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Thanks. I agree, the computerized engines have a different sound. There's no doubt they make great power though. This project has been fun.

You really can . U can put a carb and distributor on a LS is younwanted too

I keep forgetting you can do an intake and carb on an LS! I never worked on LS engines so I'm not familiar with the mods. A friend had an LS powered Jeep that he took to the Silver Lake dunes and he ran a carb on that with a pro Carter setup. Wayyyy by over my abilities.

actually. fun fact the vortec 5.7l basically uses the same pcm/control systems as the ls motors. you can run a cam in either and tune them too the moon. while still having turn key driveability. its like taking a blast from the past and modernizing it. though i dont care for the ls motors just a reference. i personally dd a vortec 350 with fuel injection and have fantastic power and driveability cruise control everything. but she has a nasty secret when you open the throttle.

@chehystpewpur4754 it would be best to outfit the small block vortec with port injection manifold and use same ls injectors . Put a reluctor wheel on front of the crank for crank sensor and run Ls Coil on plug set up then just use a ls Ecm and tune away

Thanks for watching! This project will probably never go into a car. I'd need to pull it apart to have the main bearing bores machined before I'd trust it to stay together. It was always intended to be a running display engine, built with a zero budget and lots of donated parts.

Thanks for watching! You're right, no break-in run except the runs on the stand with a cooling system attached. It was built to be a running display engine with an almost zero budget. So far, so good. Right now I'm working on a set of rectangular port heads for it. When they're done, I'll swap out the heads on the engine for the rectangle port heads. Health issues have slowed this project down to a crawl but hopefully I'll get the heads on in a couple of weeks.

Sorry for the delayed reply. This is just a running display engine and it was never intended to be used in a car. Just a project using mostly used donated parts except for pistons (new standard bore), the intake manifold, gaskets and engine oil/filter. Even the main/rod bearings were used but they showed no wear. I'm pretty happy with the project. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching! This engine was always intended to be a running display. It's an ongoing project, with almost all parts being donated. It a reproduction of a 1970 465-horse 454 but with some changes due to the parts that were donated. For example, this engine has roller rocker arms instead of the stock pressed rockers. Again, thanks for watching!

@@crazyhorse782000 Thanks for giving me more info. Awesome!

Thanks for the question and I'm sorry for the long delay in replying. This engine has a hydraulic roller camshaft. The cam was originally in a Mercury Marine 700SC engine. It's actually a pretty nice cam for this engine, and it'll idle comfortably at 800 rpms. If I remember right it's 254/262 duration @ .050 lift with .598/.610 lift and a 114 degree lobe separation angle. Again, sorry for the delay in replying to your question.

Thanks for mentioning this. It's certainly not something I would do on an engine that was anyone else's. In hindsight, it wouldn't have been difficult to plumb the engine to a garden hose and have water running through the engine. But in my defense, I was pretty anxious to run it because we were supposed to get slammed the next day by a winter storm, which would have delayed the engine's first run by a week. Thanks for the reply!

I watched your video of the engine running after the EFI/carb swap. Very nice! Sounds very good!

@@crazyhorse782000 preciate it bro!

Thanks. I assembled the 454 as a running display engine. I don't have plans to put it in a car but that could change. For now, it's just a fun project. Now it needs a dedicated display stand with a small cooling system.

Sorry, I do not. You can check with the folks at colemancollectorsforum.com and oldcolemanparts.com Sorry for the delayed reply.

@@crazyhorse782000 Thankyou! :)