The old engine is officially gone and the cash is in hand. Today I decided to tear into the LS3 to check it out. First inspection everything was looking very clean. I the noticed a bit a wear on all the exhaust valve stems. Not something I like but not a show stopper. Next I checked out the intake and there is a decent amount of oil in the intake ports. I assume due to crank vent. The last thing I did was check the main bearings. Here I found a show stopper. Bearings have clear signs of debre passing through and the crank is rough.
I'm going to just tear the whole thing down. My buddy is a crank grinder in Houston so I'll have him check it out. At a min I'll do all new bearings and rings plus full arp hardware to hold it together. If the crank is too far gone or stroked kit is a decent price I may up the cubes too. Before this I do need to pull the heads and check the bore measurements. They look good underneath but hard to say for sure
I probably should have done this long ago but oh we'll, I know now....
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