If you setup the valve spring compressor correctly, it will lock down with the spring compressed. Put your keepers in and release the spring.should work great. Good stuff!
I have that valve spring tool from Proform, love it, looks just like that one. I use small rope in the cylinder then turn motor over to put rope against valves (on the compression stroke), tried the air thing one time, valve cracked open, let the air pressure out, air pressure pushed piston down some how, and valve fell in motor ugh.
yes it would be cool but we are on a tight budget for this engine.. The motor is still on the stand if you wanted to send over a LS valve spring , retainers and keepers I can pull off one to the springs to show them side by side.. email: maldo72motorsports@yahoo.com
Have you sourced LS7 lifters yet? I've been following the build but hadn't seen the lifter piece. I've installed rockers, studs and the guide plates you had rec'd. Dealing with a stock collapsed lifter and would like to do this once. Thanks.
believe it of not this motor has ls7 lifters that i bought when i did the other engine over but, really have not noticed anything different then the factory stock lifters.
Are the cylinder head intake and exhaust valves the original ones from the LT1 or did you install larger valves? Will the 2.02 intake and 1.60 exhaust valves from the GEN 1 head fit this LT1 head? If you have the part number of the correct larger valves for these heads, you can share. I would be grateful. 🤜⚔️🤛🇧🇷🇧🇷🏁🏁🎱🏴☠️👻
Good afternoon, I purchased the spring kit in your video, great stuff as I can tell I haven installed then yet , but I have a question can you run a double roller timing gear and chain on an LT1 using the original timing cover and optispark , also how hard is it to drop the oil pan enough just to install the timing cover. Thank you , love the video content! Keep it up!
you can use a double roller timing chain but you would have to clearance the timing cover and you will not be able to run the factory gear driven water pump ....
@maldo72 hi am working on the heads to install the tick performance spring kit , on the stock setup there is a shim under the bottom spring base do I install that shim with the tick spring setup? Thank you .
Lol, Tick is garbage. Went to order a set of these from them a few weeks ago since their website said "In Stock and Ready To Ship". Waited 2 weeks for them to ship and nothing, finally called them and asked what the delay was. Apparently they didnt have some component of the set and was refused to give a ship date. Never doing business there again.
Dude if that’s your threshold you’re not going to last in the aftermarket car game . Give them a freakin break . They gotta be one of the last companies designing aftermarket parts for our dinosaur gen2 LT1.
is there any way you could do a video on stock LT1 intakes, address all the components and vacuum lines, what you keep and what you dont on a performance build?
If you setup the valve spring compressor correctly, it will lock down with the spring compressed. Put your keepers in and release the spring.should work great. Good stuff!
I have that valve spring tool from Proform, love it, looks just like that one. I use small rope in the cylinder then turn motor over to put rope against valves (on the compression stroke), tried the air thing one time, valve cracked open, let the air pressure out, air pressure pushed piston down some how, and valve fell in motor ugh.
plus the rope helps with holding the valve up for putting retainers/locks etc... back on
That's why I don't use a compressor ... but if I say that everyone will jump down my throat
@@maldo72 to each their own I guess
This spring kit would work with factory valve guides because in the note section on summit say requires machining do you machined or leave them stock
this spring kit was designed to drop in into the factory aluminum head
I had iron 94 heads my lt1 came from a fleetwood
It would be cool to make a video on using ls springs
yes it would be cool but we are on a tight budget for this engine.. The motor is still on the stand if you wanted to send over a LS valve spring , retainers and keepers I can pull off one to the springs to show them side by side.. email: maldo72motorsports@yahoo.com
I like to put one whine of 3M plus electrical tape on the valve groove to keep from cutting the seal on the valve retainer grove.
hey man great video! can you check compression of an engine by manually turning it?
Awesome build by the way.
Thank you for supporting the Chennai
Have you sourced LS7 lifters yet? I've been following the build but hadn't seen the lifter piece. I've installed rockers, studs and the guide plates you had rec'd. Dealing with a stock collapsed lifter and would like to do this once. Thanks.
believe it of not this motor has ls7 lifters that i bought when i did the other engine over but, really have not noticed anything different then the factory stock lifters.
@@maldo72 Thanks for the reply. One of my stock ones had collapsed. After digging into it, collapsed lifter might not be the only problem.
So will you notice a pretty good difference in performance installing these?
the most noticeable difference will be above 5500 rpm in valve control
Are the cylinder head intake and exhaust valves the original ones from the LT1 or did you install larger valves? Will the 2.02 intake and 1.60 exhaust valves from the GEN 1 head fit this LT1 head? If you have the part number of the correct larger valves for these heads, you can share. I would be grateful. 🤜⚔️🤛🇧🇷🇧🇷🏁🏁🎱🏴☠️👻
hi stock valves for this setup ... for more information contact elliottsportworks.com/ he is the best info for LT1 heads
@@maldo72 Thanks!
Good afternoon, I purchased the spring kit in your video, great stuff as I can tell I haven installed then yet , but I have a question can you run a double roller timing gear and chain on an LT1 using the original timing cover and optispark , also how hard is it to drop the oil pan enough just to install the timing cover. Thank you , love the video content! Keep it up!
you can use a double roller timing chain but you would have to clearance the timing cover and you will not be able to run the factory gear driven water pump ....
@maldo72 hi am working on the heads to install the tick performance spring kit , on the stock setup there is a shim under the bottom spring base do I install that shim with the tick spring setup? Thank you .
@@jimreaume2937 is this a factory shim/springs or aftermarket?
@maldo72 not 100% sure I purchased the heads second hand, was told they were factory replacement heads from summit racing 🤷♂️
What type of rocker arms are you using?
speedmaster .. will have an upcoming video on how i installed them
@@maldo72 Thank you
Are these OEM LT-1 heads..?
yes
What are you going to set your rev limiter for now...?
6400
@@maldo72 Two bolt main, nodular iron crank. That brings the piston speed up from 3,248 fpm @5,200 rpm stock to 3,712 fpm @6,400rpm. Hmmmm.
The rev limit on the stock LT1 is not 5200 rpm . That’s just where it makes peak horsepower.
Lol, Tick is garbage. Went to order a set of these from them a few weeks ago since their website said "In Stock and Ready To Ship". Waited 2 weeks for them to ship and nothing, finally called them and asked what the delay was. Apparently they didnt have some component of the set and was refused to give a ship date. Never doing business there again.
wow really i had mine within a week
Dude if that’s your threshold you’re not going to last in the aftermarket car game . Give them a freakin break . They gotta be one of the last companies designing aftermarket parts for our dinosaur gen2 LT1.
How they preform tho is the question
is there any way you could do a video on stock LT1 intakes, address all the components and vacuum lines, what you keep and what you dont on a performance build?
yes i can do that great idea
@@maldo72 thank you! that would help me alot