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Well, as some of you already know…my little cam swap snowballed on me.
My plan was to install a stage 2 blower cam and a 2600 stall converter and that was all.
But after I tore down everything I realized that I would be near the limits for the stock pistons and rods.
So I I sold my factory LS3 shortblock assembly and decided to get a forged shortblock.
My original idea was just to go back with a stock displacement 376, but for just a little more $$ I decided on a 427 cid forged stroker shortblock.
JRE – Pro Torque 2600 stall converter
JRE - Comp Cams Stage 2 Blower Cam
Comp Cams hardened pushrods
Edelbrock 2 piece timing chain cover
LS7 Lifters
LS2 cam sprocket, timing chain damper, valley cover, rear main plate, lifter guides
ARP crank bolt, cam bolts, torque converter bolts, flexplate bolts
Patriot Performance Stage 2 Ported LS3 heads with ARP head bolts
Patriot Performance Gold Springs with titanium retainers good for .650 lift
LS3 stroked out to 427 cubic inches – Callies Crank and Rods, Weisco Pistons, All ARP studs- bolts – built by Texas Speed
Injector Dynamics 1000cc Injectors (95 lb per hour)
Lingenfelter Dual fuel pump kit with controller
Aluminum Sheetmetal fabricated valve covers without coil pack mounts
coil pack relocation brackets and new MSD wires
While I was waiting on the shortblock to be built, I decided to do a few more things:
Relocated ABS module from engine compartment to inner fender
Removed bracket from strut tower for ABS
Re-routed brake lines
Lengthened ABS wiring harness
Removed battery cable brackets from strut tower
Re-routed battery cables
Painted complete underside of car and engine compartment with basecoat / clearcoat to match exterior
Polished Stainless Steel bolts for fenders and radiator support plate
Billet polished strut tower caps
AAC Headlight Halos
New 427 decals for nose stripe
Polished Throttle body by Advanced Plating
Chromed supercharger bypass tube by Advanced Plating
Chromed Supercharger throttle body adapter plate by Advanced Plating
Black Anodized Cross Drilled and Slotted brake rotors
Here are some misc. pics from the past 8 weeks
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