2 years drawing to a close; The "Hoodrat blown 5.3L" project.

[LRI]

332 cubes of...
Concreted Iron 5.3L block
Decent heads
Killer head studs (CA625's)
K-1 crank
Molnar rods
Weisco slugs
Whipple 8.3L blower
15gpm/90psi fuel pump
Crankcase evac pump
700lb/hr Billet Atomizer Injectors
Holley Dominator EFI management
Methanol fuel.
Holley Smart Coils
Athena O ringed head gaskets

All the boost...lol.

I've always wondered if "sneezing" a cylinder head sounds like a mortar launch?

Going into a 25.3 cert 2005 GTO. Hunting for low 5's in the 8th.

PARTEH.

 

[LRI]

 

[stello1001]

You build engines too???

 

[1moaoff]

I bet digging around Chad's home shop would be fun!

 

[7.62willdo]

Sodium filled valves?

 

[LRI]

You build engines too???

Bikes and cars have been a part of my life since I was a kid. I began my machining introduction as a part-time "shop maggot" for Paul Rossi, Richard Conley, and Bill Craddock in S. Cali while in the Marine Corps. Never shook that bug.


My 421 LSX I did 2.5 years ago for my street car. A 2004 GTO. Never dyno'd but it puts a 4400lb car into the 6.40's. -Guessing somewhere around 1050 wheel.

My wife's G8 that we just got done with (3 year project). Brought back from the dead. Salvage title car. Now its an LSA setup making 575/580 to the tire.

 

[LRI]

Sodium filled valves?

Naah, just good SS I/X. Methanol doesn't make near the heat that gasoline does.

 

[1moaoff]

Bikes and cars have been a part of my life since I was a kid. I began my machining introduction as a part-time "shop maggot" for Paul Rossi, Richard Conley, and Bill Craddock in S. Cali while in the Marine Corps. Never shook that bug.


My 421 LSX I did 2.5 years ago for my street car. A 2004 GTO. Never dyno'd but it puts a 4400lb car into the 6.40's. -Guessing somewhere around 1050 wheel.

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My wife's G8 that we just got done with (3 year project). Brought back from the dead. Salvage title car. Now its an LSA setup making 575/580 to the tire.

That's a sleeper!

 

[LRI]

That's a sleeper!

That's a sleeper!

Not so much...This thing is a bit obnoxious.

 

[LRI]

Day one on scrub slicks and brand new (as in: have no clue) shocks. Thing 60's like a fat girl trying to run from the cops.

 

[LRI]

Getting acclimated to the new mill with a set of valve covers for the drag car.

Long cycle time which is why I'm loitering here today. -About like watching paint dry.

 

[E. Bryant]

Whipple 8.3L blower

Me trying to care that to my little LSA blower:

 

[ubettcha]

Hurley Blakney was a partner at the shop my dad lead the engineering department in the 90's. They cut 3 blocks on a 5 axis machine when he built his turbo mustang that ruled the roost back then. That's a money pit that far exceeds everything else on land. Just think if you got into boats like this. They have 2 or 3 engines and they don't last long when you get the props dry in the ocean. Get one boat for Lake Havasu (sp) and you would have another avenue of cool revenue!
Take a listen

 

[Bradu]

Not so much...This thing is a bit obnoxious.

Love the sound of a twin screw

 

[stello1001]

Bikes and cars have been a part of my life since I was a kid. I began my machining introduction as a part-time "shop maggot" for Paul Rossi, Richard Conley, and Bill Craddock in S. Cali while in the Marine Corps. Never shook that bug.


My 421 LSX I did 2.5 years ago for my street car. A 2004 GTO. Never dyno'd but it puts a 4400lb car into the 6.40's. -Guessing somewhere around 1050 wheel.

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My wife's G8 that we just got done with (3 year project). Brought back from the dead. Salvage title car. Now its an LSA setup making 575/580 to the tire.

That's fucking sick man!!! Those GTOs came out with an LS2 right? I believe same as a TB SS but I might be wrong. I left the drag scene a while back.

 

[LRI]

That's fucking sick man!!! Those GTOs came out with an LS2 right? I believe same as a TB SS but I might be wrong. I left the drag scene a while back.

04's had the 5.7 LS1, the 05/06 came with the LS2 in a 6.0 liter. My 2004 is now a 6.8L. Compensating...lol.

 

[clcustom1911]

Man, I love some LSx power. Excellent platform for some serious horsepower and sounds. Beautiful job on that engine! How many pounds of boost you going to be running? 15-20?

 

[rjacobs]

332 cubes of...
Concreted Iron 5.3L block

Whipple 8.3L blower

700lb/hr Billet Atomizer Injectors

GEEBUS...

I love the blower being larger displacement than the block LOL...

 

[EddieNFL]

Back in the day, we called it a 327.

 

[deersniper]

Love it. Wish I had more time and money lol

 

[Bantam1]

Bad ass. I used to build road race cars and dabbled in truck fabrication for stuff like SCORE. I still enjoy big power and drag racing.

Ive been out of the game for a long time now. I remember some guys were actually grooving the heads around the chamber and using a copper ring instead of the o-ring head gaskets. It was said they held up to higher boost better and cheaper than buying special head gaskets. I assume that isn’t something that lasted, or just a different way to skin a cat.

I had a buddy that did BMW road race cars and they played with a tall sleeve for the cylinder that went into the head. It was taller than the deck surface. They ran stupid high compression NA engines in the 2 liter M3 cars. It seemed to work well too. He also welded up and reshaped the chambers. I learned long ago cylinder heads and getting air in and exhaust out were he key to power. Lots and lots of tech in that department.

This makes me miss building race cars.

 

[LRI]

All done!

 

[LRI]

Driver side

 

[LRI]

Man, I love some LSx power. Excellent platform for some serious horsepower and sounds. Beautiful job on that engine! How many pounds of boost you going to be running? 15-20?

All of it. When it breaks, we went too far, lol. This is "the little motor".

There's a Dart LS Next tall deck block and billet center weight crankshaft in those boxes for the 2.0 version.

 

[Rthur]

Driver side

That huffer looks big on tha LS block Lol.
Have a bud that pours the spray to an old door slammer 69 camaro.
Have to check but I believe he's into the mid high 4s.

R

 

[357Max]

Looks like you went to the PRI show and skipped shot Ha!
Kevlar belt will sing a nice tune on that.

 

[SilentStalkr]

Damn it. I’m no longer in this world and people keep trying to drag me back. It’s a rich mans game or someone that has lots of time and access to fooling lol. I can’t afford to do this mess anymore. Hell I can’t even really afford to shoot anymore! That’s a bad ass motor tho!!! Thanks for sharing!

 

[clcustom1911]

All of it. When it breaks, we went too far, lol.

This mindset is why we are back to back world war champs.

 

[Bender]

Please for the love of any sort of awesome power, do a forged Raylar gen III big block! I think they are up to 9.0 now? Even the “little” 8.1 can be made into a beast!

an. 8.1 will fit where the LS block does.

This is NA! On pump gas!

just think what an 8.1 blower would do on that! King Kong would hide in the shadows!

 

[Aries256]

Now that is sexy. California just taxed me for liking that ?

 

[LRI]

Please for the love of any sort of awesome power, do a forged Raylar gen III big block! I think they are up to 9.0 now? Even the “little” 8.1 can be made into a beast!

an. 8.1 will fit where the LS block does.

This is NA! On pump gas!


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just think what an 8.1 blower would do on that! King Kong would hide in the shadows!

I have a Dart LS Next tall deck and billet, center counterweight crankshaft for the next motor. I moved away from SBC and BBC stuff a long time ago. LS packages so much easier in tight quarter cars and the good old school parts are getting tough to find.

 

[Jgunner]

Had to do a double take that i wasnt on yellowbullet! Haha. Thats where i found LRI to begin with and have had a few things done by you. Trying to get my buddy to send in his barrel to get that honeycomb barrel lightening/flutes you did on that 29” barrel.

 

[Josh.scofield]

Let me know when your ready for a driveshaft. I’ll build you one that will hold up and expedite it. We build the shafts for most of the popular tv shows on now, street outlaws, fastest cars in the dirty south, etc.

 

[LRI]

Let me know when your ready for a driveshaft. I’ll build you one that will hold up and expedite it. We build the shafts for most of the popular tv shows on now, street outlaws, fastest cars in the dirty south, etc.

Already have a carbon G Force.