The Most Detailed LS3 In The Universe!

[bentfab]

Welcome Nathan! Dude those parts are spot on!

You can never go wrong with $billions$ of G.M.'s engineeering and all you have to do is put a little T.L.C. in it and you have perfection!

Awesome job!


Mark

[Vince@Meanstreets]

nate you fricken rock.

[EBMC]

Hey Nate, Great attention to detail! need a job?

[Nathan Moreno]

Thanks guys......

Originally Posted by V8TV

A very inspiring piece. Any more shots of the lower 1/2?

Here you go Kevin,

I just got my ARH exhuast, 2" prmiary with 3" exhaust. I'm not sure if there know in the muscle car community but they are TOP SHELF for the new stuff.









The complete exhaust was sent to Jet-Hot for 1700 degree coating in a new premier color. It's has a Titanium look to it.



A couple of close up. Normally they will mig weld the headers but I asked them to tig them.





I'm also replacing the entire suspension with Pfadt Racing. They are to C6 Corvettes and Gen 5 Camaro what DSE is to 1st Gens. Aaron "owner" was also a GM engineer that decided to follow his passion for racing.







I'm currently waiting for Coil overs, stabilizer bars, etc.....

[tmadden]

It is a piece of art.

[Hair]

Originally Posted by Nathan Moreno

And an after..... In this picture, I used a spray can color called "cast iron gray". It was a pretty color but had to much bronze for the pallet I'm going with. I painted all the accessories in a BMW color called "Frozen gray". It's basically a gunmetal with a flat clear.

Was the cast iron color an Eastwood product by any chance?

[WSSix]

Hair, your avatar is creepy Welcome to the site!


Nathan, what all did you use to do the sanding and grinding? I ask in case anyone else might want to follow in your foot steps later one. I know I'll follow to some extent with my LT1. I love the look of them stock so doing some clean up to the existing design appeals to me.

Also, did you send the powder coating out or do it yourself?

[Nathan Moreno]

Sorry guys for the late response. I have been burning both side of the candle trying to get some progress.

Originally Posted by tmadden

It is a piece of art.

Thanks tmadden!

Originally Posted by Hair

Was the cast iron color an Eastwood product by any chance?

Hair, I tried to find the can of paint but had no luck. I think I bought it at ACE Hardware.

Originally Posted by WSSix

Hair, your avatar is creepy Welcome to the site!


Nathan, what all did you use to do the sanding and grinding? I ask in case anyone else might want to follow in your foot steps later one. I know I'll follow to some extent with my LT1. I love the look of them stock so doing some clean up to the existing design appeals to me.

Also, did you send the powder coating out or do it yourself?

I had my local powder coater do them. I sent the intake to "Mike the Powder Coater" in GA. He has refined the art of powder coating composite.

I used several dremels with different bits to help me speed up the process. This way I didn't have to waist time changing bits for different applications.



I buddy of mine showed me how to make most of my sanding bits. He called this one the flapper.



I literally cleaned out all the casting both inside an out! Here is a pictures of the crank case in progress.



After



A before pic of the valley



And an after pic




After I had polished the outside of the block and the valley blasted to get grip for paint.






I had to search high and low to find a tank large enough to Ultrasonically clean the block. I know the owner of a local racing transmission shop that has one, but it wasn't large enough. Before they spent $20,000 on their tank, they'd just hot tank the parts after machining. Even after cleaning the parts, when they'd dyno the trans, they'd check the filter and still find metal shavings! Which is the reason they bought the Ultrasonic Cleaner. In my case, I also felt a bit uneasy due to the fact that I could feel media from the blasting which could have potentially gotten into the valleys.

We also bored the cylinders 15 over which throw metal shaving everywhere. I wanted to make sure the block was surgically clean.

I called airports to see if they had one big enough and no luck. Finally, I found a race engine shop who had one and did it for me.

[Nathan Moreno]

Here are a few more idea pictures.

I replaced the ugly factory radiator hose with something more aesthetically pleasing.



I got this idea from Rogers 68 Camaro build. I recreated the water vapor line with XRP AN braided lines and fittings. The hose end that comes off the T fitting would go to the radiator but I'm redoing it. I'm welding a -3 90 degree fitting to the aluminum radiator tube to connect it there.



I dremel down the injector connectors and got rid of all the fat that wasn't necessary for good clamping.



I covered them with a 90 degree heat shrink boot to get a cleaner look.



At one point, I was going to run individual hard lines to each injector. You can see the AN injector hat on top of the rear left injector.



But I looking to replace this intake. So I'm not looking to do any more R&D on it.



This is a cool idea which I haven't seen anybody do. Perhaps somebody here can take advantage and implement it on their own project.

[214Chevy]

You, my friend, are an artist to the core. Very nicely done.