Should be slow haha. 
Curious what those GM tools are for re-installing the covers. Also did you drill the oil drain back holes in the LS2 lifter trays?
looks as they they center the cover on the crank so the seal won’t leak.
The purpose of the tools is to align the covers with the centerline of the crankshaft. The tool itself is a Kent-Moore J-41480-A right from a GM dealership. I didn’t drill the holes. There seems to be a couple schools of thought on this topic which leads me to believe it doesn’t really matter :lol:
I was asking what the tool was, I knew that’s what you were using it for, poor phrasing on my part.
Meh everything I’ve read online and in LSX books claims it’s a good idea to drill them, personal preference I suppose.
Well those heads certainly are not coming off by choice! lol… Torquing them down was quite the endeavor.
Did you buy that specialty tool or borrow it from someone you know?
(Asking because I’m starting to look at dropping a LS motor in my Bird; and I’m going to go through it and freshen up whatever motor first; unless I just drop a pre-assembled short/long block in, but that’ll prob be stage 2.)
Borrowed it I believe.
just because 
Fuck yeah.
Nasty! What do you use for a boost controller? MBC or an electric boost control solenoid?
lol @ JnJ being to lazy to install the cam
Anyways :tup: on progress you got this installed yet?
Awesome build so far.
I was going to comment on how much room you had behind the front bumper until I saw you took the re-bar off.
What size piping are you using for cold/hot side, it looks like 3 inch? And you should hard pipe it instead of using all those ghey ass couplers. It would look so much cleaner. AKA go right along with the rest of the car. :tup:
:tup:
Im probably just going to pick up an Eboost2
No waiting and waiting perpetually on parts. Last night i got the pickup tube and windage tray in from GM. Also tapped the oil pan so i was able to get the pan on the motor. Im literally waiting on flywheel bolts to get the motor in the car. They will probably show up today but the next chance i have to work on it is Wednesday night.
There only 3 places where i could have the pipe TIGed, one is at the final bend before the throttle body (this one is a maybe considering the bending act i would have to perform to get it into the hole under the fuse box) and the other is the bend right before the intercooler. Unfortunately I don’t have access to a welder… This may be one of those down the road little projects.
Progress:
One last look at the bottom end:
oil pan featuring my sweet do it yourself drain fitting
Here is a fittingly shitty picture of the shittiest product ever produced for the automotive performance industry. The Mcleod shatter proof bell housing is easily the biggest piece of shit i have ever had the displeasure of working with. I spent a few hours with a cut off wheel and a grinder making the thing fit. I had to cut chunks out of the motor plate for it to clear my oil pan (Mcleod recommends that i grind the back of the oil pan off… juat?). Then i had to grind some more on the bell housing for the bolts to fit… whelp here the POS is:
some more swearing and throwing sockets and this happened:
You can also see my Tick remote bleeder. Its a goddamn good thing i bought one, Mcleod also forgot that we have to get a socket in there to bleed the clutch. Garbage. But at least i won’t lose my feet.
Had an interesting evening last night to say the least… Through some afro engineering and help from a few friends, the motor is in the car. Putting the motor in through the bottom while on the ground is no easy task. 6 jack stands, a floor jack, an ATV jack and 3 people lifting for the job done :lol:
Car up higher than it probably should be:
in the process:
All ready for all the trimmings, all downhill from here
here is the secret to success… poor man’s lift :lol:
Next step is to finish my fuel lines for my intake manifold. I don’t like the way the system was set up out of the box. I bought a Y block to have it split the -8 into two -6 lines to feed into the back of both rails with a crossover in the front connecting to the regulator which is on the front of the drivers side rail. Waiting on 2 fittings that i forgot and then that will be complete … hopefully
Shouldn’t be that much longer now
You missing any parts to put everything back together?
Just waiting on bill @ elma to get me my water pump. Have to measure for the drain and feed lines and order those as well. From here on out its just the actual finding time to work on it that will hold me up. I have to:
wire my gauges and put the interior back together
Finish the fuel system
install the turbo kit and cold side
radiator and pusher fans (wire in fans)
make a shroud for the rad
get a base tune
Already got one loaded up and ready to flash
you put your manifolds on backwards silly…