C4 LSX Swap

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It’s alive again!! Had to get a new exhaust valve and touch up the valve seat on cylinder #7 on the heads. Good oil pressure, no leaks. A complete rebuilt 5.3L from 2 blown engines and a used piston off eBay. Missed a ground on my ecm, which was causing all kinda of weird things and no sleep for a couple of days. Fired it up at 11:15 pm on Tuesday night for the initial break-in, run it to full temperature at 2000 rpm and shut it down.... not sure if the neighbours approve, but I call it a success on a budget 😂
 
Woohoo Dalen. If the cops didn't show up, the neighbours must approve. They likely just cocked their heads a bit and thought..."Dalen got his Vette running again'' Lol.... See ya in Ponoka...
 
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So I won a 2 Post Lift on a Facebook raffle!!!! My next garage project, now that the C4 is running. Can’t wait to get it set up 😁. Think it will be a addition to the garage!!! Best $75 I ever spent
 

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Just finished going through the whole thread. Wow. It’s been a journey for you. That’s a wicked car. I hate to do it but I plan on copying you with my 1986. Just probably gonna take a while. If you ever plan on heading south. Medicine Hat also has a 1/4 mile strip. That’s where I’m hoping to spend some time this summer. Cheers on the awesome build
 
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Just finished going through the whole thread. Wow. It’s been a journey for you. That’s a wicked car. I hate to do it but I plan on copying you with my 1986. Just probably gonna take a while. If you ever plan on heading south. Medicine Hat also has a 1/4 mile strip. That’s where I’m hoping to spend some time this summer. Cheers on the awesome build
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Thanks! It’s been a fun build 👍. Hit me up if you have any questions along the way on your swap!! I plan on running at Medicine Hat and Swift Current, but has never worked out yet on scheduling during our seemingly short summer
 
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I was going to take the C4 to Forestburg 1/8 mile to race on the weekend, but changed my mind the last minute! I was going to do some data logging on HP Tuners to try to figure out why I melted only the #7 piston. But I ended up deciding to send out the injectors to Canadian Performance Injection, to get checked first. Only takes a second to melt down under boost, if the injector was bad! So I ended up loading the C5 up to have some fun 😁. It feels good to get behind the wheel of this car again!! Been giving all my attention to the C4 past few years, I forgot how to launch/shift this car 🤣.
 
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Had a fun day at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, on another Track Rental!!
Got my best run to date 11.38@124mph and some data off hp tuners! Mph was down a bit, but look at that 60’ 👍👍. Time slip is from when I run my buddies Turbo 5.3L LS swap fox body. Our cars are close, and almost the same builds, automatic trans car vs standard trans car. I took my headlight out get some more cool air into the turbo, to reduce my IAT’s. My turbo mount location keeping everything under the hood is cool 😎 But I’m thinking sucking air through the intercooler/radiator into the turbo inlet, might be causing some of my issues, and not pulling enough timing out in the hotter temperatures. Anyway the 5.3L I rebuilt myself from 2 blown engines and a used eBay piston still has oil pressure and drove it back onto the trailer 😁🤣. Lots of cool cars from all over the Province came out, and a great day meeting people and watching some FAST cars. I would call the day a success !!
 

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Had a fun day at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, on another Track Rental!!
Got my best run to date 11.38@124mph and some data off hp tuners! Mph was down a bit, but look at that 60’ 👍👍. Time slip is from when I run my buddies Turbo 5.3L LS swap fox body. Our cars are close, and almost the same builds, automatic trans car vs standard trans car. I took my headlight out get some more cool air into the turbo, to reduce my IAT’s. My turbo mount location keeping everything under the hood is cool 😎 But I’m thinking sucking air through the intercooler/radiator into the turbo inlet, might be causing some of my issues, and not pulling enough timing out in the hotter temperatures. Anyway the 5.3L I rebuilt myself from 2 blown engines and a used eBay piston still has oil pressure and drove it back onto the trailer 😁🤣. Lots of cool cars from all over the Province came out, and a great day meeting people and watching some FAST cars. I would call the day a success !!
 
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Had a fun day at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, on another Track Rental!!
Got my best run to date 11.38@124mph and some data off hp tuners! Mph was down a bit, but look at that 60’ 👍👍. Time slip is from when I run my buddies Turbo 5.3L LS swap fox body. Our cars are close, and almost the same builds, automatic trans car vs standard trans car. I took my headlight out get some more cool air into the turbo, to reduce my IAT’s. My turbo mount location keeping everything under the hood is cool 😎 But I’m thinking sucking air through the intercooler/radiator into the turbo inlet, might be causing some of my issues, and not pulling enough timing out in the hotter temperatures. Anyway the 5.3L I rebuilt myself from 2 blown engines and a used eBay piston still has oil pressure and drove it back onto the trailer 😁🤣. Lots of cool cars from all over the Province came out, and a great day meeting people and watching some FAST cars. I would call the day a success !!
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Way cool Daylen!!! Nice run!!
 
Man I love that car. That’s a great 60’ for a street car.
Now you just have to pack everything up and head down south to Medicine Hat July 19 and run the Vette there.
My plans are to make it and have my car there too , It’s in a thousand pieces right now so I’m under a bit of a time crunch.
Great work on the Vette. I’ll be picking your brain when I get to the point of a turbo ls swap.
 
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Man I love that car. That’s a great 60’ for a street car.
Now you just have to pack everything up and head down south to Medicine Hat July 19 and run the Vette there.
My plans are to make it and have my car there too , It’s in a thousand pieces right now so I’m under a bit of a time crunch.
Great work on the Vette. I’ll be picking your brain when I get to the point of a turbo ls swap.
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Won’t be able to make it to Medicine Hat this year but I will sometime 👍
 

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