New LSx guy...

Hey all, I've been lurking for a while, figured I'd finally make a post and say whats up. Name is Doug, hailing from the great Pacific NW. I have been doing customs for about 15 years now and out of habit, have been stuffing carbed small blocks into pretty much everything. Over the last few years, I have slowly come to see the ways of modern power plants. We stuffed an LT1 into a Mazda B2200 pickup (along with various other chassis and body mods), and the flat torque curve, throttle response and milage pretty much had me hooked...here are a couple pics...

http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/maz_sp1.jpg
http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/maz_sp2.jpg
http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/maz_sp3.jpg
http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/maz_sp4.jpg
http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/maz_sp5.jpg
http://www.socalcustoms.com/Shows/20...Lowdown152.jpg


For my personal project (if you couldnt tell, I like mini trucks...lol), I've been building an '85 S-10 blazer for the last 10 years or so, and it's been in various states of "done". Last round was full air suspension, body dropped and small blocked...almost ready for paint when I tore it down. Here's what she looked like..

http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/blazer_38.jpg
http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/blazer_39.jpg
http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/newblaze8.jpg

As of now, it sits with a new frame from the firewall back, with a new body waiting. As of last night, I'm the proud owner of an '05 LQ4 with about 280k on the odometer. I picked it up complete with ecu, harness and all accessories. Plans are for rebuild, cam and decent tune, shooting for a reasonable 400+ hp.

Few shots of the new frame...

http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/blazesfbd5.jpg
http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/blazesfbd6.jpg
http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/blazesfbd8.jpg
http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/blazesfbd9.jpg
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http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/blazesfbd20.jpg
http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/blazesfbd19.jpg
http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/blazesfbd18.jpg

And the LQ4 waiting in the wings....

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._6678872_n.jpg




wow..that was a hell of a first post..lol

As I expected, crank is wiped. Front 4 rod bearings and front 2 mains are shot. 2 and 6 rods bearings actually heat seized and welded themselves to the rods, so 2 rods are shot..

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._7893745_n.jpg
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Here's a shot of the main bearings...the front 3 were totally wiped, back 2 look brand new..lol

Front:

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._3410868_n.jpg

Rear:

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._1443014_n.jpg


New rods and crank to replace the obliterated stockers....

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._8315881_n.jpg


http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._3539720_n.jpg


If all goes well this week, my small block will be sold, and I'll be able to order up the rest of the parts to get this beast back together. I'm seriously considering going with teh lq9 pistons just to get some CR back and bump up the power. I will be picking up a Texas Speed and Performance Torquer V2 cam kit, and it looks like a buddy and I will be splitting the cost of EFI live with the multiple licenses, so there will be some tuning going on :)

,Welcome got some cool builds man

Welcome, gotta friend with a bagged and bodydropped 2200. Trying to convince him to put a LS in it, but he's stuck on the turbo 4 cylinder. Sucker was actually featured in Mini Truckin' http://www.minitruckinweb.com/tech/e...ood/index.html. Still slower than a bottle fed 4.3 though :lol:

Nice build, if your just looking for stock replacement pistons and rods I have several sets, some with 0 miles. Let me know what u need. I will never use them

Everything looks great bud. Just one word of advice. Watch the language on this forum. We have pretty strict rules on here regarding that. Other than that, welcome and hope we can help you.

My apologies on the language... Won't happen again :)

Thanks for the comments so far. This is a fun engine to build, and I'm pretty stoked to get it back together to see what it can do.

I actually had the Mazda shot for MT last year for an under construction feature, hopefully it will make it out in the next few issues.

Turbo Mic, shoot me a PM with a price on some LQ9 pistons if you have a set...that would be awesome..

nice builds welcome to site

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Originally Posted by low_blazer

My apologies on the language... Won't happen again :)

Thanks for the comments so far. This is a fun engine to build, and I'm pretty stoked to get it back together to see what it can do.

I actually had the Mazda shot for MT last year for an under construction feature, hopefully it will make it out in the next few issues.

Turbo Mic, shoot me a PM with a price on some LQ9 pistons if you have a set...that would be awesome..

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Oh I don't care if you swear. The mods do. Just trying to save you a little hassle. No need to say sorry to me lol.

lol..thanks for the heads up. I must admit, I got a much warmer reception here than I expected....might have to stick around :)

nice builds, i'm really digging the mazda.

Thanks man....yeah, after we got the mazda rolling, I realized how badly I needed a newer powerplant...lol. If all goes well, the Mazda will actually be done this year...final wheels are on the way, paint and bodywork are lined up (what you see is primer). Maybe I'll have time to work on my Blazer some time in there too...

Minor update...Sold my SBC today, so time to start ordering parts ;) I'll probably start up a new thread when I actually get around to putting the beast back together..

What heads are you going with? Maybe you can get a set of 243's or have the 317's worked to bump the cr a bit more as well if thats what you are wanting. Now if only the truck was high enough off the ground to be useful :lol:

nice truck...great jobs.

I'm lurking around the idea to LS an S-10 too.

Just can't find the vehicle yet !

Thanks guys....

I've built trucks with a little more ground clearance as well...lol...just not my personal ones. I did a small blocked Nissan 720, lifted on 36x16.5's, dana 44 rear, toyota front, bobbed bed 22".

http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/720_front.jpg

Dana 44 disc brake rear out of a 93 Isuzu Trooper and 63" FS Chev leaf springs

http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/720_rear.jpg

It's also getting a full exo cage, so far only the rock sliders are on..

http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/720_bobbed.jpg


305 and 700r-4 with an NP205 transfer case.

http://www.streetissuecustoms.com/720_3052.jpg
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It's never even hit a trail yet, and we're pulling the suspension and swapping it all out for a 4-linked setup front and rear and 1-ton running gear on 42's...should be fun.


Any way....lol. I'm probably gonna be keeping the 317's, they look to be in awesome shape. I'm trying to keep the machine work and cost to a minimum on this one, and I think the lq9 pistons will get me in the ball park for where I want to be. Trying to keep the pricetag reasonable on this one...plus I still have to shell out the $$$ for Efi Live...

Also, picking up my 4L80 tomorrow :)

nice builds indeed!

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That, sir, is one crazy nissan truck. Should go with a 4.8 or 5.3. Wait where's the gas tank?

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Originally Posted by cjriojas

That, sir, is one crazy nissan truck. Should go with a 4.8 or 5.3. Wait where's the gas tank?

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hah..I'm not sure if I could talk him into swaping out the small block..he doesn't really care that much about this one....I have a feeling I will building him a 6.0 or 6.2 for one of his other projects though :)

Well, bad news...found 2 small cracks in the front 2 main journals. I didn't see them till I pulled the bearings today. Time to hunt down a new block....the fun never ends..lol.

Well, we're back on track. I picked up a short block with 156k on it from Spaldings, a recycler on the other side of the state...lol. I've got a buddy picking it up for me, hopefully this weekend. They usually only deal with complete engines, so finding a shortblock that they didnt want to deal with was a score for me :)

Well...still here..lol. Progress has been slow. Still waiting on my short block to be delivered, a buddy picked it up, he just hasn't had a chance to get to this side of the state. I also picked up my 4l80, hopefully drop it off for rebuild in the next couple weeks. Hopefully, I'll be mocking everything up over the next week or so here to try and get something moving again..

Cool builds! Welcome to the forum :)

Thanks :)


I'm still here, plugging along. I finally got my short block. I'm gonna try to get it up on the stand and tear it down next week. I'm also picking up the entire dash, steering column and gauge cluster assembly from the '05 I pulled the original motor/wiring out of and sectioning it to fit in the Blazer, it will make wiring alot easier, and I'll have access to all the factory gauges, which will be nice.

its always something lol welcome

Well, I guess I'll bring this poor thing back from the dead..lol. I picked up a set of 243 heads, super low mile take-offs off a c6, only 600 or so miles on them. Since they've got WAY fewer miles on them than anything I've got, it made sense. Plus I'll get a little bump in compression, so that will help out a bit. I've got a couple other projects on the burner, so this one is gonna take a while.

Here are a couple shots of what's been taking up my time for the last couple months...

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._1654137_n.jpg

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._6411717_n.jpg

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nice truck welcome...lol the bus

Welome