NeverFinis
SILVER Star
IMHO, that looks like water damage, and not wear.
The freshened block does look real nice!
The freshened block does look real nice!
My LX450 is getting an LS - LQ4 with 4L60E (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter MMaxim
- Start date
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.
- Thread starter
- #22
After everything checked out fine I final washed and painted the block.
Ready for assembly. Pistons installed, ring gap adjusted. Not shown, but I also weight matched new pistons and rod assemblies to the old ones to end up with the same bob weight and avoid costly crankshaft balancing.
BTR Truck Norris cam
Reworked stock heads with new GM head bolts. One installed another one to go
That pretty much sums it up. Sucks that I overpaid at least $1200-$1500 for the engine that I thought will require nothing but an oil change, but in the end like having a pretty much brand new engine!
Will be picking up some 1/4 steel plate to start on the engine mounts today.
Ready for assembly. Pistons installed, ring gap adjusted. Not shown, but I also weight matched new pistons and rod assemblies to the old ones to end up with the same bob weight and avoid costly crankshaft balancing.
BTR Truck Norris cam
Reworked stock heads with new GM head bolts. One installed another one to go
That pretty much sums it up. Sucks that I overpaid at least $1200-$1500 for the engine that I thought will require nothing but an oil change, but in the end like having a pretty much brand new engine!
Will be picking up some 1/4 steel plate to start on the engine mounts today.
Last edited:
- Thread starter
- #23
Yeah, it kind of looks like the water was pooling in there. Who knows how long that wrecked van sat on the lot.
You may want to pull the front coils and let it sit on the bump stops while you mock up for mounts.
- Thread starter
- #25
Excellent advice. Thank you.
- Thread starter
- #26
Had a couple of hours today and mocked up frame side brackets.
The way they are sitting should put them at the right level in relation to engine mount plates I cut earlier.
Time to put the engine in the bay for the first time!
The way they are sitting should put them at the right level in relation to engine mount plates I cut earlier.
Time to put the engine in the bay for the first time!
Last edited:
- Thread starter
- #27
Test fitted the engine for the first time! Ended up with transmission mount in stock location. That gave me about 2" between the radiator and fan clutch, 3/4" to firewall on the passenger side. Power steering seems to be good to go, but A/C compressor only has about 1/4" clearance. Will probably need to notch the frame a little.
Last edited:
- Thread starter
- #28
Engine mounts seem to have worked out as expected. Will be finishing mounts this week.
- Thread starter
- #29
Had some time tonight and fabed up the rest of the mounts.
My starting point was the location of stock Toyota mounts and I don't think they are on the same distance from firewall. Driver side turned out to be about 1/2" closer and because of that I had to make some modifications.
I might have made a mistake in my measurement, too. Not sure how I feel about it. Will most likely weld in some additional reinforcement on the side that was cut.
After I tacked everything and bolted the new mounts to the block I lowered the engine on to the mounts for the first time. Felt good!
Universal rubber isolators are from Jeggs.
My starting point was the location of stock Toyota mounts and I don't think they are on the same distance from firewall. Driver side turned out to be about 1/2" closer and because of that I had to make some modifications.
I might have made a mistake in my measurement, too. Not sure how I feel about it. Will most likely weld in some additional reinforcement on the side that was cut.
After I tacked everything and bolted the new mounts to the block I lowered the engine on to the mounts for the first time. Felt good!
Universal rubber isolators are from Jeggs.
- Joined
- Jul 22, 2012
- Threads
- 577
- Messages
- 16,192
- Location
- Winter Park, Florida
- Website
- www.cruisermatts.com
man, with those brackets you made I would put the 1FZ rubber mount in there.
- Thread starter
- #31
Yeah, I played around with that yesterday and liked the idea. Toyota mounts are 1/2" thicker, but I have the extra room.
Will try tonight.
Thank you Matt.
- Thread starter
- #32
Family is out of town till wednesday so I had a chance to try Matt's idea with Toyota mounts. About the only modification was to cut slots in the the mounts to the bolt and the locating pit will fit. The engine sits higher by about 3/4" to 1" which brings it closer to the hood. Will have to modify the intake cover to sit lower.
I wonder if I can run toyota mounts without the top shell.
I wonder if I can run toyota mounts without the top shell.
- Thread starter
- #33
I think I have set a new personal record yesterday! Had an hour and 15 minutes and managed to pull the engine out and fully weld frame brackets!
Today, I decided to look into power steering set up and ended up removing the cooling loopy thing and test fit the finned cooler I purchased for the upcoming hydro-assist project.
Today, I decided to look into power steering set up and ended up removing the cooling loopy thing and test fit the finned cooler I purchased for the upcoming hydro-assist project.
- Joined
- Jul 22, 2012
- Threads
- 577
- Messages
- 16,192
- Location
- Winter Park, Florida
- Website
- www.cruisermatts.com
while I would have preferred to see my mounts in there, I'm glad you went with the 80 mount over the cheap generic ones. Those will last a lot longer for you.
- Thread starter
- #35
Thank you, Matt. Great advice!
- Thread starter
- #36
Looks like a good time to finally add the hydro-assist. Have all the parts, and deciding if I want to add ports to the steering box myself or send it out to Redhead. What's the most recommended way to go about it?
- Thread starter
- #37
Work complete went crazy in tha last couple of weeks. Will not have much time till the middle of the next week. Managed to final weld the engine mounts. TIG is by far my favorite!
Ram assist steering or hydro assist brakes?
- Thread starter
- #39
Ram assist/hydro assist steering.
- Thread starter
- #40
Had an hour to take care of the ABS. Was really tired of soft brakes after numerous bleeding attempts. Hoping to see improvement as other guys have!
Might move my ARB compressor to this spot.
Might move my ARB compressor to this spot.
