Yummy

 

Greddy turbos with what looks like an APS intercooler??

Either way, its a sight I'm all to familiar with

Every time I have seen material in the pan like that (5 times) the whole setup was trash. The small pieces of metal get under the cam caps and wreck the heads and cams, into the turbos and jack them up, and score the cylinder walls as well as cause massive damage on the crank and block where the main bearings are. I hope you fare better than I have. I have 3 blocks in my shed, 2 sets of heads, 3 sets of cams and more VQ parts that I can count.

Welcome to the darkside and hopefully your LS conversion goes smoothly. May you continue to help blaze the trail for others that I'm sure will follow in our footsteps if it can be proven that the LS is a solid platform to make reliable power in a Z/G.

 

HaH I'll show you metal shavings in the oil pan ... 2 spun mains , block is done, I knew it was shot so I drove as far as I could so the tow would be cheaper, 35miles on the highway to be exact. But I feel your pain

 

Holy chit Konrad that's insane.
Fotunately my block made it out alive.
But yeah Cass, I don't care what it takes, I'm going to get the Z to be exactly what I want with the LQ9 engine. Can't wait for it to be done, but it's going to be a while. Doing it right

 

I see your metal shavings, and rise you this:

 

Wow , you win , at least my block can be salvaged with a line hone, shaved caps and undersized bearings

 

LOL... if I fired up the other computer I could dig up my pics where it looked like I was panning for gold. I miss nothing about those days. Hoping the car will be done very shortly now, its already snowed here last week.

 

Is that a coat hanger? lol holy fawk

 

Its a pistone parts and some metal shavings on the dirt. (with a coat hanger )

 

god damn and I thought I went through A lot, ( skipped timing first time, and now spun bearings)