Building a NEW 525HP LS3 After Getting SCAMMED! 

You guys need to put a aftermarket harmonic balancer on it. It is the most common expensive problem to fix in LS's but if you do it now you won't have to spend the 8 hours ish labor in the future replacing it.

Love having dillon around. He brings so much energy and comedy to the videos, cant wait to see more of him.

Teej you been playing golf. We need a hunt & co golf collection for the summer.

I know it’s a bummer for Danny, that he did not get his car on time, but I’m glad we know get more LS content on the channel. Danny is going to love the finished product.

Running with the head bolts and dropping everything single one was hilarious 😂

Dillon is just TJs version of Johan. The team addition that keeps on giving.

Double check the crank and cam sprockets- they have marks on them so you can line them up, it’s dumb easy. And Those aren’t aftermarket springs those are the “ls6” or the gm performance springs. They are fine for that cam, which if you do have the 525 is the biggest cam gm makes stock. Those bearing looked brand new. Lots of people said to do the ls2 tensioner but the gen4 engines have asymmetrical teeth on the cam sprocket, the spring type you replaced is made for it. The ls2 style will work I have one in my engine and it’s fine. And let me save you some time; check to make sure you have the fbody bellhousing, not the ctsv one. Otherwise your magnum-F will be cocked about 6 degrees to the right and you will drive yourself nuts trying to figure out why it doesn’t line up. (Ask me how I know) Also, the ls7 clutch with the stock fbody throw out bearing (not the green corvette one), pressure plate and flywheel fits perfectly. You don’t even need to measure throw out. Can’t wait to see this car all done 😎

I don't know if i enjoy Funny, sarcastic Dillion or Really cool teaching vibes with knowledge more. Such a great part of the channel

I hope you all recognize how special the bond is with your crew! Dylan has been such an awesome addition to the channels, everyone should be so lucky as to have a 🦍 like him as a part of the group.

This has gone from a good series to a wonderful series, keep it going guys.

I'm glad you guys went through the process and learned here for the next build. As I said in the last video, it's extremely common to see a lot of silver-ish metal shavings/flakes in a brand new engine that was just run in. A little bit odd that the timing chain guide broke but it is a plastic part and if this truly was a race truck build I can see this being a common occurence as it's likely the weakest part of the assembly.

Honestly, this content is gold! feel like i actually take in a bit of information too! Miata fan boy so loving seeing Danny's car getting love!

I love in-depth videos like this. today was great since jimmy also just posted the 964 engine teardown, feels like I just went to 2 classes with the teachers everyone likes lol

This is soooo sick TJ!! Doing this for Danny just makes me feel super happy... 525hp in this go-kart is wiiiiiiiild haha but all aside you are an amazing friend to do this build ❤ I can't wait to see Danny's face when he lets her eat 😂

Legitimately hyped for Danny. I’ve wanted to see you guys make this build happen for a while. The zoom in 😂 on Danny just says it all. Fully diggin it KMF

I'm sure tj wanted to surprise ur boy but this content is soo good and good to c u guys do this build give alittle break from BMW

Love this build! So wholesome and it’s something the viewers can actually see themselves building one day.

The amount of knowledge Dillon has on how engines work is astounding to me. Trade's are so undervalued.

Change the tensioner to an ls2 style chain tensioner and do a 3 bolt cam gear conversion with a nice Texas speed cam 😎

For timing. There actually is two dots/ marks you got to line up on crank and cam gear be sure it’s right they point right to each other and for tensioner they sell a block you can put in between instead of the oem tensioner the block doesn’t allow chain to skip but more reliable

Been a while since I could get into watching the channel again, pleasantly happy and entertained.

What happened to replacing the piston rings or honing the block? I bet it smokes like a train.

Super cool watching Dillon take that thing apart and throw it back together.

Thank god y’all addressed that engine bay. I’m sold now. Dope build in the making. Now he just needs some HREs

calvin running with those bolts was just gold

Stoked to see Danny at the next Cletus and Cars rippin' a sick burnout in the Meat-ata

Much love and support to you keep up the good work ! Watching you’re videos make me push my limits on what I want to do with my builds!

I’m studying abroad in Italy and briefly forgot about the time difference so I’ve been reloading RU-vid all day waiting for the next miat vid all day😂 then realized it’d come out past my “bed time” but I’m up watching it babyyy

DAMN O'Reilly, keep up the good store management and customer service.

TJ Hunt Awesome Video I'm glad Danny's Miatas LS3 Rebuild is going well and I can't wait to see more and I love that you guys have so much fun together

Like seeing the assembly of the engine and the format of this video! I like this build!

I love the ls3 swap but I love more that no one upgrades brakes😂😂😂

Awesome video as always TJ Hunt and Crew. Order some of your awesome merch can't wait until it gets here.

TBH Teeg this was a blessing in disguise! I LOVE this content of motor building so sick🤌🏻

When you are sick with covid and Tj drops a new video 🎉🎉

I would recommend c5r chain set up to help prevent some of the issues you guys saw.

This is honestly a sick build. You guys are killin it 🔥 👌

I need you guys to make a video of Dylan explaining exactly how a motor and transmission work. Him explaining how to put this whole thing back together and what he's doing step by step is awesome and so helpful. More content like this please! Keep up the great work guys!

Great build for Dan and quick jacks for the M!!🔥🔥🔥

Dillon is legit the best for the Channel keep him for ever please

I found this channel not too long ago and I fell in love with the content. Keep it up my guy 😎

A surprise would’ve been nice but I personally would’ve preferred this outcome over having it already running. Now the boys got a chance to work on it together. Low key a bit more exciting IMO.

Such a fun series to watch. Thanks for the education Teej!

Moruzzi Race Motors is a true master with engine building!

The running and dropping the head bolts had me dying. All jokes aside even if the engine didn't have anything wrong knowing what type of drying this did a refresh should have been done either way. Way better and hey more content! Love it

It’s usually recommended you change the oil pump when you replace the timing chain. You don’t want to take the car apart again to replace it later in and they do tend to fail with high rpm’s

Nice touch adding the bloopers at the end. All the OGs know this

loving this build actually! super cool to see something more "low end"

Should’ve got the bow tie style timing chain tensioner because y’all are gonna have the same issue down the road

Imagine breaking your arm you go to the Er and Danny walks in, bro I would be HYPEEE 😂😂

I just love air jacks, it would be so cool to see them utilized on a future build...

To freshen up the surface of the head you can always use a 2x4 or some other straight rigid whatever and wrap whatever abrasive you’re using around it, keeps it flat

Some cylinder walls don’t have cross hatching from the manufacturer. Doesn’t mean it will lose compression

Ive been loving this build and its great how you break down everything keep it up boys.

Who wants to see dillion be in charge of a full car build? It be fucken awesome and so much knowlodege in a video

Grannas racing has a great youtube tutorial on mounting a hydraulic release bearing, i recommend watching it. I just did that job myself on my MK4 supra, its actually pretty simple

Sucks that it wasn't ready for the surprise but honestly I bet Danny is having more fun working with yall anyway🤣

The crosshatching or how you call it (sorry iam german) is also that the oil have to Flow down in a cris-cross pattern instead of a straight line so it would stay longer on the cylinder and lubricate it.

You make it look so easy, keep up the great work!

Calvin waddling away while dropping all the headbolts had be ROLLING. Lmfao, love you guys.

I’m convinced every car RU-vidr I’m subscribed to got scammed in the past month or so lol

the meek little "imma do it" from Toine lmao

The head gasket looks like it was put on the wrong way 17:07 it says front but was put on the back side of the head 😮

14:46 Best moment of entire vid

Calv running with the head bolts made me die

Are we just gonna ignore that Dillon is F**king AMAZING at what he knows and does??!! Sheeeeeeeshhhh

This may not have been the series you set out to make, but with the way it's gone it might be even more interesting than what you set out to make

Crosshatching is for holding oil on the cylinders instead of it washing off of a smooth surface so the cylinders always stay lubricated reducing friction and reducing wear. All ice engines burn oil for this reason but miniscule ammounts which is also why you should change your oil at regular intervals. But all in all my boy is right for 99% of what he said.

nothings stopping this build🔥

That "Oh, oh, oh, O'Reillyyyyy" clip was fucking hilarious 🤣

Running across the shop while dropping a trail of LS headbolts made me lol.

calvin and the botls LOL wha a random laugh but i needed that

I hope they do a LS build in the future.

Calvin running away with the head bolts fuckin killed me! Good job on the bay boys this series has been awesome

seeing that t56 made me sit in my c5 shifting while watchin this video🤣🤣🤣

Danny is is so funny you should have him more on the videos

Best series by far

Stellar series.

Loved this type of video , for the boys

The pulling the gun and shooting cuts be cracking me the fuck up lmfao 😂😂😂😂😂

Glad you didn’t ask b-rogue to rebuilt the engine!

You guys should supercharge because the whine from that’s would sound amazing

You don’t need to mark an LS for timing and also you have to shim the oil pump when putting it on

The surprise would been nice but having Danny in the vids to finish the car is so much better

I would’ve definitely put a good amount of assembly lube on those chain guides.

Air jacks on the M4 is going to be sick!!!

Do an aftermarket balancer like a summit or ati and I would also do tsp dual valve springs

Hope that timing gear comes around dot to dot with the way y’all did it😭

I got an actual O'Reillys ad after the O'Reilly edit😂😂

You should do an LS2 style Dog Bone timing chain tensioner instead of the LS3 spring tensioner.

I like how Dillion timed it how he would on a any other engine, no need to mark it for an Ls but I like it lol

Can we have a series where Dylan rebuilds his dream motor

“This looks great for being a Miata” 😂😂😂😂

Sucks y’all had to deal with this. But it’s a LS engine rebuild for the channel so its going to get a ton of views

While the motor was apart…perfect time to throw in some cheap high comp pistons with some beefy rods, cheap cam with spring kit and call it a day..

Fucken Calvin running away with the head bolts 😂 and dropping them everywhere 😂😂😂😂

Ok it’s kinda getting to the point that this channel needs to drop a full build of any type start to finish one episode before I cry

Miata's engine bay was already 2 tone tie dye with that black tubed front end. No dingleberry hone?

Love the vids tj keep up the LS series I love it

Air jacks on the M4 👀 finally putting air on the right way on a car 😉😂