So, after about a month of my car sitting in my garage, me and my best friend finally finished rebuilding my LT1 and transforming it to a LT4 with some addons. New Longtube Hooker Headers, LT4 Hotcam, 1.6 Roller Rockers, Ported and Polished Heads, and some other stuff thats needed for a complete rebuild.

So it didn't start up right away, normal, gotta get the junk out, and this morning, i started it, and presto! started and stayed on (with a little help from gas). Thats the video i have.

Some problems are my roller rockers are hitting the valve covers periodiclly. So i gotta take those off and shave them i think...? There is a leak in a bolt on the coolant crossmember in the back, which is a pain to get to, and i allready spent about 30 bucks on weird washers and bolts from the dealer. And i have to heat wrap the spark plug wires because they are touching the headers.

I got smoke from my ceramic coated headers, so thats what is billowing in the video, but all in all, i am looking at over 400 hp. After my computer tune, hopefully 410-430 hp. The cam is harder then i thought it would be, and i still don't have the headers connected to the exhaust which is going with no cat. But besides that little stuff, we are about 90 % there.

Thanks to everyone here that has helped me alone the way.

http://home.comcast.net/~chadmirus/First_Start_Up.wmv

 

it sure sounded pretty mean
cant wait to do that kind of stuff myself

 

sounds good man! congrats on the success

-J

 

Feels good doesnt it You can bend the supports in the covers (thats whats hitting) But mine still hit after bending them, I just cut them out entirely. No contact anymore.