| LT1 Bolt Ons |
Subject: LT1 Bolt Ons by bogus on 2011/12/2 19:32:02 OK... I am still debugging my 92... but that's another issue I will address this weekend. I needed a break from it, so a week away was a good thing. Get a new perspective and such. However, I need to start considering the LT1 that I am putting into this car. It is a 1996 LT1, with an auto. I have an OEM dual mass flywheel, so bringing it into balance shouldn't be an issue. It has a nominal 61k miles on it and has not been started in several years. My first goal is to reoil it internally, so there are no dry spots (oil the wrist pins and cam, soak the cylinders, oil the valves). With the engine out of the car, this becomes rather easy. Just poor some oil on parts and let it leach in. I want to bring up the power a bit and have been mulling some ideas around. I am, at the very least going to do a cam upgrade. I want to the the LT4 hot cam kit, or equivalent. My thinking is that whatever cam I do now, with 1:6.1 roller rockers and push rods, I can reuse down the road. I want good stuff... no junk that will fail in 6 months. Heads, however important, may not fit my budget right now. And finding something good and used for the LT1/4 is hard. So I may leave heads stock for now, and update them in a few months when I have a better idea of budget. The old LT1 will be torn down and the bottom end will become a 383 or something. But that is 2+ years down the road. The overall project plan is this: 87 = Bastet44's 87 coupe 92 = my 92 coupe Remove LT1 (87) Pickle the 4L60E (87) Prep new LT1 (92) Install new LT1 (92) Pickle old LT1 (92) Restore body and interior (87) Install LSx and 4L60E (87) Rebuild old LT1 as 383 (92) Thoughts? Cam comments? Remember, I have to deal with CARB here... bastards... but I do. |
