1970 Camaro RS Operation Budget LSx

[GregWeld]

So my question is what happened to the one rear cylinder that showed real nasty on the one head? Burnt valve? or??

Nice work guys... You too Eric...

:>)

[camcojb]

yep, great project and very similar to what I'm going to do. Please keep us updated, and check out the Camaro site linked above.

Jody

[1970camaroRS]

Originally Posted by camcojb

yep, great project and very similar to what I'm going to do. Please keep us updated, and check out the Camaro site linked above.

Jody

Joined and posted. I remember you front NastyZ28.

-Nathan

[1970camaroRS]

This is what I found when I woke up this morning:


The parts fairy had visited me in the night!


My ham of a fist agrees, this is good.


Like the kids from a Christmas Story, I tear into the boxes:

[1970camaroRS]

Love it, big smile.


What is it that put a big goofy smile on my face?


THIS

SLP, ARP, Fel-Pro, Edelbrock, Trick-flow, Hughes, Summit. The gangs all here.

Oh and a bonus from the fine folks at the Summit Racing warehouse.

[1970camaroRS]

SWEET!


ARP rod, intake, balancer bolts and head studs


MSD wires


Edelbrock mount adaptors

Surprisingly poor quality in the finish. Lots of burs and sharp edges. I will have to clean them up before I install them.

[1970camaroRS]

See.


Hughes LS1 flexplate for TH350/400, 700r4 transmissions.


Billet Double roller timing gears and chain


SLP ported oil pump. Impulse buy, could have just gotten a cheap stocker and ported it myself.

[1970camaroRS]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

So my question is what happened to the one rear cylinder that showed real nasty on the one head? Burnt valve? or??

Nice work guys... You too Eric...

:>)

Looking closely at it I appears to be a burnt valve, but it held pressure before tear down and the piston and cylinder wall look no different than any other.



Head gasket also looked good. I'm sure after I get the engine put back together and I do a compression test everything will be ok.

-Nathan

[computeruse20.0]

Nice project looks like you know what you want. I do have a question why ls6 heads and not the l92?

[1970camaroRS]

Originally Posted by computeruse20.0

Nice project looks like you know what you want. I do have a question why ls6 heads and not the l92?

The heads are CnC ported and flow close to the same as stock L92(if not slightly better) with a smaller port size and valves. And a smaller combustion chamber (milled down to an even smaller size) for a much needed boost in compression ratio. I was also able to run a much larger cam without having any piston to valve clearance issues some guys with L92 heads run into. The biggest thing was they were actually cheaper than a new L92 setup.