1970 Chevelle SS 454 LS6 Rebuild + Details

[XXXGoldL34M20]

Motor Rebuilder got sick before the holidays so still no progress on the motor till the new year.
I sand blasted the crossmember and re painted it myself.
The Drive shaft was restored by the last owner and it looks great.
Did Schmelzer make the oil pick up for Chevrolet or is this an aftermarket piece?

[Plowman]

Sorry to here that but keep up the good work. *Paul

[XXXGoldL34M20]

Its been awhile since i updated this thread but the motor is now moving along towards its completion.

I dicussed many things with my rebuilder and he did mention to me that the motor was once rebuilt in its history of being a race car so this is the second rebuild for my original LS6.
Motor was at .030 over so we decided to go .060 over to clean it up.
Motor was also decked,cleaned and neaded a cam thrust repair.

As far as the heads went we hardened the exhaust seats,did a valve job and resurfaced the base of the heads.

[XXXGoldL34M20]

The Crankshaft was balanced with the flywheel and damper.
Some mallory weights were added and one spot was drilled out for the balance.
Rods were press fit onto the pistons and weighed.
A new GM 10216339 Damper was installed to replace the old beat up original damper.

[mockingbird812]

Was your deck stamping preserved?

[XXXGoldL34M20]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mockingbird812</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Was your deck stamping preserved? </div></div>

Yes it was but the machinist did come very close to the numbers and letters but they all show.
I was not very pleased with how close he came but he said it was the best he can do.

[mockingbird812]

Whew! That was close!!! Looking good!!!

[XXXGoldL34M20]

Pistons,Cam,Timing chain and Damper installed.
Head assembly is next.

[XXXGoldL34M20]

Yesterday i finally got the motor in the engine bay.
Should fire it up on Monday [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[XXXGoldL34M20]

and a few hours later [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]
Spark plug wires and start up tommorrow.
Fingers crossed.
Sure looks damn good the way it was set up factory original.