This installment in our LS 5.3L “retro build” covers installation of our hydraulic roller lifters, cylinder heads, pushrods and rocker arms, completing the valvetrain. . Build, text and photos by Mike Mavrigian . CYLINDER HEADS While there’s nothing to complain about with the original casting number 862 aluminum heads (GM P/N 12559862), making them flow [...]
WE COMPLETE THE SHORT BLOCK Build, text and photos by Mike Mavrigian In this build installment, I’ll cover camshaft, timing, oil pump, windage tray, oil pickup, front and rear engine covers, oil pan installation and more. Due to the length of this article, I’ll save cylinder head details and installation in the next part of this build [...]
Our build is done. See the end of this article for several tasty photos of the finished engine, followed by a complete list of the participating manufacturers. FINAL ASSEMBLY OF OUR NASTY LITTLE DART 427W OUR ONE TRICK PONY IS DONE. WE’RE READY FOR THE DYNO RUN. Engine build, text and photos by Mike [...]
Trend has announced a new pushrod specifically for A-dragsters, Funny Cars, Pro Mods, Pro Extreme, Extreme 10.5, Comp Eliminator, Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, and alcohol boats and pulling trucks with BAE engines.
Produced from 4130 chrome-molybdenum thick-wall tubes and developed as a one-piece, pre-formed, centerless ground pushrod, Trend Performance unveils the first premium 7/16 double-tapered pushrod at an affordable price. Available from 6.000- to 13.000-inches long, and in increments of 0.025-inch, these new premium pushrods are now affordable because they are made in production quantities and available [...]
Because pushrod lengths are not generally known until an engine build is almost complete, they are often the last components ordered—and often they are the components most urgently needed. Now, Trend Performance is introducing a new quick-ship program called QSP that aims to dispatch orders of custom pushrods within twenty-four hours. The service offers [...]
The camshaft was checked with a degree wheel. Crane did one heck of a nice job grinding this bumpstick. Lift and timing moments were dead-on to the cam card. With our crank snout pinned for the damper, the timing cover was installed using ARP’s front cover kit (12-point stainless). The front coolant balance tube assembly [...]
PROJECT LS2, PART 4 This has proven to be a fairly easy build. The LS series-both Gen III and IV-shows definite promise. by Mike Mavrigian all photos by author Our LS is now ready for induction and ignition.At this point, our LS2 is a complete longblock. Here, we’ll cover a number of subjects leading up [...]
Our chromoly Manton pushrods feature extended lifter tips and hardened rocker tips. Our order consisted of three different lengths. All exhaust pushrods are 1/2” diameter x 11.124”, while intakes were 7/16” tapered in lengths of 10.953” and 10.805”. Here you can clearly see the length differences. From left to right: 11.124” exhaust pushrod, 10.953” intake [...]
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