Really looking forward to seeing numbers from this build and how it compares in both performance and cost. If possible can you find out the weight of the assembled block?

 

Absolutely. It will be heavy as **** with the iron block and forged internals, but I will certainly post all details of the build from start to finish.
I already know what kind of numbers we're going to hit lol
It may be heavier, but at 800 wheel, who cares.
Honestly the cost is already WAAAAY cheaper than anything I could have expected. Of course, we're just starting and who knows what hitches we'll come acoss, but it will be well documented for all.

Mad props to SOHO Motorsports here in Charlotte, NC. The guys there bend over backwards to do the right thing for the customer, 100% of the time. I'll never go anywhere else, with any of my vehicles, as long as they exist.



-edit- Cass, where do you live?

 

lq9 is roughly the same weight as an assembled gen 1 small block chevy long block with aluminum heads, expect right around 480-500 pounds for the longblock.

 

My dream would be to drop in an LSX, preferably all aluminum,
and mate it with an EMCO sequential race trans. Maybe one day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipC8Ire-cNg

 

I'm in PA, an hour north of Baltimore.

That shifter in the video above looks and sounds like A$$. I want something that makes my car more streetable, not less. This would be great for the track, but too much for the street IMO.

 

To each their own..
If i dropped in an LS2, my goal would be to make it mostly a race car.
If I wanted streetable, I'd stick with a stock VQ.

 

wonder how much fab work would ave to be done to get that to work.... although i hear the tr6060 trans is a bit longer so itd be interesting if somebody came out with a sequential shirter similar to ikeyas for this application

 

Are you talking about the constant rattle? The vid comments said that the rattle was from the reverse lever and that it has been addressed after the video was shot.
+1

 

Missed the comments about the shifter... still not for me.

 

Browsed through as much of this thread as I could and was unable to find if we can put a l92 in our cars. Is it possible?

 

Anything is possible, just maybe not practical.... the kits out there seem to be for the LS series exclusively. You should post in the LS forums to see if anyone has info if the mounting is the same.

 

mounting is exactly the same you might have hood clearance issues though as the truck engines have a much much taller intake, but if you can make it fit the truck intakes flow on par with aftermarket intakes, like i said its just a lot taller.

also im not sure on the engine management and what would be best for it, since the l92 has variable valve timing. i imagine the best bet would probably be to get the ecu out of the same car and just use hp tuners.

 

Yes. An L92 is just the truck version of an LS3.

 

Looks like I'm going to be keeping my out for a GTO LS2 dropout

 

That's what all the cool kids did

I found mine on ebay from LKQ and there was another large LS graveyard near Philly that I called and they called me back when they got one in.

 

i cant find a bare ls1 block for ****, not locally at least. even the iron ones are rare around these parts. wtf.

 

ls1 is starting to get rare its been what 8 years since it left production? by iron block do you mean the 5.3L lm7/l33/lm4/l59 or are you looking at 6.0L lq9/lq4? probably is going to be near impossible to find just a bare block but local junkyards should have tons of wrecked trucks with them. if your after the 5.3L then look into the smaller trucks. 6.0 can be found in the smaller or bigger trucks(and by smaller i mean like 1500 series and there suv counterparts they share a frame with.)

and honestly you will probably pay about the same pulling a engine from a truck yourself as it would cost to buy a bareblock from someone.

 

5.3 would work, i would just bore it to 5.7 specs. my block has a hairline crack in it so id want to swap all my built internals over to a new one. aluminum or iron, no care. but i wanna keep it 5.7 so i dont have to buy different sized pistons, and from my research, most ls1's cant be bored out much at all if theyre aluminum

 

Look for an LM4, L33, LH6, or LC9. They are GenIII and GenIV 5.3 aluminum blocks from trucks and SUVs. I think I saw an L33 the other day for $200. They are great budget blocks to work from. ERL prefers to use them as cores for their monster cube (454+ci) engines because of their strength (after a resleeve, of course). Punching one out to put your 5.7 rotating assembly is going to require a resleeve which brings the cost up significantly. After you find an LS1 or LS6 block and refresh it, you'll probably be looking about the same price but have a much stronger block with Darton sleeves.

 

I'm running on speed density now with just the GM ecu an tuned with HP tuners. Car runs great so far. Just over 600hp on 9lbs boost. I did have to put in a 2 bar map sensor off a cobalt SS though.