I really needed and appreciated this video. Thanks for uploading. looking foward to more from you. maybe a 4l60e or 4l80e complete teardown and rebuild? Thanks again.
Great How To video. Im into cars but have not ever rebuilt an engine myself. LS1's definitely look a little less daunting than some other builds I've seen.
grady thayer these are actually . this just makes it look hard. I can build one inn6 hours from bare block to ready to run on a stand being careful. And I'm a novice
Also when installing the oil pump I snug the bolts then rotate the engine 1 revolution to center the pump gears in the housing then torque the bolts to spec.
I'm looking to rebuild and upgrade my C5's LS6 right now. I'm trying to research everything I can. I plan to put a new stock crank in (flywheel bolt hole got stripped), new bearings on everything, new piston rings, and upgraded cam and spring setup from LG Motorsports. I think I have most of these tools to do the job already. I already have the motor on an engine stand. I don't have an angle gauge, but I could probably eyeball it if it's in like 30deg increments lol. Any place to get a cheap angle gauge?
When installing the pistons and rods install all them with the bolts snug then torque to yield. This helps with side loading or twisting the bearing because of the other rod being beside it during torqing.
The LS engine. A marvel. Does anyone or is anyone interested in engines?? I believe an engine within an engine will raise the 37% bench mark efficiency to almost double or triple its effective efficiency. Basically an exponential growth. And if the rotating block has turbine like fins on its outer shell be it an aluminium block which, it can induce oxygen and air at a very high compression ration and act as its own turbo or even better both turbo and air cooling with little need of a corrosive coolant systems. The gyrating effect and the centrifugal forces could enhance lubricant flow to crucial internal components. Further the rotating body and its momentum not to mention the kinetic forces AND if paired with a transducer can generate electricity and therefore be tuned to even higher than the 12 volts systems that are currently used in our cars. Now imagine if the outer or the encapsulating engine is another shell that acts like a high voltage electric motor, then you have a rocket with two engine propelling whatever car body or vehicle shell you want to create. The question is how to minimize build complexities and keeping it simple in mass production. .. If you know the KISS process. Gosh if only I could find someone to assist me in the development of this ideology.
I've got one of them which is approaching 331,500 kilometres except without cathedral port cylinder heads. Hopefully this easter I'll be able to get in & replace the camshaft & lifters as they are worn & were a bit noisy,they seemed to have quietened down but they still need replacing. The rollers on the lifters squeak a bit as well but the camshaft has gotten hammered. The rest of the engine is o.k. & the kilometres are nothing for an LS1 engine, someone in the U.S. got 500,000 miles out of his 5.3 litre engine although is not classed as an LS1 is still basically the same,only smaller than the 5.7 litre LS1 engine.
I learned quite a bit about LS engine structure here. Takes the mystery out of it. I know Benz architecture but the new LS was a mystery till today. What a power making Brute it is. 350 What??????
Hi mate, I’ve loved watching your vids as they’re really well done and an inspiration. Hope you don’t mind if ask a question as I’ve had big drama with my build. It’s about thread/aluminium damage possibly caused by age/washing/bad initial casting. I have an L76 engine. In 2012 had one of the heads off for a repair of a problem I had installing headers. I reinstalled with new head bolts, gasket and a good torque wrench and no problems since then. The engine has almost 300K kms on it now and recently a valve on the other head broke, fell in to the combustion chamber but luckily no block damage. That head was pretty damaged though. I had the engine sent to a good shop for a full overhaul with new springs, valves, cam, cam bushes, conrods, pistons - everything but the crank and block. The damaged head was repaired. As I am on a budget and enjoy working on my car I opted to reinstall the heads and rocker arms myself. I have a brand new expensive calibrated torque wrench and the best head bolts and gaskets. Also new rocker arm bolts. First problem: on the second pass (70°) the internal M11 on no.1 cylinder stripped the threads on the block. Second problem: 4 of the rocker arm bolts stripped their threads in the repaired head. All specs were adhered to (22lb ft., 90° then 70° for the heads and 22 lb ft for the rocker bolts). My engine man is away till the 6th of Jan and has asked me not to do anything else till he’s back. So the questions are: have you ever experienced this kind of thing? Would you be able to tell me if washing aluminium blocks and heads degrades them? Does aluminium break down over time? I know about heli-coils and time -setts and know the latter are needed for threads in the block for the heads. So I’ll go with that. As the head studs have been used I’ll have to get new ones. I am thinking the ARP studs and bolts might be better as I am paranoid about this happening again. But what about the rocker bolts? I couldn’t torque them without 4 of the threads turning to butter. Thanks in advance for your thoughts on these issues. Cheers Erik.
I wish I could give you some good advice but this is a mystery to me. I can't see how cleaning aluminum castings can hurt them. All I can say is wait until your machinist takes a look at it. I'm curious myself so, if you don't mind, please post the findings when you get a chance.
Hi and apologies for the late reply. The thread stripping in the block and head have been put down to engine overheating a few times in its life. This is not 100% conclusive but likely due to metallurgical changes from over heat. I completed the engine and had it just run in when one of the pistons went through the bore, completely writing it off. Bad luck hey. I ended up buying a 2nd hand L98 and had it put in the car with no modifications apart from replacing the rear main. Quite a disappointment going from a cammed up worked L76 to a stock L98. It will be good for me at present and will be replaced with a cammed LS3 when I get round to it.
18:09 "Note the that the connecting rods are installed in the same direction, The flat area on the bolt flange faces the front of the block" That is so unconventional for a V8 engine. That means the bearing tang locators go to the outside on one bank and to the inside on the other bank. Also does the rod have no offset? Meaning, is the center of the piston pin boss centered over the rod bearing bore? Connecting rods of the past are offset in that respect to decrease the width between the cylinder bores.
Didn't realize it did this. I bought a VHS to digital converter to transfer the video from the original tape. I don't know why it only sent the sound to one channel.
Sergio Velazquez the guys at my Chevy dealer have these tools but they don't use most of them lol. they just replace gaskets and parts and that's it.....the local race shops would laugh at this, they reuse all kinds of stuff and then beat the shit out of them and dont have a problem.
Wow. Chevrolet has always owned the hot rod market with their small blocks dating back to the 50's and 60's, but now they've really left Ford without a leg to stand on. LS1s are being swapped into everything, and GM owners with these engines seem to have nothing bad to say. Meanwhile Ford's modular V8 suffers from seized spark plugs and no one wants anything to do with them.
Does the J149Ds6.4BR70radial tool work in diamodial flip-axis with the panspermium bearing's? A should the M80 be rectified the the specifed degree's in kelvin? Chrysler is a little more clear on all this... here's what I mean...ua-cam.com/video/MXW0bx_Ooq4/v-deo.html
Sorry, I used a converter to copy the video from my VHS tape. For some reason it only captured one channel. I had the tape for a long time and thought other people may benefit from it. I also have the book that came with the tape but I don't know how to easily share it, at least not linked to this video.
Lol I knew it was going to be the same voice for those cheesy 90s GM car commercials that looked more like 80s TV. I dont remember TV quality being this Shit in the 90s lol
Wonderful well-done video but I can't help but wonder what the narrator is like when he's not narrating? I mean does he like to go fishing, does he watch any sports? Does he watch the Kardashians? He sounds like someone who shits nuts and bolts.
This video sucks as an actual tear down. I'm tear down my ls1 as this video and skips alot of valuable information. My inclined to do this but a greenhorn would be lost
I have watched this 30 times now I feel I can rebuild any LS engine....
jocktheglide 😂
You can watch this multiple times and each time feels like the first.
The LS engines are Awesome engines. Thank you for putting this on UA-cam. Much appreciated! I will be installing an LS1 into my 1980 Camaro!!
Wow, the quality of this commercial looks like it was done in 1985, even the music sounds like the 80's.
God what I’d give to go back to the 80s....
88, reminds me of the introduction to the 3800 or LN3.
More like the early 60s.
@@prevost8686 I hear that. Reagan era.
Na it's definitely a90s vibe.. it's funny how everyone always references back to the 80s
Nice video, makes tear down and assembly look much less overwhelming. Great designs are also simple designs.
Kirby Reynolds z
Starting at a LS tuning shop next week. I'm a year out of tech school and this is exactly what I was looking for
Best V8 ever made
this video is gold 👍👍👍
Great video👍 also new drinking game- take a shot every time he says specification😂
What a beautiful engine.
I really needed and appreciated this video. Thanks for uploading. looking foward to more from you. maybe a 4l60e or 4l80e complete teardown and rebuild? Thanks again.
Ah yes I know some of these words
Great video! 2001 WS6 here.
+Matthew H I also have a 2001 WS6. I bought her new back in '01. Now I have 210,000 miles.
+ledopmi does anyone know is this kinda the same for a ls2?
+jon d I'm sure its similar but there are no doubt some differences.
Matthew H
Great How To video. Im into cars but have not ever rebuilt an engine myself. LS1's definitely look a little less daunting than some other builds I've seen.
With the amount of time I can watch this. I might as well strip myself down an LS. 😂
That was great, thanks.
Thank you for unloading
I think the same guy did the voice over on the Ford training videos I watched at work.
My right ear enjoyed this very much!
michael mooney exactly
and that my friends is why the 350 is the best engine ever built
grady thayer
these are actually . this just makes it look hard. I can build one inn6 hours from bare block to ready to run on a stand being careful. And I'm a novice
Like it at 14:40 when he uses the slide hammer to keep the cap from “cocking in the block” classic😂
Great Video. Cammed, Stalled, and Longtube 4th Gen Camaro here
Excellent engine
Also when installing the oil pump I snug the bolts then rotate the engine 1 revolution to center the pump gears in the housing then torque the bolts to spec.
love em about to do a twin turbo on a 5.3 suburban 4x4 can hardy wait
I install the cam first with the block upside down. Makes it easier to guide it in visually with the rotating assembly out of the way.
I'm looking to rebuild and upgrade my C5's LS6 right now. I'm trying to research everything I can. I plan to put a new stock crank in (flywheel bolt hole got stripped), new bearings on everything, new piston rings, and upgraded cam and spring setup from LG Motorsports.
I think I have most of these tools to do the job already. I already have the motor on an engine stand. I don't have an angle gauge, but I could probably eyeball it if it's in like 30deg increments lol. Any place to get a cheap angle gauge?
HOLY FUCK THATS ALOT TO TAKE IN
Nice vibes good video
mmm girl. dem old late 90's videos
When installing the pistons and rods install all them with the bolts snug then torque to yield. This helps with side loading or twisting the bearing because of the other rod being beside it during torqing.
Preciated balsa wood 🪵
I'm hearing these are the best engine ever?
Bricklinsv1970 they are reliable compact and powerful.
they are used in cars, trucks, boats and planes
nice
The LS engine. A marvel. Does anyone or is anyone interested in engines?? I believe an engine within an engine will raise the 37% bench mark efficiency to almost double or triple its effective efficiency. Basically an exponential growth. And if the rotating block has turbine like fins on its outer shell be it an aluminium block which, it can induce oxygen and air at a very high compression ration and act as its own turbo or even better both turbo and air cooling with little need of a corrosive coolant systems. The gyrating effect and the centrifugal forces could enhance lubricant flow to crucial internal components. Further the rotating body and its momentum not to mention the kinetic forces AND if paired with a transducer can generate electricity and therefore be tuned to even higher than the 12 volts systems that are currently used in our cars. Now imagine if the outer or the encapsulating engine is another shell that acts like a high voltage electric motor, then you have a rocket with two engine propelling whatever car body or vehicle shell you want to create. The question is how to minimize build complexities and keeping it simple in mass production. .. If you know the KISS process. Gosh if only I could find someone to assist me in the development of this ideology.
Abba Mtenga way
Abba Mtenga too
Abba Mtenga much
Abba Mtenga spare
Abba Mtenga time
I've got one of them which is approaching 331,500 kilometres except without cathedral port cylinder heads.
Hopefully this easter I'll be able to get in & replace the camshaft & lifters as they are worn & were a bit noisy,they seemed to have quietened down but they still need replacing.
The rollers on the lifters squeak a bit as well but the camshaft has gotten hammered.
The rest of the engine is o.k. & the kilometres are nothing for an LS1 engine, someone in the U.S. got 500,000 miles out of his 5.3 litre engine although is not classed as an LS1 is still basically the same,only smaller than the 5.7 litre LS1 engine.
I learned quite a bit about LS engine structure here. Takes the mystery out of it. I know Benz architecture but the new LS was a mystery till today. What a power making Brute it is. 350 What??????
same. I build multiple M278's monthly
Robert Frias 350 cubic inches. it's how big the block is
I knew that. It was sarcasm friend.
Hi mate, I’ve loved watching your vids as they’re really well done and an inspiration.
Hope you don’t mind if ask a question as I’ve had big drama with my build. It’s about thread/aluminium damage possibly caused by age/washing/bad initial casting.
I have an L76 engine.
In 2012 had one of the heads off for a repair of a problem I had installing headers. I reinstalled with new head bolts, gasket and a good torque wrench and no problems since then.
The engine has almost 300K kms on it now and recently a valve on the other head broke, fell in to the combustion chamber but luckily no block damage. That head was pretty damaged though. I had the engine sent to a good shop for a full overhaul with new springs, valves, cam, cam bushes, conrods, pistons - everything but the crank and block. The damaged head was repaired.
As I am on a budget and enjoy working on my car I opted to reinstall the heads and rocker arms myself. I have a brand new expensive calibrated torque wrench and the best head bolts and gaskets. Also new rocker arm bolts.
First problem: on the second pass (70°) the internal M11 on no.1 cylinder stripped the threads on the block.
Second problem: 4 of the rocker arm bolts stripped their threads in the repaired head.
All specs were adhered to (22lb ft., 90° then 70° for the heads and 22 lb ft for the rocker bolts).
My engine man is away till the 6th of Jan and has asked me not to do anything else till he’s back.
So the questions are: have you ever experienced this kind of thing? Would you be able to tell me if washing aluminium blocks and heads degrades them? Does aluminium break down over time?
I know about heli-coils and time -setts and know the latter are needed for threads in the block for the heads. So I’ll go with that.
As the head studs have been used I’ll have to get new ones. I am thinking the ARP studs and bolts might be better as I am paranoid about this happening again. But what about the rocker bolts? I couldn’t torque them without 4 of the threads turning to butter.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts on these issues. Cheers Erik.
I wish I could give you some good advice but this is a mystery to me. I can't see how cleaning aluminum castings can hurt them. All I can say is wait until your machinist takes a look at it. I'm curious myself so, if you don't mind, please post the findings when you get a chance.
Hi and apologies for the late reply. The thread stripping in the block and head have been put down to engine overheating a few times in its life. This is not 100% conclusive but likely due to metallurgical changes from over heat.
I completed the engine and had it just run in when one of the pistons went through the bore, completely writing it off. Bad luck hey.
I ended up buying a 2nd hand L98 and had it put in the car with no modifications apart from replacing the rear main. Quite a disappointment going from a cammed up worked L76 to a stock L98. It will be good for me at present and will be replaced with a cammed LS3 when I get round to it.
Damn was this video made in 1985?
I think it was made in 1997.
Feel like it
anyone know where you can get all these tools in a kit?
Interesting, damn thing is built like a hoss
love mono sound :)
18:09 "Note the that the connecting rods are installed in the same direction, The flat area on the bolt flange faces the front of the block"
That is so unconventional for a V8 engine. That means the bearing tang locators go to the outside on one bank and to the inside on the other bank. Also does the rod have no offset? Meaning, is the center of the piston pin boss centered over the rod bearing bore? Connecting rods of the past are offset in that respect to decrease the width between the cylinder bores.
wish that Harley was so nice
Specifications
Lol, this was a genuine GM training film of the new LS at the time.
I know because I was on the course with GM.
J Tools are dealer tools.
How about all those special tools such a beautiful engine is it wrong that I want one to just sit on an engine stand to look at lol
Ill be viewing this for a few more times. I have a 2012 equinox
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GM. LT1. LS . LT. 👍💪👏👏👏
00 z28 bone stock...6spd 12.89 109 again stock to da tire 73000 miles on it
Drinking game.. Specification!
Good god at the graphics lol.
Where can I buy that tool kit?
I need a sea sick pill.... hold the damn thing still.
is this mono not stereo ? i only hear one side ?
Didn't realize it did this. I bought a VHS to digital converter to transfer the video from the original tape. I don't know why it only sent the sound to one channel.
Where did you find the video? Did it come with the booklet? I'd be interested in owning my own copy of both.
Does anyone one where to get the book they mention is this video plus the tools they where showing ?
Sergio Velazquez the guys at my Chevy dealer have these tools but they don't use most of them lol. they just replace gaskets and parts and that's it.....the local race shops would laugh at this, they reuse all kinds of stuff and then beat the shit out of them and dont have a problem.
I always thought coolant flow through the head first on the ls engines
BadSeed Black1911 absolutely not
is this the same for 5.3 and 6.0 in chevy and GMC trucks
It should be the same for all of them. If there are any differences, they should be minor.
I would fuck this up so bad
WTF. The LS1 was introduced in 1997 but this video looks like it was made in 1982
My right ear enjoyed this video
nice educated in 29:22 now onto
some cat videos.
+Jerald Rae I never looked into it until I got one but man it sure is made for mechanics sooo damn easy to fix and modify.
I get why it's all aluminum but it would be a very bad day if a the threads stripped out for some reason.
14:40
dude.
oh
1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2
The LS family of V-8 engines has a firing order of 1-8-7-2-6-5-4-3. It is not the same as the traditional Chevy firing order.
ronnie wesson that’s the classic 350 order. Newer engines are different.
Wow. Chevrolet has always owned the hot rod market with their small blocks dating back to the 50's and 60's, but now they've really left Ford without a leg to stand on. LS1s are being swapped into everything, and GM owners with these engines seem to have nothing bad to say. Meanwhile Ford's modular V8 suffers from seized spark plugs and no one wants anything to do with them.
Did anyone catch how you're supposed to tighten the bolts?....
Ricky Cothern yea, with a worn out socket wrench...tighten till you strip the bolt head😬
"To Specification"...
I used the wrong head gaskets and it pissed coolant once I switched to cometic gaskets it quit it's shiiii
Does the J149Ds6.4BR70radial tool work in diamodial flip-axis with the panspermium bearing's? A should the M80 be rectified the the specifed degree's in kelvin? Chrysler is a little more clear on all this... here's what I mean...ua-cam.com/video/MXW0bx_Ooq4/v-deo.html
Googles Nodular Iron.
right ear audio only?
Sorry, I used a converter to copy the video from my VHS tape. For some reason it only captured one channel. I had the tape for a long time and thought other people may benefit from it. I also have the book that came with the tape but I don't know how to easily share it, at least not linked to this video.
ledopmi don’t get me wrong lol I am really grateful for the upload. Was curious if you were aware
say it like wHeel?!?
Lol I knew it was going to be the same voice for those cheesy 90s GM car commercials that looked more like 80s TV. I dont remember TV quality being this Shit in the 90s lol
Agree, music sux !!
なんとなくは分かるんだけど、誰かこれに日本語訳つけてアップしてくれないかなぁ
WHY AM I DEAF IN ONE EAR
The conversion from VHS to digital sent everything to one channel
Wonderful well-done video but I can't help but wonder what the narrator is like when he's not narrating? I mean does he like to go fishing, does he watch any sports? Does he watch the Kardashians? He sounds like someone who shits nuts and bolts.
Narrator's nutz
I have poor hearing in my right ear, and this video makes me feel like I'm inside out...
But it’s aluminum. It melts way to easy and fast
When has that ever been a notable issue with the LS engine? I’ve never heard of any LS engine melting away.
my right ear understand but the left no
sorry but some of these tools are USELESS and even dealers and race teams will attest to how little they use these specialty tools
ShadowOfDeath24 which ones, for example?
Holy cow, the intro theme to this is so cheesy-retro 1980's it might as well be rocking acid washed jeans, glam-band perms and neon spandex...
This block has a full deep skirt block just like the Ford FE motors from the early 60"s. Not remarkable
vl
This video sucks as an actual tear down. I'm tear down my ls1 as this video and skips alot of valuable information. My inclined to do this but a greenhorn would be lost