Shreck's 6.0 build

[noteron]

Cool build...LQ4's in 67's = Long Range Pimpin... Im going with a LQ4/4L60e combo in my 67 as well. I'll be taking notes. BTW What part of Cen-Cal are you in?

[67shortie]

I'm in Turlock

More progress but hit a brick wall when the part I ordered had not come in, a timing chain to replace the slightly stretched one that I have. No sweat, i still did many other tasks that still need to be done. I installed the windage tray, front and rear main seals, rear cover (aligned the rear seal too) fitted the oil pan and cleaned a few odds and ends up.

That piece I am holding is the front cam plate that serves 2 jobs, one is to locate the front of the cam so it does not do to much walking and also to route oil to the lifters through the front and rear of the block. Rear not shown, this is handled by the rear cover that is the last pic.

That brown looking hunk of metal on the crank snout is the oil pump in case anyone was wondering. It's crank driven and has a long pickup tube, I imagine this was designed this way so this style of engine could drop in many different chassis that is is fitted in for oil pan design.

[67chevy1series]

wow nice progress!!!! engine looks great cant wait to see it installed in the truck!

[mcbassin]

Hey nice work on the wiring! I am going to be going through this same thing pretty soon. Well, hopefully. As soon as it warms up my time is split between fishing first, golf (with my son) and working on my projects. Your engine looks great too.

[67shortie]

Hey Jay no sweat I will shoot you a PM

Thanks mcbassin, it was pretty time consuming but I actually did more reading and research than hands on. Still have work to do, if all goes well when it comes time to fire it up still have to mount the PCM and fuse panel and wrap it all up finally.

Today, I should get my new valve seals and timing chain in, then off to getting the rest of this longblock assembled.

Chain on, new 'O' ring for the oil pump pickup tube, oil pump on, front cover on, pan, valley cover, knock sensors and heads. Better get moving, I will post more pics later

[67shortie]

Did not have time to post pics last night, but was able to get quite a bit done. Installed the new chain, timing gear, oil pump, valley cover, pickup tube, front cover, oil pan, pulled the heads apart and replaced all of the valve seals, and while I was in there lapped the valves with the lapping paste. Passes the visual and water test (fill ports with water and check for leaks at the valve) with flying colors...looking more like an engine now too which is exciting.

This weekend off to valvetrain, bolt the heads on, valvecovers, and front balancer. Still have to elongate the holes for the converter and trim down the adapter plates that I made. I am crossing my fingers that this gets bolted in the truck within a week from now if not sooner

[Pop's C-10]

nice build...nice chevelle also

[5150.4.67]

Looking sweet! Get your video camera battery on the charger, cause we want to hear it when it runs!

[y5mgisi]

Nice! Not alot of LSx rebuilds posted like this.

[67shortie]

Thanks all, the Chevelle has been with me since 1986 and have done a whole bunch of work to it over the years. It's my baby, with me all of these years and never has let me down....

A few things today first I had the pleasure of meeting Jay (5150.4.67) when I picked up the offered cam sensor. Class act, knows his stuff and hope to stay in contact with him through all of this. Jay, thanks again, it is now residing in the block tonight so it went to a good home

Second, more progress tonight after running a few errands with the family. Got the valvetrain prepped, lifters and plastic trays installed but hit a road block when I tried to bolt the heads down. Bought the wrong bolts. Arrgh, so this block is not what I think it is, must be a later year because the bolts I ordered were way too long. That's OK I will just return them for the correct year and be done with it. Never mind the numbers on the pistons, that was something I was doing earlier

My plans this next week are to get the spare block out of the truck, modify my flexplate, trim down my mount adapter plates and get this in the truck by Wednesday. I need to get my butt up early on my days off to make this happen

Anyhoo, more pics:

[67chevy1series]

i am sorry i am lazy is thgis going to be a carburated like the holley shop truck or just fuel injected

[spike38]

Originally Posted by 5150.4.67

Looking sweet! Get your video camera battery on the charger, cause we want to hear it when it runs!

Great build, And Yes! I want to hear it as well!

Spike

[mcbassin]

Nice work on the engine build! Keep the pics coming. The harness looks to be pretty well done too. Nice!

[usmcchevy]

Looking real good! Where did you get your fuse/relay block?

[5150.4.67]

Did it end up being a pre 2005 block?

[67shortie]

Actually no it must be a later block because the head bolts I picked up were WAY too long and they were for an '01 6.0. I need to return them and get the correct bolts for Tuesday when I want to get the heads on and install this sucker in on Wednesday.

The fuse block is a simple 4 panel I ordered from the local Auto Zone part number 85668.

The engine is getting the stock LQ4 treatment down to the engine cover, should give the truck a nice reliable powerful daily driver feel with hopefully decent fuel mileage to boot But with 6 liters of displacement I can't expect anything more than tire burning torque and excellent throttle response so if I want good fuel mileage I better keep my foot out of it....ya right

I will post an update when I get bolts and prep the truck for the longblock. It's almost there, getting restless to fire it up

[67shortie]

Correct head bolts are on thier way, tomorrow will be heads and valvetrain.

Going to pull the spare block out of the truck too and do some more cleaning and painting, then trim the engine plates and get the flexplate to bolt up the TH700 converter.

Getting closer, when the longblock is in I will feel much better

Will post pics of the progress

[VA72C10]

Nice....almost looks like the truck has a proud look of....."that awesome looking powerplant will be in my engine bay soon"

[67chevy1series]

va's right the 67 68s always had a smile look to them with that grill and bumper

[67shortie]

Engine is in

What a day, lots of cutting, drilling and finding the right bolts for what I needed. Went in without fuss, I think my 350 put up more of a fight.

Still dirty looking though, actually much cleaner looking in person but I do drive this truck alot and work it. I don't feel it's usless effort to detail but in no time it will look pretty much like it does now so efforts are going to the drivetrain and not making it showy, which is against what I usually do so I am fighting instincts here.

Big hurdle for me getting this bolted in, now I can start the bolt ons like water pump, alt bracket, harness, exhaust, fuel system manifold etc. Cant wait to turn it over and hear this engine run.

Truck looks happy now

[mjensen]

That looks nice in there! Great job.

[67chevy1series]

very nice progress it looks wonderful in there! the 350 put up such a fight it knew it wasnt goin back in there it wanted to stay! haha

[VA72C10]

Nice job....truck looks VERY happy

[5150.4.67]

Yes! Looking good!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you have ample room to get the damper pulley on?

[67shortie]

Thanks everyone!

I like the way it just bolted in, like it was made to be in there. I know I have read that before but first hand experience it really holds true.

Thanks Jay, yes there is plenty of room to do the install. I was going to do this before I put the engine in but instructions show to put 240lbs of torque to the old bolt, pull it out then do 37lbs and 240 degrees of twist with a new bolt. I did not think an engine stand was a stable platform for doing this kind of wrenching so in it went and I will brace the flexplate near the starter space and get this done that way.

Next I am not sure what I will be doing but it will most likely be the balancer, water pump, power steering/alt bracket, and doing the mods to run my old school guages. Tapping the oil cooler plate will do for the oil pressure fitting and somewhere on the water pump or adapter for the head where the new style water sender is.