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hello everybody i was just wondering what i would need to convert my lq9 6.0 litre chevy to run on e85. ive heard that running on ethanol does not hurt the engine but it also says that i need a converter kit? the engine is out of a 2006 Vortecmax pickup

haha, i got the phone number to decuir and im going to call them in the next few days to ask a few questions like when is it available? and im very interested in how much they are going to sell thesefor. interesting they are trying to apply different technology to engines that honestly need it. im suprised there hasnt been more aftermarket for things like this and even possibly a system for overhead cams on chevys?/ i know there would be a huge market

i posted a question then opened my eyes and saw the answer but anyways thats a great looking z congrats can i ask how you got tires that wide on it without flares?

''darn near scam cheap'' yeah your right ebay has alot of that stuff going on you would be better off just going to your local salvage yard and looking around

it was a 30 over two bolt main 350. the motor had camel hump heads. roller rockers. edelbrock torquer 2 intake. sp 10.5 to 1 pistons. the cam was a edelbrock torquer 2 cam designed to match the intake. victor junior aluminum water pump. i still only spent 3000 or 4000 on the entire build. the car had 456 gears and a 3800 stahl. but i have to agree a 5.3 for 2000 bucks is a deal. i know several people with those in their trucks and they run like a striped ass ape only two lengths behind my truck in a quarter mile i have a bone stock 2006 vortec max 345 hp 6.0ltr

how much for one of these sweet lookin dudes?

are you talking about just an old iron 350 or a newer 5.7 motor? if your talking about a 350 then i would say yes the parts are everywhere and it is very easy to get 400 horsepower without breaking the bank. horsepower per dollar i dont think you can beat a small block chevy. i built a 355 with 400plus hp and used a 750 cfm edelbrock carb and had no problems with the carb whatsoever. another thing think about some lower gears these engines come alive and aluminum heads or other things could be used to lighten the motor. aluminum heads are very affordable.

does anybody have any good links or information on ram air and what kind of set ups are being used?

im going to tear the motor down again to check some things i neglected when putting it together. one thing that bothers me is the head was milled down by my brothers mechanic because he had overheated it and it warped. the compression is probably just to high with running 10 pounds of boost. also just had 89 octane in it till we filled it up with 92 still probably needs some octane boost. that is a cool calculator. takes alot of guess work out of it

thanks grumpy. ran a compression check and number 3 cylinder was only at 60psi. i dont understand maybe a cracked cylinder wall? we honed the cylinders and used brand new chrome moly rings. oiled the cylinder walls and thought the install went well. two of the plugs were very clean looking little gray. other two were brown? also the car is at zero vaccum at idle until it pulls boost? wasnt doing that just yesterday. pulled the dip stick out and it was shooting oil about two feet up. sweeeeeet the motor also had no blowby before we fixed the boost problem. when the motor gets boost it treats the rings like a red headed step child. still dont make sense cause the motor fell on its face before the blowby started up again.

grumpy how would i check air/fuel ratio?

looks like i get to tear the motor down again to check the ring gap out. im going to try taking the timing back first just to make sure but i guess lessons aint cheap

im no mechanic by any means. everything checked out when i put the motor together. i put it together using a chilton book and followed their directions, much better to have actual input from a human being than search through a book for n/a cars. i live in the middle of nowhere and the only thing anybody here knows how to work on is old v8s

the car has upgraded 450cc injectors so i dont know if it would run lean or not. the sparkplugs are very dry looking with a gray looking deposit on it. im definetely not a master mechanic so i dont know anything about cylinder wall clearances. the pistons fit tight when we put them in and were fairly hard to slide down the cylinder. not much room between the piston and cylinder. now that the motor has blowby again what can i do to cure that possibly let the motor run for twenty or thiry minutes at idle to seat the rings? im just not knowledgable enough at this stuff also generally do turbo'd cars run with more advance or retarded? wish i had a camera

grumpy i have sort of a complex question i was hoping you could help. we are in the process of rebuilding my brothers 93 honda prelude. the car is turbo'd and pulls ten pounds of boost. the engine had a ton of blow by when we tore it apart. the number four piston had gotten hot and the ring lands were melted and fell apart when we took the piston out. i bought another piston and rod and honed all the cylinders. we put the motor back together and the motor ran without any blowby. i let the car idle for twenty minutes without revving it up. after that we took the car for a test drive and after a quarter throttle the motor cut out and fell on its face. it wasnt building boost either. we found out why it wasnt building boost (not tightening a clamp on the intercooler). we got the car going again and i advanced the timining probably 5` and the motor started and ran fine. we even jacked it up and put it in third gear to see if it would cut out. it ran awesome. built boost and was great. we took the car out on the road and again after quarter throttle. and the motor started having extreme blowby again. this thing has been a fing headache for two years. my two major questions are why is the motor building so much blow by. i even bought the most expensive rings. and what do you think is going on with the timing. when the motor is cold it starts great and doesnt cut out. that would be to much advance right? and why would it only fall on its face under a load. any advice or experience would be much appreciated . thanks for your time.