1970 Chevelle SS 454 LS6 Rebuild + Details

[XXXGoldL34M20]

Motor Rebuilder got sick before the holidays so still no progress on the motor till the new year.
I sand blasted the crossmember and re painted it myself.
The Drive shaft was restored by the last owner and it looks great.
Did Schmelzer make the oil pick up for Chevrolet or is this an aftermarket piece?

[Plowman]

Sorry to here that but keep up the good work. *Paul

[XXXGoldL34M20]

Its been awhile since i updated this thread but the motor is now moving along towards its completion.

I dicussed many things with my rebuilder and he did mention to me that the motor was once rebuilt in its history of being a race car so this is the second rebuild for my original LS6.
Motor was at .030 over so we decided to go .060 over to clean it up.
Motor was also decked,cleaned and neaded a cam thrust repair.

As far as the heads went we hardened the exhaust seats,did a valve job and resurfaced the base of the heads.

[XXXGoldL34M20]

The Crankshaft was balanced with the flywheel and damper.
Some mallory weights were added and one spot was drilled out for the balance.
Rods were press fit onto the pistons and weighed.
A new GM 10216339 Damper was installed to replace the old beat up original damper.

[XXXGoldL34M20]

Freeze plugs now installed and motor given its first coat of paint.
Re-assembly starts today.
Every part will be brand new,
Only the Crankshaft and Rods are original parts.

The Lunati 20202 Camshaft along with its matching 73124K1LUN springs will be used. I had this set up running on a previous 454 and really liked it.
Solid lifters will be the Howards 91118 with direct lube oiling hole.