time for the 5.3 to go together

today we made some room, pushed the cars back, had to replace the caster wheel on the engine hoist, then we moved the painted 5.3, installed valvesprings, studded the motor, removing one head bolt at a time then installing the studs, once the studs and springs were installed we did the cam. This time after pulling the balancer i used a LS7 crank bolt wich is longer than a truck bolt, pulled the balancer right on no problem then you finish with the truck bolt, man this worked so well i dont know why i have never done it, like it was meant to do it, crazy how i have never heard of it till my friend john said something about it, thats the way he does it.

either way the motor is back in the yellow car already with the reiners engine mounts ready for the turbo kit tomorrow.

valvesprings and pressing on

installed the 50 dollar valve springs today to see how they do in comparison to the pac1218s wich are 140 ish... they seem good so far, i raised my boost to 10lbs without a problem right now, just crushed in some more wastegate spring for the car to see how it will do should be 14lbs of boost on the wastegate right now after this, probably going to add the methanol kit to the car tomorrow and continue pushing, also i think we are going to race the firebird tomorrow