschrock build thread

[jschrock]

Started gathering parts a couple months ago and was finally able to take my vacation to install...I started today.

Before:

5.3L: bone stock with drop in K&N and BB Tune
Transmission: Vette Servo, Yank TT3000, and stock cooler
Exhaust: Thorley Tri-ys, 22" Magnaflow, Dynomax bullet, ORY, and E-cutout

Mods:

Engine:
216/224 .551 cam
706 p&p heads with LS1 valves
LS7 lifters w/LS2 lifter trays
Hardened 7.4 pushrods
Magnacharger MP 112
MP 112 upgrades:
2.8 richard racing pulley
60lb/h Siemens Deka 4 Mototron High Impedance (Long Style) with EV1 Connectors with my fuel system they run about 67lb/hr
-6AN braided stainless fuel crossover line in the front
90mm ported J-tube (still waiting to buy 90MM TB and X-link)
Upgraded adjustable pulley assembly (supposed to prevent popping belts)
Smaller high velocity coolant pump
Transmission:
Tru-Cool 40K cooler

I started taking pics, but easily got distracted by the progress...

Chrysler Pulley puller worked great btw...

Old lifters with beside the new LS7 lifters...(stopped taking pics after this lol)

I stopped after this because I do not have a dowel in my new camshaft, so I am taking my stock one to the machine shop in the morning to see if they can get it out and put in my new one. OR just see if he has an extra laying around.....


Oh and last but certainly not least:

Where I left off last night:

UPDATES:

Well I would like to say the morning started off great, but... Work started calling at 4:30 this morning. So, I went to drop off my cam to machine shop and went and saw gpa. Got the cam and headed to work on it after lunch and counted all the lifters (yeah, I know should have done that before I took the cam out) and this is what I found:

Decided eh, that's easy enough just grab it and take it out right? WRONG...it fell... So I decided to take the valley cover off and try a magnet pin...
Sorry no pic of cover off this was pre taking it off:

Got it out with a big magnetic pen

Fast forward to this afternoon:

Got the heads, timing chain, cam in, lifters, rockers, valve covers, etc on

another:

Any requests on seeing anything beyond this point? I will try to take more, you just forget when you are in the zone :rofljest:

Well, made some progress just like some wiring, routing coolant lines, and fabbing a bracket for the cooler.

Pics:

Trans cooler install:

Supercharger and brackets on:

Alot of wiring to finish up with pod gauges.

Still trying to fab something up for the trans cooler and supercharger cooler....

Here is a vid:

 

[jschrock]

Well of course this summer I had the dreadful high IATs so I decided to do a few more mods:

Frozen Boost Heat Exchanger with fan:

New vs Old:

While I was changing this out I figured it would be a good time to install the J-tube and TB:

New tube on left and yes the one on the right is actually ported to a 90mm:

And this is what I get for buying used TB:

So I bought a new LS3 after confirming it was my TB:

With all that and the new tires and Assassin traction bars put on I was able to get traction! Well with the added traction made the 4l60 finally give up... So now I will be updating this thread on my 4l80 swap. :guns:



WELL, got the tranny and the lines...slowly getting all the parts together, waiting on the shipment from GMPD (converter bolts, new transmission mount, shift cable bracket). I am still looking for a dust cover, dipstick tube, flexplate and spacer. Oh and last but definitely not least a converter.

 

[Ian]

Good work! Wish i knew how to do all that shit!

 

[BigBoi]

God damn that thing sounds mean. Great build sir. Super jelly.

 

[Gannon]

Nice setup man.

 

[Manbearpig]

:bishplz:

 

[jschrock]

:bishplz:

:comeatmebro:

 

[jschrock]

Well look at what come in today!! Puzzle piece is coming together finally...

It's not cheating it's the competitive edge!

 

[jschrock]

Well got the ARP torque converter bolts in and things went much smoother with them. I recommend getting nothing but ARPs when doing this conversion with the FTI converter. If you try to use stock verter bolts the nipple will bottom out and will be too long.

Before- using stockers:

After- using ARPs:

I didn't want to do the hack job to my slip yoke so I took it to a local machine shop. Not too shabby for $25 if I don't say so myself.

Even polished it up for me:

Cross-member cost me $70 to have cut and welded:

And don't make fun of my blue wire loom, it was all I could find at the time.

Got bored while waiting on parts coming in, being machined, and welded so I painted my drive shaft...

I broke my damn 4l80 dipstick tube so I bought a Lokar and am waiting on that to come in... I must say the dipstick was the most pain in the ass of this whole thing for me...and I've ran into several problems.

 

[fortplainman]

cool build man.

 

[jschrock]

Couple quick vids from Saturday night:

30-85

0-90

 

[Jared]

back from the dead?

 

[jschrock]

Back....lol, been busy

 

[Jared]

Want me to take care of the truck while you're busy?

 

[jschrock]

Everything I have is for sale, sure why not!

 

[Jared]

"take care of" not *buy*

 

[BOO5TED]

:lol: @ your mgps when you're on the throttle.

 

[Ginger]

i want boost

 

[us.power]

nice work

can tell us about the part number for the pulley and in any website we can found it ?