I am in the middle of a Volvo LS1 swap and I'm at the part where things can get stupid. The donor car (2000 Camaro Z28 M6) had 170K miles on it and now that the engine is on the stand, ideas are starting to gather. It ran fine but my only "test" was doing a massive burnout in a parking lot before handing the guy $3K for it.
At first, I was thinking the oil pump but then that led to thoughts about a cam, lifters, pushrods, springs, timing chain, blah, blah. Or I could just do nothing, plop it into the Volvo, and commence burnouts in a different box. Then, at a later time, I could pull it out and do a refresh. What do you think? At least that way I'd get it running sooner and cut down on some variables if things go wrong.
I would do oil pickup tube seal and send it
Patrick said:
I would do oil pickup tube seal and send it
Maybe that was what I was thinking that needed to be done, not the pump itself.
I’d just replace whatever seals/gaskets are a pain to do in car as we all know to well how the rabbit hole leads to empty pockets and non driving “quick” projects. But what do I know(stares out window at stalled project car)
Send it and sloppy dont bs me build later on
rattfink81 said:
I’d just replace whatever seals/gaskets are a pain to do in car as we all know to well how the rabbit hole leads to empty pockets and non driving “quick” projects. But what do I know(stares out window at stalled project car)
That's what I'm thinking. This isn't ever going to be a show-car build.
While I'm in there turned a weekend swap into 3 months when I did that with my first turbo 2.3, I'd recommend doing any must do things and sending it. Buy another engine to build or plan a refresh on yours down the road
