Building my Personal LS Engine! - Engine Parts Overview - Part 1 

OK. Now we’ve waited two or three years for this. You’ve done a superb job of building the suspense, let’s get rolling. Can we have the engine built by, let’s say, Friday of next week?

Me at 74 you have covered it very well. This video will be the go to for someone who is thinking of even building a street hot rod engine. Great job! Best of luck and stay safe too. M

This looks like it will be one hell of a bullet. Looking forward to this build series.

Thats going to be a sick build, cant wait to see the final result.

Chevy Style engine block... Ford Style crank... Chrysler Style lifters... North American Fanbase: *Beautiful*

I have been watching your videos for the last two years. You are doing incredible work here which I am excited to eventually see at the mile. You are the reason I heard about the Texas Mile and why my brother and I raced there this past March. We are also going to be back in October targeting 180 in my NA 5th gen Camaro.

Actually really excited to see this thing built. Nice work! Your channel has made doing engines at Toyota more fun and interesting. Tomorrow i start tearing down a Camry flood damaged engine and replace the short block.

This engine is about to be a game changer for the mile stuff you been running!!! Incredible all the parts you have going into this build. BES is local to me they make some bad ass go fast parts!

Just subbed to your channel, I'm really into your way of thinking and I can't wait to watch this series to soak up that knowledge like a sponge.

Very nice engine the best of best. Looking forward to seeing and hearing it perform. Thank you for sharing this build.

Appreciate you showing all your work.

Fantastic rundown of your engine build components‼️ 🤗 🤠 👍❌💯

A fabulous build, I'm glad your the one building my smedding 427 adder to be delivered sometime next week, I'm as excited as you are 🤜🤛

You just earned another subscriber! Can't wait to follow along on your journey! 👍

Congrats!! Your engine finally arrived. Your face must hurt from that constant smile. 😊 Looking forward to the build. ✌️

I was surprised you went with a non-skirted block, that’s one of the best parts about LS.

Beautiful, Sick build. I am green with envy, as are most others watching this. You definitely never took any shortcuts in terms of the parts list. Can't wait to see your car run once again.

Just absolutely amazing. Can't wait.

Truly appreciate you doing this deep dive and sharing everything!

Badass engine brother I can’t wait to hear it run👌🏼

Great episode. Looking forward to seeing the next one. I’ll use your tech info for when I build my LS. Thanks and support from Victor Harbour 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Thats awesome I'm drooling right now and happy for you man...God bless you

Wow! So much looking forward to following the rest of this story. I assume there will be other 'upgrades' to the drivetrain and chassis that you'll share with your YT community. I've learned so much about engines from following your content and can't wait to soak up even more in the future. Keep up the great work Jacob!

cant wait to watch the build and the test!

Brother thats bad ass covers it all what a mint setup cant wait to hear it 🤠👍🤘

Awesome to see this happening!

Awesome video! can't wait to see this one on the dyno. Also can't wait to receive my 363 you guys are building for me.

I just saw the preview of the video saying "3000HP and more important 9500RPM" and i just couldn't resist haha, just going to see the part 2 and wait for the rest. I really started to appreciate and believe that is possible to build High RPM cross plane v8 engines bro, so this videos are a pleasure to watch and learn. Keep the job going!

I usually hate watching videos where dudes just talk but I watched this from start to finish. Got me excited about this build and I learned a few things here. Great video. Subscribed.

This is amazing im here for you bro! 🤘🤘🤘

Look forward to watching your build

Very cool build thanks for sharing

Definitely following you. I would love to build one of these motors for my car as a dragon drive motor. Very exciting build thank you for doing this.

Sweet setup. Especially those heads.

Just so you know brother we enjoy tne lengthy videos! Keep up up the solid videos and builds brother

cant wait to hear this thing ripping and flying by at the mile events! Gonna sounds absolutely heavenly.

TOP OF THE LINE BRO !!

Well done young man. Some of you kids today can sure make us old timers smile, and be a jealous.. 😅😅😅

I bought a 540i e39 last May and have seriously narrowed it down to an LS swap based on your detailed videos. Amazing content!

its going to be cool to watch this come together

Incredible! Keep this content coming plz.....

Welp… gotta subscribe now 🤷🏻‍♂️. Definitely wanna see how this ends up. Thank you so much for sharing this and I definitely hope you achieve your goals sir. Looking forward to the next video

Stout, I like build series in-depth knowledge , good stuff, be interesting to see engine dyno and chassis dyno differ at end,

Just freaking awesome

Man this is going to be a badass, sturdy engine!

Great explanation !

great video for newbi engine builders

Sounds like a awesome build. Steve Morris does lay out his SML. Cant wait to see it evolve

many ways to make a 2,000+ LS stay together for a very long time. Nelson Racing Engines has been shipping 2500 HP LS engines out their doors for like 8 years now...total daily driver engines. You can drive across country with them. With 2 yr/24,000 mile warranties if you don't change their tune. A couple guys here in Lauderdale have them.....they're like 5+ years old and driven every weekend and roll raced weekly. No issues yet. You just have to figure out the secret recipe for success. ------ But being able to built it yourself is AWESOME....... I just built my first 390ci 6.0L iron LS with the guidance every second of the way from an LS guru builder teaching me. Its a pretty rewarding feeling.

Saved it in my favorite videos 🤙

Hello young man I know you are young in this type of work but I want to congratulate you because you are one of the first people that made the correct choice on your rod and piston combination I see so many people all consumed with how long the connecting rod is when in fact what they should be consumed with is piston stability because that is far more important. Also us Old-Timers in the the business we don't call them hoops we call them o-rings It's called o-ringing with a receiver groove and that was an excellent choice for this application Anyways congratulations and good luck with your future endeavors. Getting compliments from professional engine builders like myself are hard to come by most of the time they won't say anything but I really appreciate young people coming up in this type of work and trying to make something of themselves If I can ever help you with advice just send me a message but looks like you're on your way to a successful future. BTW I might have ran a little different camshaft but we'll see after you test it. Good luck from Brian @ Salter Racing Engines.

The OperatorDrewski sent me to this vid. can't wait to see the final product.

Nice video I enjoy

I want this guy building my next motor after my ls1 stock bottom end 450rwhp N/A blows up. This guy knows what hes doing. I hope in the near future you can build me 700-800hp N/A ls motor if thats even possible N/A lol. A reliable weekend warrior build that i can take to the grocery store.

Badass build good luck

Heavy rotating assembly but should hold up really well can't wait to see it done bad ass man

kick ass engine!

I’m looking forward to this series. I want a 2k hp LS engine so it’ll be nice to see what it takes exactly.

Amazing, would love to see the end results.

How in the world can I be friends with you. Absolutely insane territory here buddy. Love the video the only thing that you left out was the damage to year bank account, which is extremely important to us living vicariously through you.the belt drive camshaft change ability. The whole electronic versatility/control ability is so awesome. It is amazing how far this shit has come.

Very cool

AWESOME! Can't wait to follow along. So many questions about matching chasis to the power, but for now...what mph are you shooting for?

I dream about this stuff congrats to you and the channel keep up the good work💯🏞️🌄

10/10, Bro.

I need to play the lottery more often, when he asked at the end of his video how much it costs to build an engine like his, I looked at the table and 40 grand came to mind and when he said $40,000 I knew I needed to buy lottery tickets this weekend.. I will watch every video in this series as I am a hp junky and am like sponge when it comes to eng building knowledge.. Great video, keep em coming. Cant wait to hear it run. I do have 1 question, I always thought one needed to know head flow before choosing a camshaft. Correct me if I'm wrong..

Do ur thing man, and ramble on, lol Nice video🤛🏻

Awesomeness

Awesome 👍

Wow!!! The valve springs look like a drive shaft. A nice way to drop 50 grand.

Lokking forward on seeing a Dyno video N/A then turbo!

I do top fuel hoops on my kitchen table. There is a $2600 tool that makes it easy. I think its made by BHJ. I order the hoops from Visner Racing. I pretty much top fuel hoop everything I build for boost. And you want to use Hylomar as a sealant on copper gaskets according to Clark Gaskets.

Only "Surprise" (other than wrist pin retainers) is the skirt-less 4 bolt block. Obviously you have done your homework but, your not worried about block twist? Cool build, looking forward to seeing the rest of this build. Cheers!

Very Nice Brother! Please beat those gtrs lamb's vipers and anything else! Thanks

i am salivating...

Awesome you are a local dude (I am in Spring Branch).

Hell of a spec sheet damn. Things gonna SCREAM at 9500 cot dayum

😂 He said "I'm gonna go super in debt", I think he meant to say "in-depth" but subconsciously he knows what's about to happen

Epic!

Great build! Now build one. Im happy to give you busines.

I didn’t look to see if anyone else mentioned it but why go with a reluctor wheel rather than an externally mounted crank trigger type ignition system like most higher power engines. You said it yourself it opens up the possibilities into the ignition system

Don't let your wife see how you caress those parts.... fantastic video!!! All the details thank you!!!

Nice!

Good job what other machining did you have done other than the fuel hoops?

The ish' dreams are made off 😮‍💨😤💪👍

Nice , will you be using screw in freeze plugs to help with block stability in the upper rpm range

Yea I agree he needs to have a cup of coffee with Steve Morris. For 22 yer on destiny horsepower path ! Good Job

First 👍's up EG thank you for sharing 😊

FINALLY! Ricky will be baddddd

Definitely following this build,, get this guy to build my next c5 zo6 engine. Wonder what the cost of this build is going to be 🤔

Nice

So just to give y’all some context, those aren’t top fuel hoops they are called flame hoops, or referenced as o-ringing the block and head. Also he isn’t running a Cleveland design crankshaft he is running a ls crankshaft designed with Cleveland main sizes. Changing main and rod journal sizes has been done for ages. The crank was not machined on the outer surface of the bobs, it is side drilled instead of end drilled for weights. That cam with a 116 lobe separation will make grunt down low but it gonna not be good up top. That cast iron block is not going to last at his projected rpm and hp levels the harmonics are going to destroy it with cracks. At the power levels and rpm he is planning on and also planning on methanol he should be running aluminum rods they help cushion combustion blows and harmonics in the crank, and are more forgiving than steel rods when pushed to the limit. He talks about long engine life but runs wrist pin buttons on what is going to be a drag and drive motor. Wants to spin the motor to 9500 but runs link bar lifters and not keyed lifters to increase valve train weight. Could this make 3,000 hp at 9500 yeah I can make 2000 out of a stock 6.0 ls with enough fuel and air from a giant turbo for a dyno run then pick up all the pieces after which is what I think he is going to be doing.

That is weird looking LS engine. Freaking awesomeness and different

Those heads remind me of big block ford design in a LS head.

Could you give me the height measurement from the valley cover to the top of that intake elbow? I've got that intake and elbow on order, need to know how far it's gonna stick out the hood.

I was itching to see the heads .

"Im going to go super in debt-depth" 😂

3000 with cast iron and h-beams? I like your confidence.

Side loading with short rods offset any by the tall skirts? Also, formula 1 guys found power in burning oil in the combustion process to the extent that the FIA issued a rule limiting oil consumption per race I believe.

Is that intake facing forward? Burst panel on drivers side? I would think you'd want it on the passenger side.

I hope the rods hold up I had to go with mgp aluminum rods after a certain horsepower and that much boost steel rods like to exit the chat lol that’s a badass engine though sir have fun with it be safe.