New engine is in

[RedHeartbeat]

Well, the 6.7L engine now resides where the LS1 was, get that, one full liter larger! Thanks to Billy at TRT for all the help and Allen for the updated tune! I am waiting for the home-built headers to get coated so that I can complete the installation. Hopefully I will be picking the headers up Tuesday night so that I can fire this monster up. The install went without issue other than forgetting to put the transmission location dowels in while the engine was on the stand(ended up tapping them in with the engine in the truck and the transmission wiggled out of the way). All the standard fbody accessories bolted right on. The alternator now bolts in with only two bolts on the face mount and one on the rear. The 6.0L block had to be tapped for the lower bolt hole (the engine builder did that). There isn't material on the block to tap for the third hole location. Things needed when buying a new block.... coolant passage plugs, dog-bone plug that goes in the rear end of the engine behind the rear cover(supplied with engine), front and rear covers, cam chain, cam sprocket, crank sprocket, oil pump, camshaft, engine to transmission alignment dowels and head location dowels.

Things I bought...
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408ci engine (high compression). Bought from TRTTurbo.com
Eagle 4" crank and H-beam rods
Wiseco forged pistons and Hellfire rings (-8.5cc dome)
Coated rod bearings
Steel backed crankshaft bearings
line honed, decked and bored to 4.030"
cam bearings
ARP crankshaft stud kit 234-5608
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ARP main studs kit 234-4317 (2004+ LQ4/LQ9). Bought from SummitRacing.com at SDPC2000.com price match
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Comp cams 54-448-11 cam. Bought from SpeedEngineering.com
XER287HR-12
.605/.609
238/240 duration at .050
112LSA
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Comp Cams stock replacement lifters pn 850-16. Bought from SpeedEngineering.com
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Drilled .500 oil drain holes in the lifter retainers to bleed the oil out instead of puddling in the retainers.
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Thunder Racing 7.400 hardened pushrods
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Patriot Performance Heads. Bought from TRTTurbo.com
2.08 intakes / 1.60 exhaust
64cc
air flow numbers...
lift intake exhuast
.10 78.9 63.2
.20 150.5 123.5
.30 212.9 165.9
.40 261.0 195.1
.50 296.3 216.2
.55 307.4 220.0
.60 311.3 222.2
Dual springs w/titanium retainers good to .650 lift
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Stock LQ9 oil pump with LS2 pressure regulator spring. Local dealer... Huffineschevy.com
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reused the almost new LS2 timing chain setup. Bought from SDPC2000.com
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reused all the stock covers, oil pan and pickups
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Stock gaskets from LS1 except I bought LQ9 head gaskets to go with the 4.03" bore. Local dealer... HuffinesChevy.com
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Of course, a new crankshaft bolt. Local dealer... HuffinesChevy.com

For now I am running the stock 98 throttle body and injectors and hope to move up to something bigger ASAP.

To tighten the crank bolt I torqued it to spec and then the addition 140 degrees of torque was done by running a chain through the crank pulley and bolting the ends to holes in the block. Next a cheater pipe was added to my breaker bar and the 140 degrees of torque came easily.

[GMCwantsLS1]

Nice! I want to go see it run at the track next time!

[1BADC10]

Yowza!

[ducky]

that thing is going to be infreakingsane

[jethro_3]

Just like a kid in a candy store after the candy is in the bag...... "Can we eat it NOW????"

[KySilverado]

Sounds like fun. Can't wait to hear how she runs.

[RedHeartbeat]

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Yowza&#33;
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That&#39;s what I say every time I see your sweet little asian hottie avatar.


Would a 6.687 be considered a 6.6 or a 6.7 liter engine?

[Red03SilSS]

[Tim Z]

6.7&#33;&#33; round up RED. Awesome work man, That is just awesome to have a 408 under the hood&#33; HELL YEAH&#33;&#33;&#33;

[RedHeartbeat]

It just looks like a stock engine from the outside. I&#39;d crawl inside and show you what it looks like but it&#39;s pretty dark in there.