after 3 YEARS my 1,700hp boosted big block is DONE! (sort of)

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It's taken me 3 years and thousands of dollars, but FINALLY, my 1,700 horsepower capable Gen 7 big block chevy is assembled and just about ready to go into a truck. This is a 535 cubic inch 8.8 liter big block based on the 8.1 thats in UglyTruck, and its ready to party. It has a forged crank, rods, and pistons, a solid roller camshaft, ported aluminum heads with massive valves, and now, a pretty trick shaft mount rocker arm setup. We oversized the head studs to half inch to keep the heads secured to the block, we're using copper head gaskets with o-rings, ceramic coated pistons, and a ton more that will hopefully make this engine live at 1,500 to 1,700 horsepower and propel a full sized 4x4 drag truck to an 8 second quarter mile pass!
assembling the short block last year
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@abefroman1986 8 месяцев назад

As a professional engine builder for a living it's not surprising this is the case you had with T&D . Their stuff is usually well built but their lead times are and always have been astronomical and fitment in my experience in the custom side is usually a thing that happens with custom stuff. It happens. but Jesel Is far easier to deal with and usually their lead times are a lot less. Chalk it up to a learning experience. Next time go with Jesel.

@hotflashfoto 8 месяцев назад

I'm happy to see the progress on the 535. It must feel good for you to start inching it along and then really start putting the pedal to the metal, and before long you'll be doing 4-wheeled burn-outs! Can't wait, man. Can't wait.

@talontsi92 8 месяцев назад

I have to commend you for your persistence. The issues you covered here today are why 90% of failed builds occur. It can get extremely frustrating when you are trying to do something that is unique, and some people aren't built to overcome these hurdles.

@williamstamper442 8 месяцев назад

11:41 try Hylomar in a spray can for copper head gaskets. It's self leveling and never actually dries, cleans up with solvent. You can re-use copper head gaskets too, when using hylomar.

@hughobrien4139 7 месяцев назад

Welcome to the world of high end aftermarket parts that don’t fit without custom fitment work. Ray Frank’s Raylar heads are nice and so are T&D rocker arms. I hope the manifold fits on the block without milking the China rails on the front and back of the block. That’s another one that takes people by surprise.

@hughobrien4139 7 месяцев назад

Be thankful you own the parts and can make the moves you deem necessary to get them to fit. I hope your pushrods sweep through their motion without hitting the heads without offset pushrod cups in the lifters and a bunch of work to the heads. I would also suggest that you remove the rocker arms off of the shafts before you do any welding. You can arc the shafts to the stands and have a real good time fixing that. Think it’s a farce….. There’s been several engine lathes that have had their head stock bearings welded together because of welding taking place in the machine and the grounds weren’t as good as the needed to be. You can ground directly to the work and help matters but finding out your ground leads are compromised by welding parts together that you didn’t want welded…. It happens.

@bobbymulwee7641 8 месяцев назад

Yeah the aluminum and black looks good

@erichildreth7562 8 месяцев назад

It's great to see the big block coming together!! I am with you. I like the black color in the block and the aluminum head look, I would stay with that combo. Nice work LT and looking forward to seeing the next video!!

@TandD1w 8 месяцев назад

I'd like to see a shim between those rocker stands and more weld.

@beetlebuilder5882 8 месяцев назад

I wouldn't have welded them. I would have shimmed them instead

@apw30534 8 месяцев назад

@@beetlebuilder5882 Ditto this. Those welds will crack and rotate the rocker. I would have shimmed it and used a bolt.

@midwestdave33 8 месяцев назад

I dig the black and aluminum. Just clear coat it.

@hayden6056 8 месяцев назад

It's hard clear coating raw aluminium without it yellowing and flaking. I've not tried it with a adhesion promoter first but I've had to strip bad clear coat of many aluminium lipped wheels or rocker covers/carb intakes people have cleared. IMHO it's easier to just maintain raw aluminium then remove and re coat every few years.

@parkerbethke 8 месяцев назад

I know you just launched a new project but some day you seriously have to do a vortec 4200 build in something. You are like the perfect candidate for it, you like GM and oddball stuff that makes power, and uses efi!

@Thumper68 8 месяцев назад

Best in-line 6 engine made imo! Give it 2jz aftermarket and it would be totally insane.

@BLCKEND_SS 8 месяцев назад

Just a recommendation. Huron speed has one of the coolest trans coolers. I put that on after having a tru cool and the difference’s is crazy. Much better but a bit more money.

@dirtswimmer 8 месяцев назад

That bolt cutting technique using a Vice and a nut is something I’ve never seen before. Thanks for that tip. 👍

@derekwilson9215 8 месяцев назад

As always LT love watching wish you the best and merry Christmas to you and the family!!

@atenooie 8 месяцев назад

Nice work! Please check the torque on the head studs after a little while, the copper might set a bit, reducing the clamping force.

@joe212 8 месяцев назад

Going to take it and make some na dyno pulls? Would like to know the bace numbers Before you add the hair dryer or even attach the transmission to it

@LeeSmith-dx7gg 8 месяцев назад

Why couldn’t you make a spacer to bolt the shaft stands together?

@Sherman62 8 месяцев назад

The way I took it, the fit was off in two directions so that not only is there a gap but the holes also don't line up anymore.

@Derekgt15 8 месяцев назад

I like the cleanliness of the black and aluminum.

@dumbestoyster 8 месяцев назад

You should have a tinted welding curtain between the RU-vid section, & the main shop

@ohfugit 8 месяцев назад

Man nice work! Thanks for the updates. Was looking for something on the modded injector crossover tube modificaction and came across this.

@howie2092 8 месяцев назад

After seeing that Wagoneer, I think your shop is the right place to sort out my LQ9 swapped FJ60.

@plepgeat 8 месяцев назад

I am extremely excited by this engine build!

@jeffploger8576 8 месяцев назад

Lookin at the wild valve angles going on I'm surprised raylar doesn't have good set ups included. Might have been simpler to use an old bbc head.

@terrysaenz3009 8 месяцев назад

Just wondering why you decided to weld instead of using a spacer and the 1/4" bolt

@y5mgisi 8 месяцев назад

I like the black and aluminum.

@frankdodson3534 8 месяцев назад

Leave the block and the v covers black and cover the aluminum whith sharkhide I don't think the heat will effect it?

@vatechguy3 8 месяцев назад

Why weld the stands together instead of shims and the provided bolts?

@travelingtech3251 8 месяцев назад

Eastwood has a bench top lathe that is great for machining small bolts and spacers. It’s a must have for a shop and it reasonable price

@alecaagaard 8 месяцев назад

That engine looks great and it's going to make some great smiles. I am currently building your copo truck that I stole from your channel. It's coming out well and should be what you wanted version 2 of it to be. Thanks for the videos sir.

@user-mk6hr7ut5h 6 месяцев назад

The nice thing about ugly truck was that it was not a built truck. Now it's not ugly truck. You should have added the AWD front end to it as planned. Now you're totally building a new truck and calling it the ugly truck because you didn't finish it to begin with and you didn't get the results you were hopping for.

@carsandcoins 8 месяцев назад

CHEVY ORANGE 👏

@bluecollarhotrods9781 8 месяцев назад

Am I the only one who spotted the Frankenstein cylinder head boxes on the shelf behind LT? Could those be a glimpse of what is to come for the S10?

@joshuaelizabethfoster6276 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for thinking about weighing that 8.8l assembled. Id think a cab with no bed would shave bed weight from your purpose built race truck. And in terms of your awd truck i read one guy got 8L from a LS7@0 deck clearance. That is aluminum and takes the LSA supercharger family. Big block rat COPO2? it would be one of two 8l LS7s on earth.

@teaguegearhart9851 8 месяцев назад

Valve train is so time consuming. I can’t believe how much you got done in 1 video.

@miketee2444 8 месяцев назад

Hope you are less scared than I am. Keeping a Valvetrain together isn't easy under the best of tried and true methods. May piston and valve never meet.

@alanhale6494 8 месяцев назад

I would like to see you go with chevy orange but its not mine you go with what you want.will love it when you get it together love Big Block Chevy

@erice7373 8 месяцев назад

As far as color goes...."ALL BLACK, ALL BUSINESS" is my frame of reference.

@marshallhall6449 8 месяцев назад

Go the off road games @matt’s off road recovery I hope to see you there!

@twisted2291 8 месяцев назад

I noticed that the copper head gaskets didn't have water passages in them. So you are running it as a dry deck set up. I see the large cooland ports on the from of the heads. What is your plans for that? Or do we have to stick around and find out later?

@apw30534 8 месяцев назад

The water passage is at the rear of the gasket. Water in these gen7's flows from the front of the block to the rear of the block then enters the rear of the cylinder head... exiting out the front of the head. Look closely at the gaskets and you will noticed the cutouts at the rear of the gasket. The front stays blocked.

@davidholcomb9961 8 месяцев назад

Good job! Stay with the black and aluminum theme and it will look cool dude. LS? Kinda resembles what it is; the first of the new generation of awesome chevy motors!

@RAWRMotorsports 8 месяцев назад

Black and silver looks good 👍

@lb7chrisri991 8 месяцев назад

Always check the Fulcrum😅

@Compactor_08 8 месяцев назад

Copper and black!!!!

@scotthultin7769 8 месяцев назад

62 👍's up LT thank you for sharing 😅

@stillgrinden23 8 месяцев назад

Love watching your builds LT. Got a silverado myself. Got a sorry ass 4.3 in it. Wanna do my first engine swap to 5.3 or 6.0. Not sure. I just want a modest 600 to 700hp. I'll get there one day. But I love my truck either way.

@offroadz4861 8 месяцев назад

Do a 6.0 the couple extra cubes give a huge advantage. Especially with tq. And they use most the same parts so just as tuneable and workable as a 5.3. Just the 6.0 block is harder to find and a little more expensive

@niczymmiejskalegenda9899 8 месяцев назад

You could firstly turbo ur 4.3

@Thumper68 8 месяцев назад

@@offroadz4861I agree 600-700 on 6.0 is super easy to make. Best way to find a good 6.0 is in early 2000s suburbans people sell them for less then you see people asking for 6.0L alone😂

@stillgrinden23 8 месяцев назад

@Thumper68 so it's cheaper to buy the truck instead just the drive train?

@stillgrinden23 8 месяцев назад

@niczymmiejskalegenda9899 nah I don't think I get the power I want out it. Plus finding performance parts for the 4.3 is daunting. It's easier for the v8 ls motors

@mahdialsenussi3066 8 месяцев назад

Your work is always amazing, keep it up👍🏼💛

@54inches 8 месяцев назад

MORE of this!!!!! lol

@user-wk6rh3ey2d 8 месяцев назад

❤ur so badass, keep up the fine details 4 us out here

@JayRussellDuramax 8 месяцев назад

Is there not a risk of warpage when you weld stuff like that? Personally, I would've used hardened washers as shims and then bolted them together. Also, please don't take this as an attack on your welding skills, but, I'd be willing to bet that the original bolt is WAY more rigid than your welds.

@ezekielvaltierra1988 8 месяцев назад

Looking good.

@danielmaher7294 8 месяцев назад

AWESOME ✋️ BEEN WAITING. ❤

@Thumper68 8 месяцев назад

I’d use carbide burr instead of grinder myself no reason besides I like burrs and less flying hot sparks.

@drdanimalsize 8 месяцев назад

Paint it orange. Heads too.

@randysullivan5723 8 месяцев назад

Good stuff 👍

@james10739 8 месяцев назад

That's how I do stuff to but more like a flap disk on a angle grinder but same thing

@joeymerrell8585 8 месяцев назад

Put the big block in the s10

@stevesolo16 3 месяца назад

You are expecting a ton of horsepower for 535ci N/A engine. I enjoy your energy so I am not bashing you. The only way that motor is going to see even 1000hp is with a monster turbo or a truck load of nitrous.

@LawrenceTolman 3 месяца назад

You are 100% correct, the power goal is with twin turbos, not NA.

@matthewschneider2089 8 месяцев назад

Dude!! Maybe engine dyno that thing? Just to make sure!!!✌️

@danielhughes8077 8 месяцев назад

Hey have you seen the new speedmaster 8.1 intake??

@glenclifton4563 8 месяцев назад

I hate to ask but could you give a ball park cost of this amazing motor. I have a 1994 Suburban that's killer I inherited from my Dad. I need big block power!! Love your channel. I've been watching you since your Power Block days.Thanks again!

@y5mgisi 8 месяцев назад

For the 535? Probably $15k-$20k would be my guess.

@rgreerjr 8 месяцев назад

So is this a dry deck engine?

@GMCJay_lly 8 месяцев назад

No, don't think so...

@BerryMcCaulkiner859 8 месяцев назад

How thick was that head gasket?

@2000S10V6 8 месяцев назад

Love it!

@chadrichardson411 8 месяцев назад

LT did you move again?? What state you in now??

@snappyaj9053 8 месяцев назад

He was in Utah but has a shop in Colorado now, been there maybe a year? He covered some of the transition in earlier videos.

@mattbrady2160 8 месяцев назад

I really don't mean to be cynical but at this level of build what is the advantage to the 8.1 platform over the traditional big block platform?

@itsoundzgood 8 месяцев назад

I think he just wants to do it because no one else has yet

@LawrenceTolman 8 месяцев назад

I don’t think there’s any advantage really to using this platform, it’s just a build that’s evolved and now I’m committed lol.

@mattbrady2160 8 месяцев назад

@@LawrenceTolman Reason enough! Can't wait to see the results!

@joshuaelizabethfoster6276 8 месяцев назад

Depends on purpose. Technically the 8.1/8.8 is a tug boat and war truck engine. It should be a torque monster. Small blocks don't come close. With water jacket and 18 stud head pattern the gasket holds way better then a 454. If small weight at high speed eg 200mph then this is totally the wrong choice. But in heavy frames truck/muscle cars in the short run1/8 or 1/4mi and such this kills!

@pv2smurf 8 месяцев назад

As tedious/OCD as you are, I honestly don't think there is a better more thorough person to assemble an engine

@chrispreston5100 8 месяцев назад

Harbor freight sells a mini lathe for around $700-$800 that would be perfect for turning down bolts and such. Just saying.....

@TylerBrittingham 8 месяцев назад

First! 😅

@michaelatkin9649 6 месяцев назад

I suggest you stop being so ADD about projects and staying with one project at the time and not adding more projects before finishing the first. You'll get your viewers not coming back

@DE-ok4ld 8 месяцев назад

Don't care for the valve covers, I think they look cheap, like they are PLASTIC or something. Instead maybe some old school tin BB valve covers like the muscle cars had back in the day?